WAVE OF CRIME
TERRORIZING
LONDONERS
LONDON. Marehp 20 (Correspond
ence of The Associated Press).—
Spectacular holdups, mysterious mur
ders and thrilling jewelry robberies
are claiming the best skill of Scotland
Yard and holding the attention of the
London public. Not for many years if
indeed ever—have the authorities
been called upon to cope with such a
wave of crime as that which has
swept the metropolis since the begin
ning of the year. While some ar
rests have been made and some men
punished, the police are hard put to
keep pace with th criminals.
So frequent have robberies become
that London bankers have taken
measures to meet possible raids on
their cash counters, a proceeding
hitherto unknown in the city. All
cashiers have been instructed to keep
cash out of sight instead of display
ing it on bank counters. The police
in the neighborhood of important
banking houses have been ordered to
be especially vigilant, particularly at
the lunch hour.
The prevalence of crime was first
called to the attention of the authori
ties when the newspapers made a
sensation out of the sudden death of
“Billie” Carlton, a favorite actress,
who was found dead in her apart
ment the morning after the famous
Liberty Ball several months ago. It
developed that she had died from an
overdose of a drug. An investigation
showed that the practice of drug-tak
ing was increasing in the city and
that “opium parties” were not un
common.
Next the city was startled by the
arrest of Lieutenant Colonel Norman
C. Rutherford, of the army medical
corps, charged with shooting to death
Major Miles C. Seton also of the
medical corps, at the house of the
major’s cousin, Sir Malcom Seton in
Holland Park. The hearing of this
etise in court has not been concluded.
Murders of less importance follow
ed, each having some unusual feature.
The city was again aroused a few
weeks ago by the published statement
that Major H. E. Chaney, of the Royal
Air Force, had tried to kill his aged
mother, at Talgarth Mansions, and
had then killed himself. Mrs. Chaney
was severely wounded, but hopes are
entertained for her recovery. Police
investigation threw no light on the
tragedy so far as the public was con
cerned. Major Chaney was one of the
best known officers of the British air
force, having been the inventor of the
cemera gun with which cadets were
trained in aerial gunnery.
Of robberies there have been many.
Holdups have taken place in the West
End and in the suburbs at night,
while scores of houses and apart
ments have been robbed in the most
clover manner.
Jewelry robberies have perhaps
been the most frequent crimes since
the epidemic set in. A number of high
class shops have been entered in day
light by thieves who, on pretense of
buying diamonds, have stolen jewels
to the value of many thousands of
dollars.
Many causes are assigned for the
number and character of the crimes,
the majority of them placing the re
sponsibility at the doors of discharg
ed soldiers. Police officers from some
of the most important American cities
are in London seeking international
criminals who may have been dis
charged from some of the armies.
French and Italian officers also are
said to be here, each looking for an
opportunity to assist in the general
round-up.
Meantime the crimes continue.
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BUT CONTENTS ARE GONEl
POCATELLO, Idha, April 14 (by
Associated Press).—Pocatello hap
been dry, or supposedly so, for a num
ber of years. The police court record
shows, however, that here is a suffi
cient quantity of the banned liquids to .
excite suspicion.
A tar begrimed barrel appeared on
the freight platform of the local sta
tion not long ago. It was consigned
to a “paint company” which, officers
discovered, didn’t exist. The barrel (
was examined, and found to contain
the banned spirits—regular ten-year
old whiskey, about thirty-five gallons.
The barrel was allowed to rest for
days in the hope that the owners
might be indiscreet enough to claim
it. But the officers finally became '
tired of the watch and concluded to
move it. The task was easy. The
barrel was unusualy light, and when
moved from its positon there was
disclosed an inch auger hole through
the platform and into the bottom of
the barrel. The contents had been
drawn under the eyes of the officers,
days before, and doubtless had been ^
converted into cash.
For a long time a mysterious wom
an with a baby carriage confused the
officers, who could not locate the
source of supply, until one day the
woman proved her own best customer
and permitted the baby to remain <
alone for several hours while she en
joyed a spree with some of her cus
tomers.” Under the baby's trapping
was the remainder of a half case of
whiskey.
BREMEN IN GRIP OF SMALL '
GROUP OF DESPERADOES
BERNE. April 15 (by Associated
Press).—An inquiry conducted at *
Bremen has revealed the fact that the
Spartacus-Bolshevik group in that
city numbered between 700 and 800
men, writes a Berlin correspondent.
This comparatively insignificant num
ber of armed desperados w’ere able to <
dictate their will to a population of
several hundred thousand and to
maintain a reign of terror for several
weeks before troops sent from Berlin
liberate the inhabitants from their
tyranny. (
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