The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-30
ENEMIES OF
SOCIETY ARE
CLASSIFIED
Social 0utcasts Held To
Be Product Of The Pre-
sent System"
BY RAY BLACK.
United Press Staff Correspondent


CHICAGO. June 80. (UP)-
Science called the roll of gang
dom and the underworld yeSter-
day in a study seeking to classify
the burdens and enemies of So
ciety.'
The name of Samuel insult,
self-exiled former utilities mag
nate was a strange inclusion in 4
list that included the late Tim
Murphy, slain Chicago politician
pangster: Wild Bill Lovett, hobo
college superintendent and reput-
ed head of the Brooklyn White
Handlers. and Jack Zuta, Chicago
vice king and successful business
man who was slain in Wisconsin.
The list was read by Ben Relt-
man bizarre Chicago Bohemian
and contact man for sociologiSts.
before a sociological section OF
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
When Reitman, a bewhiSkered
giant. finished. a professional con-
iidence man and thief. speaking
under the alias of Frank Smith,
told the scientists and SociologiSts
that there really is "honor among
thieves"
The thief, a bulky pleasant
voiced man. said thieves will stand
together like good soldiers against
the law but will rob and discrelit
those whose standing is below
theirs in the criminal "commun-
ity."
Reitman said there was so much
good in bad men and so much bad
i'm good men that any classical
ton of social outcaSts was diff
cult.
"Murderers, kidnapers. gang
steers and crooks sound terrible
but we now know" he said, that
they are responsible for compare
lively little harm to society,"
For centuries society made
elaborate preparations to protect
itself against highway robbers,
burglars, thieves. counterfeiters
and 50 on but permitted itself TO
be duped and robbed by politi-
clans. bankers. brokers. jobbers, f.
gamblers and real estate specula-
tors.
IN the light of recent bank !
failures. financial collapSes and .
tremendous recesSious in real e.
tate and farm values which re-
suited in millions Of people losing /
their money and homes, the Grim /
las. activities Of robbers. gang |
stels. countcrreiters and labor |.
racketeers seem cheap and inSig- !
mhcant.'
Among notations on Reitman's !
list were:
Samuel Insult was bCnefac- I
tor of Northwestern University, 4 /
music lover. collector of rare /
editions. a patron of the arts a"d |
a robber par excellence. Shall |
we call him q humanitarian or 4 /
thief?
"Tm Murphy, one of Chicago's |
most notorious recently murdered !
gangSterS, was q politician, a
member of the legislature, train !
robber, a successful bOotlegger, !
an executive in a gambling syndi-
cate.
wild Bill Lovett. the head of
the Brooklyn White Handlers, !
whose gang is supposed to be re-
SpOnsible for 100 Sayings. OF
which seven were charged direct |
" TO him, was a labor leader, a !
patriotic honor soldier, and for a
while was superintendent of a
hobo college"
Reitman declared that most
modern scientists and SociOlogiSts
believe that social outcasts are
the product of "an unscientitic,
unjust economic system and as
soon as We develop 4 just, Scien-
tifc. cooperative commonwealth,
with or without dictatorship of
the prOletariat. crime. Delinquent
cy and dependency will greatly
decrease.
The professional group crimi-
mails are not only a menace to
the community through what they
are able TO steal and gain
through illicit methods but Their
greatest harm is their devastating
effect upon politics, police and Of
ficialS. They not only employ kill
ers to protect them but are able
to secure the services of lawyers
and officials"