Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-07
NEGRO boy STAYS
TWO POLICEMEN
Habitual Criminal Was Being
Taken to Station for Nio-
lating Parole.
FLEES IN TENEMENTS
Murders Thoroughly Arouse
/, New York Public as Climax
10 Crime Wave.
FL EES IN TENEMENTS
Try United Nows.l

NJ" YORK, Jan. 6.-ThrouCh the
streets and the dark Railways Of
tenements in that section OF New
Dork City known rs Harlem, POM.
fI1ed by negroes and almost n city
apart from the greater city, dctcc-
tives and uniformed policemen and
Their army of informers are search
Ing for n negro boy OF ~. the most
dangerous Killer in town. And this
IS the crest OF the crime wave IN
New York
The negro boy. habitual Grim
NAL. arrested. convicted, Imprisoned
aud paroled many times in his short
career, shot and killed two acting
detective serEcants in n crowded
street IN the Harlem black belt as
thcN were taking him to the West
one Hundred and Thirty fifth street
Police station because he had viola;-
eu ms parole from Blackwelrs Is
iand prison. This was hut n few
: I2urs after the Attorncy-Gcnoral of
the state OF New York, at the suc-
gss;ion OF the Acknowledgement ot
Ne United states. had found it nee
% Ssary 10 call special conferences
OF county prosecutors in Albany next
"Wednesday to coordinate their cr
lor;S at crime suppression.
Public Thoroughly Aroused.
The murder OF the two policemen.
Therefor. was the climatic incident
fonsinE the public rs il had no, hocn
aroused 10y the daily routine of
hoinunS, murders and woundinEs.
ihe officers were Frank j. NJ. Buck
icN' - years old, fifteen years a no
i'ccnan, possessed of good record
featured by q letter OF commentator
Tor bravery, ana the father of four
children. and William Miller. Al ycur.
oiu. twenty years on the force. never
disciplined and once commended for
capturing gang of burglars. known
as II StronG-arm man among des-
rerate Gangsters, and father of /,
family Of nine.
Miller was feared and hated by
VIOLENT criminals and knew hundreds
"t them personally. Miller dropp,d
On the sidewalk as Luther Body. tho
negro youth. wrcnched free Of HE
grasp and fired through his oy.r-
.oet pocket The bullet entered
AHler's mouth and crashed through
siS Drain. Buckley, fumhI!ng with his
eoatians 10 get out his pistol. was
.sraeatao!y SLOW on the draw and
ne negro sent a buile; into his ab-
HoHsa, from which he died shorty
afte-ward.
Quickly Disappears.
boy qu.c:;iy los; himself In the
da!E Haazss Of nearby ,enenen, hall
Nays- The police expect "a catch
ann eventually. and Will Try to send
hin 10 The electric chair. as he is ,oo|
Woi known, they believe. 10 escaoe
The assassination of the detectives
MI! prooab!y serve to reform tho
procedure in dealing with criminals
IN ms city. by coincidence, ono o..
'he most vehement critics of tho sys-
I'm. cHanced 10 be Judge John II
mcintyre OF the Court OF General SEES
slons, who once exercised HE discro
non on the bench TO grant the same
hody a suspe nsion OF sentence For
the last month the average sentence
upon highwaymen in New York has
been little over sixteen wears ,rha
minimum permissible by law Ia ten
years But in each. case the convict
Is eligible TO parole dong before the
cNpiry OF sentence.
Seek To Rinse Hail HondS.
Three justices announced their in
tention 10 work tor increases in the
amount OF bond upon which men with
criminal records. on being charged
with further crimes, may obtain their
liberty Judge Frank y. Mancusco
warned all criminals that every man
convicted before him OF robbery in
any degree would receive tho maxi
mum sentence
Last year. desiring to make certain
mat two robbers would serve at least
thirty-iNc years, Judge Mcintyre said.
lie had to sit VI All night with a pad
and pencil doing arithmetic ana dis
counting the probable maximum Of
good behavior time which might he
RENTED. lie finally had TO give one
man h!ty Two years and the other
sixty.
Judge McIntyrc also complained Of
the presence AND interference in
courtroons of Psychologists, humani-
,ar!ans, and morbid women" who
plead>for mercy for Il prisoner with
out knowing the details OF the case
and without realizing thar a arst Of
fender is capable OF crime no less
heiHous than The worst acts OF habt-
uat criminals.