Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 September 1952 — Page 20
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FIGHT AGAINST CRIME . . . No. 3—
Obscure Laws Help Hobble Hoodlums
By JOHN A. GOLDSMITH United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 _—Just as routine tax prose“cutions tripped the “robber barons” of the prohibition era, the FBI is using two littleknown laws to help hobble today’s hoodlums. The laws, which represent only a small segment of the FBI jurisdiction, made it a federal offense to: ONE—Steal a car (or plane) and take it across a state line. TWO — Flee from state or
local authorities to avoid prosecution, detention, or testimony
Hatched By Refrigerator
HOUSTON, Miss.—A clerk in a food store put a bag of eggs under a refrigerator and forgot them until he heard cheeping noises three days later. The heat of the refrigerator motor plus 100-degree-plus temperatures hatched out four baby chicks.
in cases involving a number of crimes of violence. Both laws have been on the books since the campaign against gangland of the 1930s —although the law against un-
lawful flight recently was strengthened. Year in, year out, however, the two laws—
and FBI enforcement efforts— trap a lot of ‘law-breakers whose local offenses are far more serious than the federal violations. ” » u SEVEN of the FBI's “10 most wanted” fugitives ‘are on FBI books for unlawful flight. But local police records tell a much more lurid story.
James Eddie Diggs, cent addition to the “most wanted” list, is a case in point. The FBI wants him for unlawful flight to avoid trial. But Diggs i= wanted in Norfolk, Va., for the triple murder of his wife and two young sons. William Merle Martin, a re-
| cently apprehended veteran of
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the list, was wanted by the FBI on both the “booby-trap” counts—stealing a car and
fleeing to avoid trial. But Martin’s offense in Kansas was killing a sheriff. In such cases it generally is the FBI's policy to turn the fugitives over to local authorities for prosecution after a return to the scene of the crime. The “fugitive felon” act has resulted in the capture of almost 4000 fugitives since it was passed in 1934, About 500 of those arrests were made in the year ended last June. » » »
FBI OFFICIALS call the John Dillinger case a classic
a re-
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use of the car-theft statute to catch a big fish. It wasn't until the gangland prince of the 1930s stole a car for an escape the FBI was able to join the manhunt that finally ran him down.
Since the Dillinger days the FBI has come to have another special reason for pressing its investigation of auto cases. Car thievery, by well organized gangs, has become big underworld business. About 197,000 cars were stolen last year—worth some
$190 million, In the year end- |
ed in June, 12,000 cars were recovered in “interstate” FBI cases. Their recovery was a $15,275,000 item.
Less than a month after the
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thief | entered Robert L. Hosler's parked | jautomobile and stole six pairs of a new suit and other| “I don't see what good | they’ 11 get out of the clothes,” {sald Mr. Hosler, who is 6 feet, 7!
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expanded in 1943 to include aircraft, the FBI investigated its first plane theft. There have been a number of similar cases since, including one thief who was investigated for two separate plane thefts,
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Once a law has been violated
twice by the same man—what recidivism—a |
the police call new law becomes old hat. (NEXT: Fingerprint clearinghouse.)
| Chicagoan to Address Indianapolis YMCA
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{chairman of the camp committee.
John Nuveen, Chicago invest-! ment banker, will address the | Fall Planning Conference of the| (Indianapolis YMCA tomorrow at {the Flat Rock River Camp, St. | Paul. The program will open at 2:3 p. m. with a devotional service
by Dr. I. Lynd Esch, president off
Indiana Central College. Other speakers will be Virgil Stinebaugh, president of the YMCA, Fermor 8. Cannon, chairman of the Long Range Planning| Committee, and Earl Schmidt,
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By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, President Truman has been voted {the world's best hatted man. leads the poll among 70
picked annually by Resistol
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| Two of the political contenders !made Mr. Rolnick’s sixth hat poll. The breakdown:
The President,
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who refused to throw one of his best hats into {the political ring, was first on the
Dwight D. Eisenhower, | Republican presidential nominee was next even though he had to 0 Imake a quick transition from | military to civilian headgear. His selection of fine straws didn’t do the straw hat people any harm.
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