, 1925-01-07
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There was 20 be n more crime after five years of prohibition. Prisons
and calabooses we're to be emptied and a couple of cops were to police a
city. Hank to this from Kansas. the prize prohibition state of the Union:
Wichita, Kansas, Dec. 22-(SpedaD-Sedgwic county legislators are
going to support an approximation for building additional prison space for
Kansas criminals when the lawmakng body meets in Topeka next month,
so that the number of paroles and pardons may be reduced.
Such is the announcement of Harry Dedrick, representative from the
slxtyslNth district who is leading the movements for morep prison space, and
VINO says The other three Sedgwick county legislators have approved his
stand. 81 have just received a letter from the penal board stating that a
large number Of paroles are granted to make room for new prisoners" said
Dedrick. From recent conferences 1 have had with Governoreect Ben
5. Paulen, l have gathered that he is going to try and reduce the paroles
by adding penetentary space"
Doc Wilson Clarence True) who edits the bulletin pubfsbad ~ tbe
Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and which he sends to us regularly, is undoubted a nan
oi PARTS nj nan virtues, but he has n sense of humor We feel sure
that a man whit a single grin in his composition could not have written the
following editorial which appeared n a recent issue of his publication:
The Congress of the United States could do nothing that would greater
serve the us of la enforcement tain Ito arrange that prohibition officers
be properly compensated for their arduous and dangerous service.
The prohibition agent must be intelligent and of good character: he must
represent the United States with dignity and discretion in all crcur,
stances; he must never turnh his back in tn face of flying bullets but he must
never use his weapon except in the dnet necessity; he is gased by smoke
screens, in danger of death of flvinpa utomobnes menace h., ..fnod L..
cafe Or dancing hall He is misrepresented and abused by men who eat
regularly and sleep warmly every twenty-four hours and he may not open
his mouth il defense of himself; there is no time for that.
NO oueT men IN the Umted states today are serving the country in
places o such danger and hardship. II is comparable to war service and rs
with a service it is rewarded principally by ingrattude.
When the prohibition agent leaves his wife and children in the morn
ing he knows and they know that he may not be alive when evening
comes. And for this he is paid an initial salary of $4,000 and must ad,
vance MS W expenses. 1t is not astonishing that some agents have yield
ed to the temptation to cothe threadbare children by adding to this income
in reprehensibe ways.
WV
Kansas City, No, Dec. 15-Four former Federal prohibition agents
convicted of conspiracy and graft Monday were sentenced to two ear IN
the Federal penitentary and fined $4,000 each.
Little Rock, Ark, Dec 23-one nan is dead and two others lie wound
ed as the result of a search for distlleres by four prohibition agents.
L. E. Story, driving a n automobile, a struck by a bullet from an
agents high powered rifle while trying to escape and was killed.
Later the officers went to the home of +. r. Bishop, where they shot
Z. C. Bankenship, who fled after being ordered to halt.
A third man whose name a not learned was shot in the leg, but was
not seriously injured.