CRIME IN WASHINGTON.
50 MURDERS IN YEAR. toll of street accidents. (Iteceived July 8, 9.5 p.m.) i United Service. WASHINGTON, July 7. " I here were 50 murders and 400 people l fre fo killed in street accidents in Wash- t ington in the year ended June 50. These I figures are the highest on record in the capital. I fourteen thousand people were arrested < the period under the Shepherd law, i !Wiich make.s boincr intoxicated a crime. 1
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20302, 9 July 1929, Page 11
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