The New York herald., 1922-02-13
10000 CARS STOLEN,
56 P. c. RECOVERED
New York Upstate Cities Led
With $500 Thefts for the
Year 1921.

ALBANY, Feb. 12.-Nearly 1000 auto
mobiles were stolen in cities Of New
York State during the past year, accord
ing to figures made public to-day by the
New York STATE Bureau of Municipal
Information. The thefts increased AZ
per cent. over 1920, the report added.
1t also was revealed that the police Of va
rious cities recovered 56 per cent. of
the cars stolen in 1921. as against a
recovery of 81 per cent. in 1920.
The report, based on figures from the
police authorities of fifty-six municipali-
ties, showed that during 1921 1895 au-
tomobiles were stolen as compared with
| 1908 in 1920. Stolen cars recovered in
| 1921 number 5,651 as compared with
1898 in 1920.
! The number of cars stolen and recov-
/ cred in 1921 in the different cities were
shown in the order named as follows:
! Albany. 234-177; Amsterdam. 1926 !;
Auburn, 1i-10: Batavia, Sd: Beacon,
5-3; Buffalo. 1.152-s6o; Binghamton, 37-
| 32; Canandaigua, 5-5; Cortland, TO
Cohoes. 3-3: Corning. 1926; Dunkirk.
l6-6; Elmira, 46-7; Fulton, 5-3; Geneva.
1916; Gloversville, 2o-13; Glens Falls,
lilo Hornell. 80; Ithaca. 1913; James,
4-3: Little Falls. 5-5 Lockport, 1924 !;
Lackawanna, 1913; Mechanicsville, 2-1 !;
Middletown, 80: Mount Vernon, 14-9 !:
New York, 6.S06-S,253: Niagara Falls,
114-109: Norwich, 3-2; North Tona-
wanda, 3-2; Newburg, 1910; New Ro-
chelle. 1922 Olean, SIS; Oneida, H.
10; Oneonta 3-3 Ogdensburg, 3-3 ;
Oswego, 34-32; Poughkeepsie, GA :;
Plattsburg, 1910; Port Jervis. IL :;
Rochester. 530-393 Rome, A.; Rensse-
Ter, 4-3; Schenectady, 1854; Saratoga,
| 10: Tonawanda, A. Utica, 92-74 !;
Watervliet. SO; watertown. 1916 :;
White Plains, S1-2s; Yonkers 95-57.
A bulletin accompanying the report
declared that "A QUESTIONABLE was sent
to cities throughout the country to learn
the effectiveness of ordinances regulat-
ing and licensing second hand automo-
bile dealers and proprietors of places
were automobiles are stored. repaired
or overhauied. Replies from twelve
cities were made public, all of them as
serting that such ordinances helped in
the apprehension. of automobile thieves
and in the recovery Of stolen cars.
Two of the replies were from New
York State cities. Syracuse and Buffalo.
The Syracuse reply said:
"This department (police) has de-
tectives detailed to cover all public ga
RACES and check up all cars in these
garages each night. taking license mo-
tor and other Identification numbers.
These number are checked up with all
complaints received from other authori
ties. BY this system this department
has recovered large number OF auto
mobiles for other police departments"
The Buffalo reply said "The ordi-
nance has been in force about two years
and has this effect: Dealers know they
must report such cars to the police, and
II stranger is Offering the car for
sale the dealer takes the precaution to
see that the title is clear or that the
car has not been stolen before closing
the deal. II the dealer Is suspicious Of
the car being offered for sale he calls
the police, who have a chance to investi
gate. and number of times during the
past year stolen cars have been re-
covered through the receipt of just such
tips from dealers. II car were Of
fered for sale at an attractive price he
usually closed the deal without first TAX
ing the trouble to convince himself that
the particular car was all right. The
ordinance has made n number OF deal
ers change their method of doing busi-
ness. and / believe il has enabled the
police to keep check on dealers who
might otherwise be tempted to take
chances on crooked cars"