New Boys Ranch Cafetorium To Be Dedicated —See Cover Story Inside

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SEPTEMBER I 964

Volume 8 * No. 7

P U I' L I S II I: D I' Y

THE FL,ORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION

AND DEDICATED To THE ADVANCEMENT

OF (loOD LAiV ENI'Ol(CEMENT IN FLOIIIDA

EDITORIAL BOARDFlanders G. Thompson ... .......... .... .................Ft. Myers

Sheriff of Lee CountyJohn P. Hall ..... .......... .... .... ...........Green Cove Springs

Sheriff of Clay CountyDon McLeod ..Tallahassee

Director,Florida Sheriffs Bureau

Ed Blachburn, Jr. .......TampaSheriff of Hillsborough County

George Watts ..............................ChipleySheriff of Washington County

Freedoms Foundation Medal presented tothe Florida Sheriffs Association for fosteringa better understanding of the American Wayof Life through creation of the FloridaSheriffs Boys Ranch.

EDITORCarl Stauffer ..... ..,,...... ... .... .......,....... .....Tallahassee

Field Secretary of theFlorida Sheriffs Association

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The Story Behind the Cover

Boys Ranch Cafetorium Dedication SetDedication rites will be held on Sunday, September 27,

at 2 P.M. , for the new $90,000 cafetorium now nearingcompletion at the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch.

Constructed as a memorial to Jim and Rena Swick, own-ers of Copeland Sausage Co. , who lost their lives in Jack-sonville's Hotel Roosevelt flre, the new building will serveas an auditorium for a wide variety of recreational andeducational activities.

It will also be used as a central cafeteria for the 60boys now living at the Ranch. Temporary partitions willallow part of the large floor space to be used for administra-tive offices until full feeding capacity is required by thegrowing ranch family.

With the opening of the cafetorium, a temporary dininghall in Hugh Lewis Memorial Cottage will be abandonedand the cottage will be renovated to provide living quartersfor 20 boys and a married couple employed as "cottageparents. " This will boost the Ranch enrollment to 80 boys;and it will climb on up to 100 with completion of theMerrill Memorial Cottage, which is now under construction.

The cafetorium dedication program is open to the pub-lic. A free barbecue provided by friends of the Ranch andprepared by a crew of volunteers under the direction ofSuwannee County Sheriff Duke McCallister will be servedat 12:30 P.M.

The Ranch is located 11 miles north of Live Oak, Flor-ida.

THE FLORIDA SHERIFF SASSOCIATION DOES NOT

-' SOLICIT ADV ERT IS ING

It %'asA GoodDay for aHoldup. . . ~ I

But a Clear-MindedVictim and CloseCooperationBetween LawEnforcementAgencies SpoiledIt for a Pairof Armed Robbers

PANAMA CITY—It was a quietSunday afternoon in the westernUnion office in this resort city of30,000 people on the Gulf coast ofFlorida's panhandle.

Even the weather was ideal for aholdup.

Sunday, July 19, was a heavilyovercast day and rain had been fall-ing in the area.

The normally bustling downtown areawas almost deserted when two men enter-ed the Western Union office at 2I30 P.M.and forced the woman clerk at gunpointto give them $195 in cash from the officesafe.

They had been there earlier in the dayon a money order matter. In fact, thevictim even had one man's name.

After the holdup, the pair forced thewoman clerk into their car, which wasparked nearby, and drove to a point 15miles north and east of the city, in a deso-late and heavily wooded area.

There, according to her story, theyforced her to disrobe and both criminallyassaulted her at gunpoint. She was nototherwise harmed.

Warning the 40-year old mother ofthree children not to notify the police, thetwo men then drove off and started downstate.

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GAINEY

The woman walked three miles to reacha traveled road where she was picked up

by a passing motorist who brought her totown to notify authorities. She was ableto furnish officers with a descrrption ofthe men, their car and even its tag num-

ber.A Florida highway patrol trooper,

cruising south of Perry Sunday night at 9o'clock, spotted a car fitting the descrip-tion, gave chase and took Jim LeonardGainey, 21, and Julian Randi, 29, into cus-tody. No strangers to the courts, the twosuspects were at liberty under bond in Or-ange county at the time of the local Pana-ma City crime.

When they were arraigned here beforeBay County Judge Joseph I. Mathis theirbonds were set at $20,000 each on armedrobbery charges, but they were deniedbail on criminal assault charges —a capi-tal crime under Florida law.

It had been quite a day.Armed robbery had broken the sleepy

calm of a Sunday afternoon, and lessthan seven hours later two suspects hadbeen nabbed 150 miles away from thescene of the crime.

Speedy action like this is what the pub-lic has come to expect in Bay County,where Sheriff M. J. "Doc" Daffin is thechief law enforcement officer, and it does-n't happen by chance. There are goodreasons for it. . . . such as close cooper-ation between the Sheriff's Departmentand other agencies.

Sheriff Daffin explained the quick wrap-up of the armed robbery case this way:"First we had the woman victim who gaveus valuable clues to the men and theircar. Then we had the close cooperation ofthe Florida Highway Patrol in the appre-hension of the suspects.

