The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-22
FIGHTING PARSON
TALKS ON CRIME
Deposed Chicago Law En-
forcer Gives Address
In East Chicago.

Rev. J. H Williamson, the fight
Ing parson" as he IS known since
relieved from his official position as
law enforcement commissioner Of
Chicago. made a vehement appeal
for community society to organize
in a conserted fight against organ
ICED crime. when making an address
at a public gathering of the Mems
Club at the Congregational church
in East Chicago last night.
ORGANIZED CRIME SPREADING
Taking the great cosmopolitan
city of Chicago as a gigantic center
for all classes of organized crime.
Rev. Williamson showed by a table
of statistics that crime was becom
ing deeply imbedded into the social
and political life in almost every
metropolitan city Of the United
states. In Chicago he said crime
was organized fifty years ago and
instead Of being stemmed at that
time It had grown with the size OF
the city until now the varied classes
Of crime have become so deeply in
trenched that they now operate
rampant unmoiested.
NURTURED FROM CRADLE
Unlike IN st well organized
bodies. crime does not publish its
operations" said Rev Williamson.
1T has q method of getting into
personal contact with every subject
or cog Of their organization with
out the outside world much the
wiser Becoming acquainted with
young boys and girls OF all classes
of society the invisible hand Of
crime creeps into their life. nurtures
them from the cradle urs II you will.
and educates these same boys and
girls upon the world as murderers.
robbers. bandits. dope fends and
derelicts of society. Go into any
large city. not alone IN Chicago. and
you will find this condition existing
lust as have depicted" said Rev
Williamson.
CRIME ssUNPUNIsHABLE"
The speaker pointed out that
crime had become so well organized
that there now exists an immunity
sphere, parties of which are protect
ed from their crimes by the law
This sphere or organization ranges.
said the speaker. from automobile
speeders to murders. He mentioned
a case Of one man who had been
arrested 2o5 times in Chicago and
released BY the police and judges
without being brought to trial. Five
of these charges. he said were for
murder
IF the robber or burglar is ar
rested and brought to trial nine
times out OF every ten he Is re-
leased on bond which is usually for
feited when he fails to return In
answer to the charge. The prisoner
IS so we'll protected by the profes-
sional bondsman and shyster law
yer that he does not fear the
chances OF being punished. If re
leased on bond It is a sure bet thai
this same man viii have picked out
place before sundown which ht
will rob so as to pay the shystel
lawyer and professional bondsman
Eight out Of every twelve murders
and robberies committed in Chicago
are by these men released on bond.
said Rev. Williamson. He contin
ued, Il am certainly glad to heal
that certain we'll known judges ar
taking action to stamp out or cur
tail the practices of these profes
slonal bondsmen-" The crime com
mission OF Chicago expects to hav
the actual signer of the bond to fl
out a ques@ioniere disclosing hi
exact status as a citizen and tax
payer befosn releasing the prisone
on bond. This he said will decreas
tho percentage Of bond forfeitures
which last year shrunk from $4,000
600 to less than 100000
WHILE CHICAGO OFFICIAL
He reiterated his experience
.rbi1e enforcement commissioner o