CRIME IN U.S.A.
AMAZING INCREASE REVEALED United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright (Received May 6, 6.30 p.m.) BLOOMINGTON (Illinois), May 6. Mr D. Ladd, head of the Chicago staff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, In an address, said: “In 1936 there were 12,000 homicides in the United States, 1,500,000 felonies, including 50,000 felonious assaults. “Of 461,589 persons arrested, 74,804 were under the age of 21. Over 150,000 murderers roam the country. It is probable,” says the report, “that 200,000 now living will commit murder before they die.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20721, 7 May 1937, Page 9
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87CRIME IN U.S.A. Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20721, 7 May 1937, Page 9
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