"These elements are invaluable in thesolution of any crime. "

RAMlI

Killer at 14FORT LAUDERDALE —Little

man, what next? An admitted killer,14, listened impassively when ques-tioned by juvenile authorities concern-ing the slaying of his five-year-oldcompanion.

Broward County Sheriff Allen B.Michell said the boy told deputies hestabbed the playmate once, then tossedthe knife into a thicket. The decom-posed body of the five-year-old wasfound later.

CLEARWATER —RECEIVE CITATIONS —Pinel-las County Sheriff Don Genung (center) pre-sents outstanding arrest citations to ConstableClaude H. Rigsby (left) Safety Harbor, andErnest B. Leibe, Safety Harbor Chief of Po-lice, for apprehending an armed robber nearSafety Harbor, and clearing up more than90 breaking and entering cases. The citationswere issued by the National Police OfficersAssociation of America.

Among the FinestCLEARWATER —Pinellas County

Sheriff Don Genung's Department hassome of the finest law enforcement of-ficers in the nation, St. Petersburg At-torney Adrian Bacon told the Clearwa-ter Kiwanis Club.

The lawyer said he gained respectand admiration for the sheriff's men aswell as the city police and FloridaHighway Patrol when he was just outof law school and used to accompanyofficers on nightly patrols.

"A law enforcement officer is a lotmore than just a policeman, " Baconsaid. "He is a powerful deterrent tocrime; he becomes a father-confessorto many persons; he comforts those indistress. "

Bacon said the whole background ofthe law is designed to protect twothings most important to a citizen-his liberty and his property.

"The community owes a tremendousdebt to these men. . . they are out thereevery minute, 24 hours a day, protect-ing us, " he declared.

Perry Ivie HeadsNew Association

TALLAHASSEE —Perry Ivie, Poly-graph Examiner for the Florida Sher-iffs Bureau, is the first president ofthe new Florida Law EnforcementPolygraph Examiners Association.

The group was organized here dur-ing a polygraph (lie detector) courseat the Florida Law Enforcement Acad-emy. Membership is open to municipal,county and state law enforcement poly-graph examiners.

Other officers are: Ernest L'Heureusx,Monroe County Sheriff's Department,vice president; and John Brady Sr.,Polk County SherifFs Department, sec-retary.

Drafting of a code of ethics for poly-graph examiners was one of the firstprojects of the Association.

Less Than 30 CentsOCALA —You wouldn't call it

the "Specialty of the House". . . or the"Blue Plate Special, " but it's appetizingand nutritious and it costs only 29.7cents.

That's the average meal served atMarion County Sheriff Doug Willis'new jail.

Breakfast at the establishment is su-perior to that served in many privatehomes. It consists of eggs, grits, bacon,toast and jelly, and coffee. Lunch islight, usually sandwiches and soup, andsupper is substantial fare.

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Summer—It %'asA Blast!!

School's open now and summer isjust a memory —but it was a "blast"for youngsters at the Florida SheriffsBoys Ranch.

The summer's high point for Ken-neth Barwick, a lad from AlachuaCounty, was catching that big mudfish (see photo) with a hook andline. Wayne LaMontagne (left), ofBrevard County; and Jimmie Brooks,of Manatee County, seemed to get abig kick out of just being spectators.

Horseback riding in the cool ofthe evening, swimming in the olym-pic-size pool and boating on the al-ways-scenic Suwannee River were al-

so part of the summer idyll.There were many enjoyable trips

by bus, including a visit to the U. S.Navy Aircraft Carrier "Shangri-La, "berthed at Jacksonville. This trip wasarranged by Moose Lodge No. 1 5 5 8with Ricardo Diz in charge.

The Boys Ranch baseball teamplayed a number of games at variouslocations around the state such asMims, Winter Garden and Cler-mont. A motorcade of some 90young ball players and their parentsalso traveled from Clermont to theRanch for a return game.

The picture on this page was takenat Clermont while some of the BoysRanch players were getting a finalbriefing in front of their dugout.During this trip the boys were guestsof Sheriff McCall at his huntingcamp.

The City of Clermont plans tomake the Boys Ranch baseball gamean annual affair.

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News about the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch,a home for needy and worthy boys the FloridaSheriffs Association is operating on the SuwanneeRiver near Live Oak, Florida.

Firemen GoodFund Raisers

You can depend on firemen to doa good job whether they' re putting outfires, helping fire victims or raisingmoney for a worthy cause.

Florida's firemen, through their StateAssociation, are raising funds to builda $25,000 fire station and mechanicsshop at the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch—and they' re already nearing the half-way mark.

Checks have been coming in fromfire departments all over the state,some of them out of the firemen'spockets, others representing the pro-ceeds from various charitable events.

In August, Boys Ranch Administra-tor Harry Weaver reported that thcFire Station Fund had reached $7,000and was steadily growing.

hatt SlpmorinmThe following have made contribu-

tions to the Florida Sheriffs BoysRanch Memorial Fund: Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. Tippet, Largo; in memo-

ry of Mrs. Harry W. Gochnauer.Mr. Otto Wettstein, Jr., Leesburg; and Mr. Doris Devane's Sunday School Class, Chatta-Otto Wettstein, III, Live Oak; in memory of hoochee; in memory of Alma Hartsfield.

