Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1918 — CRIME GROWS IN GERMANY [ARTICLE]

CRIME GROWS IN GERMANY

Burglary and Food Thefts Are Constant—Letter Stealing Also /j Increases. London. —Crime continues to increase alarmingly in all parts of Germany, according to German newspaper accounts. A conference was recently held in Berlin to discuss “public insecurity.” Statistics given of the payment on account of burglaries had increased from $400,000 in 1914 to $1,100,000 in 1916 and to about $5,000,000 in 1917. Owing to the constant thefts of food in Berlin, an olficial order has been Issued that no corn or flour is to be moved through the streets after dark. The theft of letters is reported more common. Owing to the frequent thefts of letters at the town of Mittenwalde the postmaster laid a trap for the thief, with the result, according to the German papers, that his own wife has been sent to prison for six month’s.