Youth Of Country Caught
On Crest Of Crime Wave
Never in History of Country Have Police Had to Deal W ith
So Many Juvenile Delinquents and Despera
does as Is the Case Today
By ROBERT T. SMALL
(CooyHght. 1*24. Bv Tht
New York. June 9.?Expert crim
inolocists are non-plussed at the
rapid spread of crime anionic what
may be termed the children of the
country. The unbelievable murder
of the Franks boy In Chicago by two
youths of 19 has served merely as a
climax, to a long record of crimes by
boys, and girls too for that matter,
which has been piling up in every,
large city during the past five or six
years.
Scarcely a day goes by here in
New York that some lad but recent
ly in long pants is taken Into the
toils of the law for some daring or
reckless defiance of the stated rules
of soeiety.
Lingering in the hospital today, n I
bullet wound in his head. Is a boy of,
17?a "hold up man." The lad was
caught redhanded in an efTort to rob
a Jewelery store in broad daylight. ?
The arrest of a boy of this age is
nothing out of the ordinary, but this
case was interesting because Howard
Weiss says the last ten years of his
life have been spent in crime. This
means he left the straight and nnr-1
row path at the age of seven.
Cecilia Cooney, New York's riotor-i
lous bobbed hair bandit, now doing
her bit up the river, said that she, 1
too*, had been sent out on the street
at even a younger age than that. |
Weiss told the police today that he.j
had lived In Los Angeles but he did
not remember his parents because he'
was so young when he took to get
ting a living out of the world In the
only way which seemed natural to
hlni. Rather boastfully the boy told
of having done "jobs" in Portland,
Oregon, Vancouver, B. C., Seattle,
San Francisco and various smaller
cities. When shot down by a police
man as he was attempting to escape
it was found the boy's world wealth
contested of two revolvers and a
pawn ticket for a watch.
The police are at a loss to know
just what has set the youth of the
country afire but that It is flaming
there Is no doubt. Some of New
York's- boldest crimes have been
committed by boys In their teens or
early twenties. Bank messengers
have been shot down by them in cold
est blood. Highway robbery appears
to have the greatest appeal to the,
criminals of supposedly tender years.
The boy with the gun is giving more
trouble to the police of New York 1
today than almost any other crlmln-.
al.
Girls go in for shoplifting as a >
rule and some of these have told the |
juvenile court that they have been j
pilfering since they were eight or
nine years old.
Not only Is youth rampant In overt
criminal acts, but the traffic courts ,
of the city are filled with young men i
and women arrested for speeding.
Even Miss Abby Rockefeller, the 21
year-old granddaughter of John D., |
himself could not resist the call for
the dazzling pace and twice was tak-|
en into custody for breaking the
speed limit Into exceedingly small
fractions. Reckless driving almost
Invariably is traced to mere boys
and only too often there has been
gin or some other sort of liquor in
the party.
Every city and town in the coun
try has its modern problem of deal
ing with youth. There never has
been a time when youth has so freely
found expression. The extent tb
which parents are responsible for the
manners and customs of children
which sometimes grow into criminal
acts can only be conjectured.
Eminent doctors, who specialize in
studies of the brain, both normal
and abnormal, have agreed at their
convention in Atlantic City that the
Chicago boys who murdered Robert
Franks might have conducted them
selves as law-abiding citizens If
something had not gone wrong with
their early training. Just where
modern parents fall In the upbring
ing of their offspring the doctors
have not disclosed but they place at
the hearthstone the wild flings that
youth is having .today. Too much In
dulgence. too much liberty, too much
spending money, too many automo
biles and too little chaperonage?all
tln-se nre the customary explanations
of the world life that Is being led by
what the doctors call children.
The spirit of adventure burns
stronger today than at any time in
the history of the country. Youth is
being served as never* before. In the
British flying corps during the World
War they would not take hoys over
2H years of age. They wanted the
recklessness and the abandon of
youth; they wanted flyers who
would not count the cost. These
same youthful traits which served so
well In battle, are rampant today, as
the criminal records of every big
city will show.
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INSCflANCE IN FORCR OVER
8216,000,000.00
Supervisor
SOS II In tern Building
CITY FIREMAN TO
GET $461.07 SOON
I ii 8 u r a n ce Commissioner
Wade Has Mailed Check for
That Amount to Loeal Fire
Company This Week.
Raleigh. June 7.?Tho State In
surance Department has just mailed
checks for an amount totalling $33,-.
837.92 to the trustees of the Fire-'
men's relief Fund in 160 cities and
towns in the state from taxes de
rived during the fiscal year from fire
Insurance premiums. Insurance Com-)
mlssioner Stacy W. Wade announced
today. The gross amount is $5,000 j
in excess of $28,760.10 collected last'
year. Indicating, Mr. Wade stated,,
five million dollars state increase j
insurance business.
The amount each city and town
received is proportioned according
to the fire insurance premium re-1
ceipts.
The names of the towns and cilica |
together with the amount each will
receive follows:
Albemarle $170.64; Asheville $1.
