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torney for the board, to draw up
such an ordinance.
certainty was expressed
whether city council would obey
their request in view OF that body's
recent refusal to hire additional
firemen at the Broad Ripple station.
A suggestion was that city council
men be permitted to name the adj
ditional policemen, il it would ex-
pedite passage OF the ordinance.
I'm perfectly willing to allow the
councilmen to appoint the policemen,
but l would like to determine their
qualifications for duty, both from
the standpoint OF physical and men,
tai fitness" Rikhof declared.
Enough Dead Wood
We've got enough dead wood on
the force now without adding those
not measuring up to standard"
Rikhoff also went on record in
discussion of finances Of the board
Of safety.
Discussing the allotment of funds
from the police department to main
tain stop and go signals, estimated
TO cost S2695 a month each to oper-
ate, Rikhoff said the police depart.
ment was the victim when no one
knew where TO charge items.
Sometimes l think q cyclone has
struck the department, he said.
Rikhoff said the present eight.hour
shift, started today after a twelve
hour shift had been in effect more
than a week. He said the eight
hour day probably would be con-
tinued unless he determines the stu
alton Is becoming acute again.
Safe Blowing General
There's nothing peculiar about
the safe blowing reported today
Rikhoff declared. IT'S a condition
that exists over the country. Why,
in Dayton, o.. they've blown a safe
in stores Of a grocery company every
night for a month"
Mayor Shank said special details
of police could not insure against
safe cracking.
"They ought &c do like I do at my
place, Put up a sign, This safe is
not locked.
Special Guards Stand
Mayor Shank said the special de-
tail assigned to banks would con-
tinue at their posts of duty and
that the patrol squads would main
tain their practice Of scouting the
city for suspects.
Rikhoff praised a recent editorial
Of The indianapolis Times condemn
ing the practice Of releasing known
criminals. HE assailed ithe methods
OF obtaining release Of men cap
tured in recent raids through writs
Of habeas corpus.
I'VE had a known robber the other
day. who was released in the court
Of T. Ernest Maholm, justice of the
peace, on a writ of habeas corpus.
They notified me at 2:3O p. m. to APP
pear for the hearing which was set
at that hour. 1 hurriedly called
Bailey, attorney for the board of
safety, who attempted TO prepare our
case on the way to the court He
showed the vagrant had wandered
from city to city over the country
without visible means of support,
but the crook was released"
Women Terrorized
Pleading with the board of safety
to provide adequate police protec-
ton, Mrs. Maude Hobson. 1921 Edge
mont ST., and Mrs. William Taylor.
1901 W. Twenty.Third St., said the
women / Northwestern Indianapolis
were terror stricken because Of the
roberies and hold-ups in a district
from Eighteenth to Thirtieth SITS,
west Of Harding st.
Were afraid to go out on the
street and yet we're afraid to go
home" said Mrs. Taylor, who faced
the revolver OF a colored house
breaker at her home few nights
ago.
Mrs. Hobson urged the board to
assign mounted patrolmen 10 tho
district, asserting that one district
patrolman cannot cope with the
situation.
The situation is so terrible that
men Of our district offered to patrol
the neighborhood at night. but were
refused permission TO carry revol-
vers,' said Mrs. Evans.
Board members told the women
the matter would be investigated.