Judge — February 6, 1932 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE Cut Down Crime By L. A. Wilson omETIUING must be done to reduce the number of hold-ups. In some cities people actually afraid to venture out after nightfall for fear of heing stuck up. About the only way to attend a theatre and feel free to give the hold-up man the laugh is not to return home after the performance, Bring a cot with you and sleep in the foyer. When a person is held up. doctors state that a terrible shock to the ner- vous system results. ‘This is largely due to the unexpectedness of | the ting. If a man or woman walking down the street knew positively that a hold-up would be attempted near a certain tree or while they were some particular alley, the would amount to little or nothing. asmuch as everyone expects to be held up at some time or other, I believe that arrangements should be made with the local Gunmen’s Union to mail out notices to prospects. ‘These notices could read something like this—"Your presence is respectfully requested at a stick-up to be staged at 10:15 P.M. on the south side of 85th Street, in front of McClement Brothers’ cery. Kindly be prompt, as this is our busy week. RS.V.P." Gro- Perhaps the Union would go so far as to furnish victims with a badge or certificate of some kind indicating that they had been robbed on such and such a date. They would then be mune for a certain period. This would. of course, apply only to a tewn har boring Union gunmen. If seabs drift- ed in you would have to take your chances, Some folks are of the opinion that most though outwardly and brutal, are really soft- hearted. Assuming this to be true, it might be wise to do away with the present custom of having pictures of our Presidents on the currency and to substitute a gray-haired mother lean- ing over the garden gate or possibly engraving the words of “Home, Sweet Tom The sight of such « roll of bills might possibly work on the sym- pathies of the stick-up men. criminals, rough A‘ conditions are today, we are not 4% vettin from the criminals, There are too many people being robbed, ‘ a lot better if the Burglars’ Union would inventory houses every so often and placard the ones whose contents are of little value. Citizens could inake sworn statements reg amount of cash on their perso send in daily 1 square ¢ poor tings would be reports to the Union, This would save sccond-story men a lot of fruitless ladder trips, and the sidewalk boys would not be wearing out their billies on a lot of pikers. I believe a great deal could be ac- complished for the benefit of all con- cerned if there were a little more co- The criminal is always more than willing to go out of his way to meet you. Why not meet him half way? operation.