Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-29
ARM NC OUR CRIMINALS

poses other than xar This doubtless
| includes tho powders used in sporting
ammunition. but all the rest = indus
. trial explosive This includes cyua-
mite and giant powder used in blast
i1S roads in many kinds % mining N
nearly al quarTyluE. IN dee pentu=
clarnels- and IN agriculture, toE r.
moving stumF=. rocks and the like.
High explosives arc highly concsn-
trsted energy Of the greatest value
regulate their rua1ufacturc. safe and
storage in such a way that their is-
-itimatc use will not b. lutcrfsrrd
With or made expensive. while risk or
accident and OF their use IN crime ~ili
be mininizcd
Careless storage
II seems evident that neither can he
sSholiy avoided. but at least such IA
Srant careIessDass A. existed before
the var can BE- avoided The enforce
rnent agents founi high explosives
stored in all sorts OF sheds and ware
houses Many magazines OF the better
class werc easy enough for criminals
10 enter. being locked only With pad
locks In many cases dynamite Wa
not locked az all one boy ctEht yezz
old blew himself 20 pieces wiki a stick
Of dynamite which he took from an
unlocked shed IN a stone quarry An
other one put hls eyes out with a de-
iouator which he took from - v-ors-
mans tool box
We have always supplied our Grim
tnsls aburdautly With high explosive.
and the damage they have done with
them IS enormous. For Instance. In
certain southern states. recently. thCg~
was much recruitment on tho part %
certain element uf the population
against regulations made by the De-
partmsnt Of Agriculture making !-
U q a
nd them OF ticks This lasless Gle
meut began blowing Up the dipping
yats- In 4, days . dipping watts were
destroyed In one state. The houssC
farmers had 10 arm themselves and
take the field. This little war. which
attracted wide attention wAs made
possible largely by the fact tnat thr
criminals could easily get all the dyna-
mite they wanted
The prevalence OF bomb outraEcs e.
well known But IL would APPEAR that
much less damage is ordinarily done
py tho crank- who try to bomb Off
ciALs and public buildings than 10y pro-
iesslonal criminals and By spite work
ers like the southern vat blowers. who
arc seldom heard Of. II Is striking that
ot all the terrific bomb plots which
Vcrc rumorcd or exposed during the
war, having for their purpose tho de-
structlon OF high officials. not one
which resulted In the death OF Jhc
bomber. was the nearest thing to a
success. when arrested. these alleged
anarchists arc nearly always fouuu fo
BE- feeblc-mindcd or insane persons.
But IL IS n sufficient commentary. on
our control OF explosives that the fec
bic minded and the insane md them
Easy to get.
safc-blowinE. which IS one OF the
most reununcrativc lines OF prcfc--
sional crime. is absolutely dcrrnds-f
upon supply OF hirh explosives T-~
criminal never seems to lack this r--a-
,crisl. Tho investigators found th4t
working on roads wcr, ale
lowed 10 Use dynamite IN such a ,Nsv
that they could conceal supplies Tor
future use with case. \ tramp re-
ported mat no could learn a. any
y alter tank where 90 sct A suppr, -
dynamite. All the gentry cf ths un-
icrworld Keep themselves wcu sup
Piled with h.gh explosives