Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-01-14
.COLORED BOY STAYS z
N, Y. POLICEMEN


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HalbituaI Criminal Was Being Taken
3 to Station for Violating Parole.
. Murders Thoroughly Arouse New
York Public as Climax to Crimo
Wave.
New York, Jan. G-Tlrrough the
streets and the dark Railways Of tene'
ments in that section Of New York
City known as Harlem, populated by
Negroes and almost city apart from
tho greater city, detectives and uni
formed policemen and their army of
informers are searching for Il colorcd
boy Of 10 the most dangerous killer in
town. And this is the crest of the
crime wave in New York.
The colored boy, habitunl crim..
nal. arrested, convicted, imprisoned
and paroled many times in his short
career shot and killed two acting de-
tcctivc sergeants in crowded street
Sin the Harlem. black bcit as they
were taking him TO the West One Hun
s ydred and Thirtyfifth Street Police
Station because he had violated his
parole from Blacl1weIls Island prison.
This was but few hours af'ser the At
torney.G General OF the State of New
York. ut THE suggestion OF the Attoc.
ney-Gencral OF the United States, had
found 1t necessary to call special con
ference Of county prosecutors III Al
bany next Wednesday to coordinate
their efforts at crime suppression.
PUBLIC THOROUGHLY AROUSED
The murder Of the two policemen
= therefor. was THO climatic incident
refusing The public 81 1t Ind not been
aroused by the daily routine Of hold
ups, murders and woundings. The Off
GERS were Frank j. NJ Buckley, 81
3 years cd, fifteen years n policeman.
4. possessed of good record featured
by a letter Of commentator for BRAY
cry and the father of four children
4 and william Miller, 46 years old,
* twenty years on the force, never dis
q ciplined and once commended for cap
turing gang Of burglars, known as
! q strong-arm man among desperate
\gangsters and father Of a family Of
nine.
n Miller was feared and hated by VIC
lent criminals and knew hundreds Of
rem personally. Miller dropped on
@ sidewalk as Luther Body the col
youth, wrenched free Of his
and fired through his overcoat
'ket. The bullet entered Miller's
,..outh and crashed through his brain.
Buckley, fumbling with his coabtails
to get out his pistol, was lamentably
slow on the draw and the boy sent a
bulot into his abdomen, from which
he died shortly afterward.
QUICKLY DISAPPEARS
Body quickly lost himself in the
>rk macs Of nearby tenement hall
avs. The police expect to catch him
ycntually and will try to send him
J the electric chair, as he is too well
;nown, they believe to escape.
The assassination Of the detectives
i'll probably serve to- refor
:, tho procedure in dealing with criml-
& nails in this city. By coincidence, one
= OF the most vehement critics OF the
Il system, Glanced ito be Judge John +.
Mcintyre Of tire Court Of General Ses
/. sions, who once exercised his dlscre-
I~i,a on the bench to grant the same
gfBouy suspension of sentence. For
f<the last month the average sentence
aw n highwaymen in New York has
9"1oe6 little over sixteen years. Tho min
minimum permissible by law is ten years.
But in each case the convict Is eligi
bic to parole long before the eXpiry OF
sentence.
SEEK TO RAISE BAIL BONDS
Three justices announced their in
tention to work for increases in the
amount Of bond upon which men with
criminal records on being charged
with further crimes may obtain their
liberty, Judge Frank x. Mancusco
warned all criminals that every man
convicted before him Of robbery in
4 any degree would receive the maxi.
mum sentence.
+ # Last year, desiring to make certali,
that two robbers would serve at least
thirty-five years, Judge Mcintyre said
he had to sit up all night with a pad
and pencil doing arithmetic and dis
counting the probable maximum OF
Esi"good behavior" time which might DO
RENTED. He finally had to give ono
man fifty-two years and the other six
4 ty.
ISL Judge Mcintyre also complained Of
% the presence and interference in court
y rooms Of penologists, humanitarlans,
b and morbid women" who plead for
Il mercy for n prisoner without knowing
sI the details Of the case and without
I realizing that a first offender is cap
s able of crime no less heinous than the
worst acts Of habitual criminals.
* SURE DEATH" LUTHER BOODDT
SUBMITS TAMELY TO ARREST