New Britain herald., 1924-01-19
Bristol Nevs
STATE POLICE HEAD
 DISCUSSES CRIME
Supt. Robert I. Hurley Addresses Bristol Club Members
PUTS BLAME ON HEREDITY

Donald Mix Wires Reply to Christmas
 Greetings sent By High school
 Class-S,eyenson to Discuss Rail.
 road Situation.
 Hercdity was blamed by Superin tendent of the State Police Robert T
 Hurley, as the underlying ba sis of crime in his talk last night to 200 members of the Bristol club and
 guests He said the defective brain
 aided by environment was at the root of the evil. which has cost uncount-
 able wealth in efforts at suppression. The proper means of combating this
 criminal tendency was to keep it from
 the breaking point where the brain
 bursts forth into menace to society.
 He advocated early steps in the direc-
 ton of prevention and scored the
 negligence of the general public in re-
 porting matters to the officers Of the
 law and in the carelessness in notic- ing important details that would aid the protectors of the public in their search Of the cuprits, such as the ob- servation of number plates on motor cars. In this line. the speaker told of two motor car thcfts. which were run to earth after an apple stealing episode, where the farmer who chased away the thieves in his orchard, be- came so incenscd over the firing of a shot by one of the accused. that he ] immediately took note of the motor l har rt cA ka police. The result was that the car was discovered as stolen property. The men arrested sought aid in New York and the would be friends were ar- rested for speeding in Connecticut town, where the facts developed that their car was also someone else's property.
 In discussing hercdity and environ ment, Superintendent Hurley said that in many cases. criminal tcnden- i cies might be aHerted by tho eNtcn- sion of the helping hand to unfortu- hates, who were inclined to be feeble minded. To keep a man continually down, as he expressed it. was 10 court trouble in pushing tho defective brain 10 the bursting point, where il became an untrammelcd terror. He discussed several Of his experiences in 20 years. The speaker asserted that the com mission Of crime causes a man to change 50 per cent
 Mir Hurley declared that the people of today were following the course of least resistance hnd seemed to he eon- tent to pay the heavy loyies that crime placed on tho public. He said that crime had gained in hcadway SO that it had greater foothold today than 2j years ago. He appealed to the public to oNorcisc greater care.
 In response 10 questions, the speak CT said that he knew or no permanent organized band Of criminals and thought that the temporary orga niza tions were a help to him as failing out among thieves has caused the disgruntled ones to inform on the others with the result that a "clcan- up" by the police took place.
 Prior to his discussion of the un- deriving basis Of crime, Superinten. dent Hurley sketched the career of l his department from it's organization 1 in 1903 10 the present day and the ]
  introduced by Judge $. Russell Mink. 1
 Local Patrons Incon,enicuccd
 Local patrons Of inc New Haven" ! railroad. who felt highly olaied last l week, when timetables announced ad- 1 ditional ser,ice on the Springfield and | New Haven line. had their joy shat i tered when reading Of the time 1! table showed Sunday service curtaiied i as usual The olation followed the ] announcement that a new train. No. ! sS. had been placed on the timetable. scheduled out of Springfield at l0:i5 1 o'clock at night. making connection with the train leaving Hartford at i1:So o'clock for this city and Water bury. The new train also provided q New York connection with inc train | leaving here at g:45 o'clock and con- recting with the new shuttle tfai.- lea ring New Britain al ii:23 o'clock 10 connect with the Springfield train. The new train for New York. leaving Springfield at l1:I5 and Hartford at 2:25 o'clock does not gisp local pa roBs any great amount of service as t has not 3 Berlin connection and To- al people must go 10 Hartford 10 board it. As the tim tts be stands. the Sev Britain Berlin train runs at Ii:ea JH Sunday night as usual but has mol ny train 10 cOnngct with. as the last rain out of 'his city is S:sg o'clock md the sprinsfsid New Haten train s taken of on that night Tn. shut q t'Hir runs Co Berliu and bact 10 . Sew Britain but upon arrival al Eer- in is in the position Of the man. .'all lressed up but nowhere 10 go"
 Wires From PoIe Y
 Donald Mix. wireless operator on , he EowJoi1. the ship of Captain Me q lillian. on the way to the North Pole. f as wired bark his thanks for greet. ' DEs from the class Of 1919 or the fl Bristol High school. sent 10 him at ( hrisiTast,de. The message arrived . .sre setteFJay. having been delayed i cFeral days. by the absence On aaction Of Operator John Barnsiey : Prince Rupert. British Coiumbia ! -bo has been relaying messages to nd from Mr. Nix. The message e rom the class of 1918 contained . briytmas wishes and announced that r reunion was scheduled for December :. !, Ir. Nils is a local boy. whose !. ome is on Sfearns street.
 MHl Discuss RsiIr0ads. ii The New England railroad situ- ' ton will ba giscussEI on January g 2 at the Bristol ciub by George -erensor, treasurer OF the Society I [ Savings or Hartford. a well known nthori.y in rail matters and bond sues. He was a member of the Lorrow commission. which consider n ] the uniting Of the various s5-s- fl