CRIME IN WASHINGTON.
INCREASED MURDER RATE. (rrinu press association —s? ez.trrs.:e TET.EGBAXH —COPTBIGHT.) .'Received July Bth, 9.50 p.m-) WASHINGTON, July ?■ During the year just ended there were 50 murders in Washington, and 400 persona were killed in street accidents. Thi3 1b the highest rate ever known in the nation's capital city. During the year 14,000 people arrested under the Shepherd Law, which makes being in a state of intoxication a crime.—United Service.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19666, 9 July 1929, Page 13
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72CRIME IN WASHINGTON. Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19666, 9 July 1929, Page 13
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