Judge — February 25, 1928 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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os e shooting more Kibitzers to- before. Wise- cracking bystanders, who stand around Kibitzing whenever bandits try to have a little fun with the police, are fast disappearing. Nowadays, the first bystander who yells at a cop to lead with his club, to try a finesse, or change his suit for a fireman’s, is apt to get a bullet in his pan and public Pisce shooting in American cities than ever cry BANDITS KILLED Boston None | Detroit None St. Louis 1 123 New York None 7,962 Chicago None “44 Kalamazoo None 481 Philadelphia None None THE by trained police An Article by SERGEAD (Reading time: $, 10, 15, 20, 2 nace of the Kibitcer is beis marksmen 30, 35, 40, opinion has brought about this atti- tude. the average policeman has igate ten or twenty complaints a day. He may dash into a cellar hunting a burglar and find only a cat; or he may stroll into a quiet little speakeasy and come out badly shot. Following is a comparative table of killings in various cities: diminished “) A squad How Straight Shooting Policemen Are Thinning the Ranks of the Bystanders SHUTTLEWORTH New York’s record is attributed to the large number of bystanders the po- lice have to shoot at; Chicago's rec- ord is attributed to the large number of policemen the bystanders have to shoot The bandit shown in the St. Louis record was killed during a pistol duel with police by a falling safe. One of the best instances of police nerve and good shooting is supplied by New York. This is the case of Pa- trolman Hoff, of the 23rd Precinct, who learned that a big crap game was in prog in the White Light District. He decided to break up the game single-handed and without waiting for reinforcements walked into the offend- ing gambling den on 45th Street. Three minutes later Patrolman Hoff came out with seven revolvers, four watches and $76 in cash. Another instance of good shooting is the case of Captain Fletcher Jackson. Unarmed and surrounded by gangsters in a waterfront café, Captain Jackson blew his police whistle and shot out the back door, comicbooks.com