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which will tend to lessen the amount
Of crime and give the public the police
protection which is needed" The oue5-
tion will also come up for discus ION
at a meeting on Monday, April II. to
which Commissioner Enright and Dis
trict Attorneys Banton, of Manhattan,
and Rush. Of Kings County, arc to be
invited to make addresses. The an.
nouncement WAS made by Mayo Fcaler,
secretary of the executive committee.
The Washington Square Association,
whose members occupy the section Of
the city where the Shattuck robbery
occurred last Sunday, also called at
tention to the lack Of proper police
protection throughout the city. at a
meeting at 262 Greene Street.
After calling upon the Mayor for
more adequate safeguards, the asso-
citation sent a letter to the Chamber
of Commerce of the City Of New York.
urging that body to call meeting Of
civic and business organizations for
the purpose of taking up the crime
problem and the efficiency of the no.
lice adm inistration.
The association says that "the time
is ripe for thorough, impartial. non
partisan investigation of the protec-
ton Of persons and property in the
City OF New York. that IAN unprece-
dentcd amount of CRIME has been and
is prevalent in all the boroughs" and
that "the citizens no longer have that
safety which should be theirs in a
community properly and efficiently GOV
erncd"
meeting OF the special committee
of the He'll Gate Republican Club ap.
pointed to consider the police situa-
tion was also held in the clubrooms, at
AIT East Eighty-ffth Street, last night.
Revolutions were drawn up and will be
submitted at the regular meeting of
the club Tuesday night. The substance
of these resolutions was not made
public.
Bankers Start Pistol Practice
Banking and other financial institu-
tions in the Wall Street district have
obtained permission from Police Head
quarters to send trusted employees to
the basement Of the latter place for
purposes is to be opened on Governors
Island next Thursday. This class is
mainly for women and girls employed
by banks and large corporations whose
duties include the handling of large
sums Of money.
Those desiring to join are to make
application to CAPTAIN G. c. Graham,
Adjutant, Fort Jay. Governors ISL
and. All applicants must have creden-
tials from employers as to the en-
ployees' duties. 1t is understood that
the American Railway Express Com
pany and the National Bank of Com
merce have already entered number
Of their employees.
Developments in the original record
itself yesterday included number Of
M n hECr ho oh of
policeman. Patrick McHugh. Of the
West 135th Street station, while lead
ing three prisoners to the police sta
ton.
Supreme Court Justice Harry E.
Lewis, Of Brooklyn, suggested the addi-
ton Of 5000 more policemen to the
force as one of the methods of prop
erly dealing with the crime problem.
Among other things he said:
"The courts should be up-to date so
as to permit the Indictment of a Grim.
lnal within "a hours, his trial within
three or four days. and on conviction
prompt and drastic punishment.
"Any man carrying gun in viola
ton OF law should be sent to prison
for the maximum term permitted by
law.
The manufacture and sale OF arms
should be rigdly restricted and it
should be possible to trace each wea-
pom by some secret mark.
The good results meant TO flow
from the Sullivan law are nullified
when crook can get gun permit
from some court of record in another
county and, returning with it, DE pre-.
Pared to blow omebodys head Of
Bank messengers, carrying large
sums of money, should be adequately
naiu"