Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 313, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1926 — Page 5

MAY 3, 1926

CHURCH PEOPLE FAILED 10 BACH GENERAL BUTLER Contented Themseives With Adopting Resolutions, He Declares. Editor's Note—This is the twentytin ri l installment of General Butlers stow of his work as head of Philadelphia police and Ills dismissal early this vrur. The articles will appear daily, the Times owns exclusive rights to the articles in this territory. By Smedlcy D. Butler in August we ran against another snag. Judge McDevitt was forced to dismiss six members of the August grand jury because that body i cfuseil to return true hills in liquor cases. The dismissed members were accused by the court of openly promising immunity to liquor law violators. Often I thought the enforcement of laws against vice and liquor must be a faulty policy, since no minister ever strongly charged his congregation and commanded its members to stand up; that therefore my course must he all wrong. It seemed to me that we had reached a stage where we believed a more public declaration disapproving of vice was sufficient. If followed by the enactment of trick laws full of jokers wo had placed ourselves on record and had washed our hands of the whole matter and could po on with a clear conscience. Probably my direct methods were too liras tic for Philadelphia. Resolve—Then Quit ThfTse churches at whose behest, presumably, all crusades against vice and rum are conducted, contented themselves Avith passing resolutions. How these pillars of Christianity justify their stand is rather e mystery to me■With Philadelphians, particularly those who shout loudest for puiitj, the method is far more important than the accomplishment. Philadelphia today is not militant. It wants things done by pussy-footers in rub-ber-soled sneakers, quietly, gently, nnd Avithout harm to any one, even the underworld characters. T believe Philadelphia Avants to be cleaned up, not entirely, but just enough to appear respectable. The majority of Philadelphians, hoAvovor, do not need cleaning, are not interested, except mildly, and ore very loath to hack any man Avho tried to' do this cleaning. To understand their native backwardness it must be remembered that they have been fooled and sold out by professional reformers innumerable times. (■round for Suspicion The professional reformer, in Philadelphia, has often been a gangster, kicked out of his own croAvd, and hiding behind a purist, to pose as a public benefactor. This part he continues to play until he either gains control by defeating the gang or acquiring enough of a standing tp force his old shipmates to buy himpff Avith a fat job. The controlling classes of Phila-

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delphia complain bitterly, saying, in effect, “ydu were mean to drag us out just Avhen Ave were having a good time. Why couldn’t you have waited until Ave got tired and Avere ready to go anyhow? Also, let’s do it by education because that will take longer and put off the evil days of sinlessness until after Ave, personally, are dead.” Again, some are against liquor, but not against gambling. Others are against bawdy houses, but Aveak on liquor and gambling enforcement. So Avhen Ave attempted to strictly enforce all the vice laws, we Avere bound to alienate most of the population and leave practically no backers. Vice will never be conquered entirley, I grant, but if we do not kfep fighting it all the time it will spread rapidly, finally get out of control and do to us, as a race, unmeasurable harm.

Kept on Hammering So we 'kept everlastingly at it — hammering and hammering, driving and driving, and raiding and raiding. We soon discovered that our work was effective by the measures that saloon keepers and owners of speakeasies took to prevent raids and seizures. When Ave first started, all saloons and such places kept their liquor under the bar or in a closet. It Avas merely hidden fiom sight. As our raiding continued, new methods of secreting liquor Avere discovered. Our men Avould go into a saloon, find it filled Avith drunks, and yet he unable to discover the hiding place of the "liquor cheer.” It Avould take hours, sometimes, to locate a secret pipe connection leading to an upper floor, the basement or even an adjoining house, Avhere the liquor was stored Generally saloonkeepers would fix a tank deep in the basement, cement it in, and then pipe the liquor up to a hidden spigot secreted in a wall that would not be revealed until a secret panel was opened. Sometimes a gas jet Avould be converted into a spigot; the leg of a table or something else AA’Ould be so used. It was difficult to locate booze, because of such devices. Very little supply Avas kept ip the rlaces, because every saloon-keeper knew that he would certainly be raided and regularly. Secret Stairways Gambling houses adopted means to foil raiders, by delaying their entrance sufficiently long to permit the owners, managers and frequenters to escape by secret exits. Secret stairways AA’ere built in, hidden doorways were constructed, huge iron gates Avere installed and other plans, many of them rather ingenious, were discovered. Breweries, too. In one place, later padlocked through our raiding, it was fquTid that an entire Avail, between the brewery warehouse and adjoining garage, had been taken out, rebuilt and so arranged that, at the press of a button, it would movq out of the way to permit a truck laden with been to pass out from the breAvery premises into the garage and, through another pkssage, to a a block away from the breAvery entrance. As this vice suppression continued,

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crime continued to decrease. Take the record for September, 1925. In September, 1923, there Avere reported eighty-two hold-ups, almost three a day. In September, 1925, there Avere only ten hold-ups, an average of one every three days. Robbries decreased from 214 in 1923, to 120 in 1925; larcenies from 341 to 192 and stolen automobiles from 341 to IS9. Hold-ups Reduced I-et’s compare the vice report AA'ith the above crime record. There were just eight times as many hold-ups in September, 1923, as there were in September, 1925.

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Russell t. mac fall is a , candidate for Judge of the Superior Court, from which Judge Moll retires and is not a candidate for re-election. Russell T. MacFall has practiced law in Indianapolis since 1893. He has appeared'in all branches of civil law in local courts, in the State Supreme and Appellate Courts and in the Federal Courts. He is a member of the American, Indianapolis and Indiana Bar Associations. He is interested in all matters of public welfare, and has been conspicuous for probity and sound judgment. He is known to be a highly

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and the hold-up, the most vicious and dangerous type of crime, is known as the ‘‘key crime.” In September, 1923, 158 arrests Avere made folloAving raids on speakeasies and other dives; in 1925 there were 1,081 such arrests, or about seven times as many. The answer seems to he —seven times as much A’ico suppression and you reduce the most dangerous form of crime seveneighths. Early in October, when it Avas announced that 1 was to return to the Marine Corps at the end of the year, the “lid AA'as lifted” in the tenderloin, and A-ice began to be preA-alent

capable attorney with an exceptional knowledge of law. He is a man of ripe judgment and correct principles and is admirably fitted to uphold the law and .the courts and to increase respect for them. He is a life-long Republican. He became an active member of the Marion Club soon after its organization, is a member of the Columbia Club, the Scientech Club and other local and national engineering and scientific societies. He is 'a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a Red Man. He is a member of the Meridian M. E. Church, is married, has two sons, t *nd lives at 426 E. Twenty-first St.

again. The police were playing safe—they wanted to make friends with politicians again—and* Avho can blame them, for their very jobs depended on the good-Avill of the politicians the minute I left Jhe city. It gradually became harder to control the. police, but by A'igorous efforts, we sAvept the tenderloin for several days and closed it up again. (Copyright, -1926, .by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Tomorrow: General Butler tells liow I'nited guards, placed in breweries to stop further lav violations, aided the brewers to violate the laws.)

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