Evening star., 1932-07-23

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u railroad fireman, one JACOB
Falter, who had been arrested
IL in Speyer for attempted robbery
with arms, desired very much
to be transferred from Jail to hospital.
To effect this change Of scene and air,
he swallowed an assortment OF articles
which in their extent and variety
astonished even the hardened officials
who are prepared for almost any de-
pravity or subterfuge that will net a
miscreant additional ease and privilege.
Taken suddenly i'll, stomach operation
revealed a miscellaneous stock sufficient
to set up a secondhand store. Sur
geons found: Half FORK, with tour
tines; a crooked spoon, handful OF
nails, a couple OF bolts, complete with
burrs; piece OF window glass, severaI
smaller pieces of tin and some other
metallic objects The man had added
these condiments to his diet in the eX-
pectation, which was realized, that he
would soon be transferred from the
prison to the hospital. In the latter
establishment, he has admitted, there
appeared to be better opportunities Tor
escape.
Capone Offer Recalls
Bit of French History.
LIE Matin, Paris.-They told us not
long since, with reference to the ex-
ecrable abduction of the beloved Ameri-
can baby, that the question of liberat-
ing AL Capone. the emperor OF the
gangsters, to assist in the search for the
infant, was being considered in official
circles. We were told, TOO, that Ameri-
nature and urgency of the case, unani-
mously decried and protested the
scandal of such pact with most
notorious criminal.
At first view, it does appear uncon-
scionable that in country supposedly
governed in an atmosphere of law and
order, q malefactor should be taken out
of Jail to play the gendarme, but then,
if We reflect no more than five seconds,
the idea is not SO bad-nor, indeed
without Its precedent.
Vidoco. who became chief Of police
Vi Vious Cen Century. had long been a CON
spicuous gangster of that epoch. He
had likewise worn the mask, and aimed
the bullet. He had climbed to leader
ship Of the outlaw horde, active in
every sort of crime and outrage-and
Enthusiastically, one day, he quit all
his evil ways. The devil became
hermit, and ultimately left his hermit
age only to carry on a vehement and
merciless warfare upon all his old as
sociates and friends. With all his know
ledge of the demimonde, ne naturally
became a marvelously efficient and
successful police officer. He knew in
adversaries, for he had practiced them
all himself. There was no page in the
vast and gloomy catalog of crime which
was not Instantly clear and legible to
him. Remembering these things, why
should they not, then, in America, pin
a detective badge beneath the lapel of
AL Capone's coat? His suggestion may
have been the first foreshadowing of
his reformation, and Of life hence
forth Of service to mankind.
Arrival TO Aid
Nicaraguan Elections.
Patria, San Salvador Reports from
our correspondent at Managua narrate
that no less than 1900 North American
marines will supervise the approaching
presidential elections. Thus, another
step is achieved in the liberal and pro-
gressive democracy Of our neighbor
republic, initiated in the elections of
1928 and 1880. The first contingent of
these foreign election officials will
arrive Monday.
Chilean Deplores
Excess Of Imports.
Ell Mercurio, Santiago-That our
industrial balance is most unfavorable
is a situation which becomes more
certain the more carefully we examine
it. We import from Argentina, frca
Bolivia, frorA prazi'. from Colng1efa,
Eom Ecua6x. tH& FaSsgnaA Iqm