The evening world., 1922-05-16
CROPSEy SCORES
|cR|ME PUBLICITY,
| BANTON LAUDS II
Front Page Hysteria' Gives
District Attorney Tools
. to Fight Vice.

/ fth Street. Justice Cropsey de-
bred = the criminal calendars of
F ings County could be cleaned up in
le summer IL more Judges sat In
+ b summer instead of taking all-sea-
b vacations.
+ He attacked publicity for crime. his
In Investigations showing so per
mt. OF those he questioned admitted
~ read everything published in the
Xpapers about crime. He de-
Ered publicity promoted crime.
1.-THE front page hysteria' to which
Istice Cropsey has referred" said
r. Banton, "has obtained for me the
Iols needed to fight crime and l am
1ankful for IT. Tomorrow every in
vidual indicted prior TO one week
10 for burglary robbery, or pistol
trrying goes on the trial calendar.
bat IL part OF what | have been
iped to do.
H'The remedy is in your hands for
ue predominance of youths under
fenty-one years, who, Justice Crop
h has told you. are responsible for
e-third of the crimes carrying
bte's prison sentences. If Dad
Yre not too tired. or full of golf on
bnday to take the boys TO church,
would be a better city.
kIythe prosecution of crime under
hg law l am riding in an OK
{ trying to catch a man in a 1922
del motor car" the District At
hey continued. "The Code of
Uminal Procedure now in use s
pared in 1871 and, of course, 1t is
haic and out of date. Our courts
as old as our criminal code.
lin my opinion there are too many
tical Investigations. l believe New
TX should organize a systematic
ntiflc survey of the agencies for
n Vorcement of the criminal law, the
- the Prosecutor, the courts and
Dthe newspapers. so we could get
facts on every angle without
budice.
The law in regard to bail does not
, rate equitably. II now discrim
ties against the poor man. 1 hope
time is close at hand when there
be no difference between a bail
Jail case and each will go to
with equal promptness."
tr. Banton again reviewed his fall
- to obtain legislation for criminal
secution of brokers who operate
ket shops ana said he was going to
that legislation eventually.
Raymond b. Fosdick, author OF
nerican Police Systems said
re is more crime in America than
EUROPE because of the heterogeneity
ne American population, which has
heveloped the tradition of orderli-
The state of the public parks
lIEA1ndny mornings, covered with
= Uents of Sunday luncheons,
Ups of paper and other refuse, he
is unknown to London, Paris
Berlin. He said crime will decreas,.
America in proportion to the rapid
II with which America assimilates
n &lien immigrant population.
stice Cropsey. who. while Police
missioner ten years ago. institu-
Hand perpetuated denial of any in
kation to newspapers from Police
Z LILO uarters was the first speaker.
fhere always will be crime here,
Hhere can be less" said Justice
> z Isey. New York needs the best
ne Department it can get and the
Police Department head. l be-
1t has the best prosecuting de-
! ment.
Il lew York needs not only courts
" lhme and fact, but courts In ses-
and that you have-at times.
vneed courts in session principally
terminal cases may be tried with
.v-l ldelay than has been possible.
by, not hasty, trials are essen
They produce even better effects
e. |scouraging those contemplating
than do heavy sentences.
hose indicted this week should be
next week. This could be done
tings County II we had more
bs. We have lots Of Judges doing
ng all summer.
1ew York gets as good enforce
Of criminal law as 1t demands
hk1 as II deserves. We could ge
enforcement If we went a
p tried to get II.
the people thought more courts
u sit in summer, more courts
sit In summer, and they will
| BIT In summer unless you show
want them to do so. This /:
'of everything else too in re.
10 the enforcement of the Grim
hws.
Ne press would do more in thi;
Ir II you wanted more done.
kblicity in crime is a very baC
Newspapers will boo at thi'
e they would lose their scar'
l. But II is an incentive to crim'
| 1T is placarded on the FIRST pag'
Iasy II is to rob. The other fel
hinks he Is a fool because HI
tried 1t.
b have too much publicity abou
havo asked a number o
Is II they read the crime new
IL discover that so per cent. o
L read everything. that Is printet
crime. Do you wonder tn
IL hpers publish II? If you woul'
l. y tn, newspapers which publisl
things they would soon stol
hing them.
he than one-third OF the Grim
liable by State Prison sentence
omitted by men under twenty
Iars OF age, / am Informed.