New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

cepG unoer extreme CtfCum6tanCe' when they know . serious crime being committed. This is the effec of an "unwritten law" which va unofficially incorporated in the regu lations recently when policeman was criticized for using his gul promiscuously and, the commission CTS believed. exposing innocent per sons to danger.
 During the past week two incl dents have occurred which create doubt whether the ruling of tn police commissioners should be con sidered inf1exible. A policeman sur prised two youths in the act o transporting liquor in Walnut Hill park. At the time he detecte' them he was not aware that the were in possession of contraband When they ran away he suspected that they were law breakers bu mindful Of the attitude of the polio board he did not draw his gun an' shoot Later he inspected an auto mobile which they abandoned an' learned that it contained severa gallons of alcohol. If he had sho into the air the youths might no have escaped. Public opinion woult not have supported him probably 1 he had shot at and killed either o the youths but he could hay' frightened them into surrendering l he had not been hampered by th' "unwritten law" referred to.
 The second incident was of , more serious nature. A policeman in the performance of his dut. was shot while chasing . fugi tive through dark back yards. H. did not know his quarry wa armed. If he had carried his gul in his hand he would have been pre- pared for eventualities. Regard less of the fact that he had a bulle in his body. he bravely withstoot his ground and emptied his pisto at the spot where he believed thu gunman to be hiding.
 An unidentified person telephonet to the Herald yesterday stating tha the people of the neighborhood wer' glad the policeman had been sho because they believed he was tot enthusiastic in running down boot leggers. Perhaps the person dit not correctly express the sentiment! of his neighbors but his words re- vealed state of mind which Is 6 menace to the peace and securit, of the community.
 No one wants to see the men or the police force running around with guns in their hands ready te shoot at the slightest provocation Neither does anyone want to sec the policemen rendered helpless bS a commission regulation which |! liable to be misunderstood. Before the situation becomes worse. the commission should have 8 confer ence and outline It's attitude. A present 8 large number of police men do not understand what Is ex pected of them with reference to tn, use of guns.
 Usually when we receive au 4n vitation for a weekend party w expect there Is nothing more needed to be done at the cottag to which wt have been invited than a set ol front stairs repaired or the screen, put in or something like that. That! to be expected when one receive! an early season invitation and al though the requirements are no worded in the written missive it il a pretty safe bet that one will b. handed a pair of overalls and asked if one minds getting down to worl as soon as possible.
 Imagine our surprise therefor, when, last weekend, we received nt other duties than the job of getting a motorboat into shape. Sait launch had spent two seasons at tn, bottom of large and spring-fet lake but had recently been salvaget and lay in all it's original beauty oi the beach before the cottage. , splendid example of what the In vinoible Armada must look like b, now. if 1t is still resting at the bot tom of wherever it was that the In vincible Armada became quite vinci ble.
 Let it be understoodAthat we ar no mechanics-much less marin mechanics. The extent of our me chanical knowledge in that direction extends as far as holding the steer ing lever on an outboard moto qualities one. To us the job of get ting the rusted, sand filled two tol engine into shape offered no nor worry to us than if we had sudden ly been picked to represent Amer ica in a six day bicycle race.
 We donned the overalls, we firm ly grasped a large wrench in ou right hand, and advancing to th hopeless wreck we tentatively tap ped a rusted cylinder head in tn slight hopes that the engine woul' sputter. roar and the boat woul' churn out to sea. It didn't. It emit ted a dull ciank and was still.
 Our host suggested that we tea down the engine and clean all tn parts thoroughly. We started. Eacl bolt was rusted to the screw-eacl section of iron was firmly welded t the other. Coaxing and kerosene ol the rusted bolts proved no avail Frenzied hammering on the darne, things broke two of them off il their sockets. Finally one cylinde head came off and revealed two ex
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