Preacher, Head Of Police Force,
Cleans City Of Liquor And Vice
‘ Police Parson" Drives Lawbreaker.'-.
From City in Pennsylvania',
Breaks Crime Ring.
Bethlehem, Pa.—The citizenry,
good, bad and indifferent, of thi:.
city of 68.000 is practicing what the
Rev. Frederick T. Trafford preaches
regarding law observance,
The reason is a very goed one
For when Dr. Trafford is not oc
cupying a pulpit he presides over !
Use police department of Bethlehem
When Mayor Robert Pfeifle and 1
(he new city government, chosen oy !
voters weary of ivee anil departme,; j
tal corruption, went into office or.
January 6, Dr. Trafford waS appoint j
ed superintendent of police. Cons.d
erable alarm and not a few protests
resulted. The law-breaking gentry
of Bethlehem, the men on the force
even the solid citizens were uneasy
at the threat of ecclesiastical re
form.
He Cleahed up the Town.
But they'll tell you now, all of
them, that the superintendent is far
from a professional goody-goody;
that there is nothing fanatical about
ftis methods or aims; that he ian
not be bribed or intimidated; and
that, as a result, Bethlehem is a far
different town than it was at the
beginning of the year.
“All I want to do," said Dr. Trai
ford earnestly, “is wipe out the diriy
spots that have given the city a
wide reputation as a place where
liquor dope and vice could be
found by any seeker after those di
versions.
“I’m not a reformer. 1 don’t like
my job. I’d rather help people than
punish them
“We have dene a lot of cleaning
up in the town, but a great deal re
mains to be done. As long as my
leave of absence lasts, I’ll stick.
Dr. Trafford has been loaned to
the city by Lehigh university, where
he is an associate of the faculty ano
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smooth-shaven—academic In appear
ance and action. He speaks forefui
ly but slowly, smokes cigarettes and
dresses In neat civilian attire even
while on duty. There are "too many
fancy gadgets" on the police uniform
which is rightfully his.
An Ordained Minister,
An ordained Moravian minister, he
preaches every Sunday In a church
at Bangor., 30 miles from Bethle
hem. On the other six davs, as a
prosecuting police official, he ap
pears in the county and magistrates
courts in and near Bethlehem. He
carries every case to its finish, and
there have been a great many cases
since he took office.
“In cne w-eek, after our campaign
got under way," he recalled, “we
closed 174 speakeasies, more than 20
gamming houses and put 26 disord
erly house., out of business.
"We found and destroyed 25 stills
and I don't know how many hun
dred gallons of liquor.”
Out ef his close study of social
problems has grown a conviction
that the eighteenth amendment, as
it stands, is a failure. During three
years of welfare wprk In New York,
and six years in Detroit, he has ob
served prohibition's effect on the
lower classes. Dr. Trafford would
modify the law to permit the sale of
beer and light wines.
“Everywhere I turn." l*e declared,
“there is evidence of how prohibi
tion is undermining health and mor
als. Forty-two nationalities are re
presented in Bethlehem. Almos:
every other one of these homes has
been making some kind of liquor,
and from the seizures we have made
we know it to be the mo6t abomin
able kind.
“The 'best’ product commonly
available around here has been sell
ing for $4 a gallon. Still more pois
onous stuff has been selling for $1.25
a gallon. You can imagine the qual
ity and conditions of manufacture
that make such prices possible.”
The superintendent well knows the
character and worth of the men
who work under him. That was the
first investigation he made, and the
ingenious method employed served
the double purpose of closing scored
of scofflaw resorts and weeding out
graft in the police force.
A few days of personal undercov
er work supplied him and Mayor
Pfeifle with a long list of gin mills,
stills, gambling houses and vice dens
Then an ultimatum was issued w
the policemen. They well know, Dr.
Trafford told ’em, where thesr
places were and what they were do
ing. The resorts must be visited/he
declared, and the proprietors waned
to cease operations immediately or
be arrested.
Late, scanning his secret list, he
found that nearly all of the men
were obeying his orders to the letter.
Stopped Gambling.
“We had to deal harshly with the
social evil,” Dr. Trafford said. “Im
morality was an organized trade
here with the promoters dodging in
and out from New York and New
ark We arrested about 30 young,
women who have been sent to in
stitutions. That has practically end
ed the traffic.
"The town has been cleaned of
narcotics. Not long ago, dope was
easy to obtain. But now the people
who sold it either are in Jail or have
hurriedly left the city.
“Even the slot machine gambling
devices have been wiped out cf count j
less stores and restaurants. We
found they were taking as much i
money from customers as they had
been spending for liquor.”
Nobody took this “crusader” very
seriously—at first. But when his or
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FATHER AND SONS
MARRIED 'EM All
Man And Boys Indicted In Michigan
For Fraudulent Wholesale
Marriage Idea.
Grand Kaplds, Mich.—A 68-year
old father and his two sons were
i.nder indictment here on charges
involving nearly a dozen marriages
In various parts of the country
through which Federal authorities
assert, the three men were able to
live in ease for eight years.
The indictments, returned by a
federal grand jury charge Michael
tiers began to be obeyed, thqt law
breakers resorted to the tactics
which had proven satisfactory to all
concerned during two previous ad
ministrations.
Cates and his sons, Richard, 21, and
Howards 17. with violations of the
Mann act. The arrest of the trio
came about through the marriage of
Richard to Marguerite Berk In St
Joseph. Mich. Richard, federal au
thorities allege, previously had mar
ried women In Michigan, Kentucky.
Arkansas and Milwaukee.
The trio took the girl to Tulsa,
Okla., and later brought her to
Kalamazoo, Mich., where she was
given 70 cents for has fare home.
Her complaint resulted tn the ar
rest of the father and sons in Tulsa.
Seven marriages were laid to the
father by federal authorities and ‘he
alleged to have been transported
from one state to another at various
times during the last eight years.
Some of the wives of the elder Cat
es were said to have obtained di
vorces.
Louis H. Qrettenbcrger, assistant I
United States district attorney, *-ald |
that the men obtained money from!
women whom they married while j
driving about the country In an ex
pensive automobile. Their home was,
given as Junction City, Colo.
YOUNG WIDOW HELD
ON ROLD-I1’
CHARGE
Mrs Klsie Sheet*, 20, a widow,
who, with nine men, was arrested
at Pittsburgh rerently following
the hold-up of a club. According
to police, Mrs Shretz has con
fessed and the group is believed
responsible for thirty or forty
other robberies in that' city;
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I have purchased all interests and assumed
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