892.32; Ayden $98.57; Andrews
$48.72; Aberdeen $61.27; Beanfort
$44.72; Belhaven $48.58 ;Blltmore
$21.07 Black Mountain $23.09; Bre
vard $82.74; Burlington $449.98;
Bryaon City $32.90; Canton $87.96;
arthage $41.51; Chapel Hill $99.01;
Charlotte $3,324.29; Cherryville
$65.26; Clayton $82.65; Clinton
$118.91; Concord $342.14; Dunn
$210.19; Durham $1,438.07; East,
Spencer $5.56; Edenton $137.82;
Elizabeth City $461.07; Elkin I
$116.55; Enfield $106.22; Farm-'
ville $88.47; Fayettevllle $569.13;
Forest City $88.63; Frankllnton
$32.77; Granite Falls $25.85; Gas-i
tonia $701.33; Goldsboro $963.46; ;
Graham $83.68; Greensboro $1,
840.45; Greenville $447.25; Glbson
vllle $32.30; Mamlet $204.89; Hen
derson $455.25; Hendersonville
$278.00; Hertford $71.92; Hickory
$399.71; High Point $1.065.9p.
Leaksville $150.98; Kings Mountain i
$98.58; Kinston $531.39; Lilllngton 1
$38.73; I.eGrange $61.40; Laurln
burg $214.81; Lenoir $195.43; Lex
ington $336.31; Lincolnton $145.65; j
Louisburg $161.64; Lumherton
$195.56; Littleton $55.58; Marion
$113.95; Marshall $51.85; Maxton
$104.75; Monroe $217.95; Moores
ville $123.56; Morehead City $99.77;
Morganton $210.33; Mount Airy
$317.10; Mount Olive $145.74;
Murphy $48.42; Mocksville $34 93;
.New Bern $576.12; Newton $75.35;
North Wllkesboro $177.21; Madison
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*50.08; Maiden $26.03: Oxford
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Reidsville $278.15; Roanoke Rapids
$158.74; Rockingham $204.84;'
Rocky Mount $7 30.7 8; Rowland
$40.71; Roxboro $113.70; Ruther
fordton $54.11; Salisbury $587.09;
Sanford $51.84; Selma $45.71; Shel
by $233.69; Smlthfield $237.70; .
Southern Tines $139.59; Southport
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Hill $32.07; Tarboro $209.65;
Thomasville $198.70; Tyron $44.36;
Wadesboro $166.61; Wake Forest
$58.S6; Warrenton $107.93; Wash
ington $340.45; Wilson $8S3.89;
Waynesvllle $165.39; Wilmington
$1,732.76; Winston 6alem $2.
656.32"?Warsaw $99.11.
GOODING INSISTS ON
BEING INVESTIGATED
Washington. June 9.?Investiga
tion of the transactions of the War
Finance Corporation "particularly
as regards the alleged favoritism" in
dealings with Senator Gooding. Re
publican, of Idaho, was ordered by
the Senate ou motion of Senator:
Gooding.
The action was requested by Sen
atoi Gooding despite the withdraw
al by Senator Glass. Democrat, of
Virginia, of the charge he made on i
the floor last night that the Idaho!
Senator had violated the Federal,
statutes in his dealings with the War.
Finance Corporation.
TOKIO RUFFIANS STAGE^
RIOT OVER EXCLUSION 1
Tokio, June 9.?Ruffians broke |
up a Saturday night dance at tne
Imperial Hotel which was attended
by many members of the foreign
community with a demonstration of;
opposition to the exclusion clause of j
the new American immigration law.
The police made no move to halt
the demonstration, although, accord
ing to reliable information, they
had known of plans for it since this!
afternoon.
LOEB PUTS THE BLAME
ALL ON LEOPOLD, JR.
I Chicago, June 9.?All blame for
the murder of Robert Franks was'
placed upon Nathan Leopold. Jr., by
Richard Loeb In his confession made |
a week ago to United States At
torney Crowe and made public to
day.
" I want to say I offer no excuse,
but if it was not for the suggestion |
and stimulus of Leopold the crime
would not have been committed."
Loeb said.
MAXTKO llHIKFS
Manteo. June 9.?Mr. and Mrs.
Gils Wescott are spending a few day;*
with Mrs. Wescott's parents at At
lanta. Ga.
Louis Simpson, salesman for W.
J. Wood ley of Klizabeth City was in
town Wednesday.
Miss ltoiinic Hell Kvaus returned
to her home here Tuesday from
where she has been teaching school
this past term.
Miss Annie Ktheridge has Just fin- ?
Ished her years work at the Kasteru I
Carolina Teachers Colh ge at Green |
ville. and returned to her home hero t
W- dnesday.
Moody liaiim. formally of Wan- !
rhese but now of Norfolk, Virginia, j
passed through here Wednesday en-1
route to Wnnehese where he will I
spend a short time with his mother.
.Mrs. Mollle Baum.
Mr. Vernon Gasklll of Wancheso
sp? nt the day in town Thursday on
business.
Mr. Joe Tom Daniels of Wan
chese was in town Thursday on bu
siness. He was accompanied by Cap
tain C. W. Pugh.
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