The New York herald., 1922-06-04
Justice Martin Points to Fol
lies, Pronouncing Man.
slaughter Sentence.
QUEENS JURY TO ACT
Magistrate McAdoo Recon-
mends Homicide Court for
Pending Charges.

Prison reformers were blamed for
crime waves and ridiculed for their
desire to turn jails into places of en-
tertainment" by Justice Martin in the
Supreme Court yesterday in sem
fencing Louis Smuckler, %, of 1929
West Twenty-eighth street. Coney
Island, to five to ten years for man.
slaughter.
Last August during a fight in the
East Side over SS lost in craps
game Louis Lupowitz of $50 Hoe ave-
nue., The Bronx, was found dead in a
gutter with several knife wounds in
his abdomen Smuclller was later
identified as the perpetrator of the
crime.
IT believe so-called crime waves have
to some extent come from prison re-
FORM said Justice Martin 1T Is
nonsense. The people are now reapng
harvest from prison reform. Taking
people to Sing Sing and giving them
tennis games and moving pictures and
all kinds Of pleasures that an ordinary
poor man that is robbed on the streets
could not hope for is ridiculous.
1sMake Getawa Easier"
And IL they eprison reformers) are
, going to start an automobile school at
Sing Sing; If they are going to teach
these crooks how to run an automobile
and to make a clean getaway by max
ing them expert in their operation. there
will be crime and plenty of it. And
the people themselves will be to blame. -
he added.
He continued:
The idea Of having baseball games
at Sing Sing and bringing in a high
school team to play with the crooks is
nonsense. II has become so ridiculous
1t Is laughable. These prisoners should
be taught to do an honest days work
instead of being taught idleness and
laziness. so that when they get out of
Jail they will know how to go straight.
Il venture to say that II two things
were done-the prisons made real prisons
and the sale and the advertising of
firearms stopped. the Sullivan law en-
forced so that no one shall carry a
weapon-that hafF the crime within
New York city will end within a year.
There Is no doubt about 1t in my mind :"
Queens starts Campaign.
The establishment of a homicide
court for the airing of all coses
OF death, whether accidental or
premeditated. is urged by Chief City
Magistrate William McAdoo. Judge
McAdoo pointed out that since the
abolition of coroners deaths are no
longer investigated in open court, but
chiefly by the District Attorney and
the district physician. He said this was
often unsatisfactory to the relatives OF
the deceased and resulted In the possi-
Bile quashing OF some criminal cases.
He referred TO the fact that there are
about 1000 homicide cases on file now
at the District Attorneys office which
have never been in court.
A Grand Jury composed of twenty
four substantial citizens of Queens
county has been drawn, and will be
sworn In tomorrow before Burt j.
Humphrey. County Judge, who will
charge them to hold sessions three or
four times a week in an effort to bring
all criminals in the county to Justice.
Dana Wallace. District Attorney. will
direct the investigations.
The Jury list was drawn and per-
fected by Justice Van Siclen of the
Supreme Court Judge Humphrey OF
the County Court. Edward w. Cox.
County Clerk; Sheriff John Wagner and
Thorndyke c. McKennee. Commissioner
of Jurors Every one of the jury is a
business man. Among them are
william II. Johns. president of the
Queens Chamber of Commerce.: George
W. Pople. Flushing banker. and
william n. Van Nostrand. business
man and farmer. of little Neck.