Fred J. Green. Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch Staff, Live Oak;Mr. and Mrs. P. Seastedt, Clearwater; in in memory of Melvin L. Homer,memory of Enos Wheeler. Chief and Mrs. John R. Gregory, DelrayMr. William 1. Clapp, St. Petersburg; in Beach; in memory of Mrs. Ethel Pringle.memory of C. 1. Ellis, Mr, and Mrs, H. N, Wallace, Dunedin; inSheriff Willis V. McCall, Tavares; in memo- memory of Mary B. Reister.ry of Curtis Yarborough. Benton Brothers Film Express, Jacksonville;Mrs. Lillian Parker Fulton, St. Petersburg; in in memory of Wilbur King.memory of Rev. Evan Edwards. Mr. R. C. Bigby, Tampa; in memory of W. S.Dr. and Mrs. Glenn H. Morton, Riviera Beckner.Beach; in memory of Mrs. Florence Mary Pome- Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Lockwood, Arcadia; inroy. memory of Mrs. Frank H. Post.

The Memorial Fund will perpetuate the memory of deceased relatives andfriends. It provided the financing for a Boys Ranch Chapel; and it will be used inthe future for similar projects of enduring significance.

Please use the form below when mailing contributions to this fund.

Clean SweepFor Charityin Sale ofWhisk Brooms

Every time a member of the FloridaAutomotive Booster Club sells a whiskbroom his commission is zero becausethe profit goes to Florida's blind folksand the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch.

Blind folks make the brooms andmake a tidy profit by selling them toBooster Club members, who are in theautomotive supplies business.

Club members resell the brooms aspart of their line of trade and make anadditional profit which they turn overto the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch.

So far the Club —headed by Presi-dent Clyde E. Schulte, of Ft. Lauder-dale —has given checks totaling $300to the Ranch.

JACKSONVILLE —Sheriff Dale Car-son (right) accepts Boys Ranchdonation of $100 from Clyde E.Schuite, president of the FloridaAutomotive Booster Club.

Free Dental CareDental work for 60 boys (and with-

in a few months 80 boys) could knocka big hole in the Florida Sheriffs BoysRanch budget.

But it won' t, thanks to the generosityof the Jacksonville Dental Society.

For the third consecutive year theboys have received free dental carefrom the Jacksonville dentists, includ-ing the attention of specialists whenneeded.

This would have cost the Ranchthousands of dollars.

Mail To:Memorial Fund

Florida Sheriffs

Boys Ranch

P. O. Box 649Live Oak. Florida

Enclosed find contribution of $ln memory of

Send acknowledgment to:NameAddress

From (Donor's Name)Address

Another ContributionWEST PALM BEACH—Here's an-

other contribution for the proposedFire Station and Mechanics Shop atthe Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch.

Palm Beach County Sheriff MartinKellenberger reported a generous checkin the amount of $50 received fromMilitary Park Firemen's BenevolentAssociation.

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Don' tBlame

The

Children

This poem, composedby the Kiwanis-S p o n-s o r e d Key Club, ofLeavenworth, K a n s a s,impressed Orange Coun-ty Sherifj Dave Starr sofavorably that he sent acopy to the Editor ofThe Sheriff's Star.We were impressed tooDave, as evidenced bythe fact that we' re re-printing it.

We read in the papers and hear on the airof killing and stealing and crimes

everywhere.We sigh and we say as we notice

the trend,"This young generation, oh, where

will it end?"

But can we be sure it's their fault alonethat maybe a part of it isn't our own?Are we less guilty, who place in their

way,Too many things that lead them astray?Too much money to spend, too much

idle timeToo many movies of passion and crime,Too many books not fit to be readToo much evil in what they hear saidToo many children encouraged to roamBy too many parents, who won't stay

home.

Now kids don't make the moviesAnd they don't write the books

That paint a gay picture of gangstersand crooks.

They don't make the liquor and theydon't run the bars.

They don't make the laws and theydon't buy the cars.

Now they don't sell the drugs thataddle the brain.

That's all done by older folks thatare greedy for gain.

Delinquent teen-agers! Oh how wecondemn!

The sins of a nation and blame it onthem.

By the rule of the blameless, the goodbook makes known,

Who is there among us to cast thefirst stone?

And in how many cases we find thatit's true:

The label "delinquent" fits olderfolks, too!

Rancher Wins Award For Writing Ability at 4H Club CampTerry Willard, one of our Boys

Ranch boys, won an award for his writ-ing ability when he attended the an-nual 4-H Club Wildlife Camp as oneof the Suwannee County delegates.

Here is his account of the camp ac-tivities:

"Suwannee County was well rep-resented this year at Camp McQuarrie's29th Annual Boys 4-H Club WildlifeCamp in the Ocala National Forest,with campers coming from 24 differentcounties.

IN FOR LIFEJUPITER ISLAND —MartinCounty Sheriff Roy Baker(left) says "thank you" toMrs. Gerald C. Holbrook.of Jupiter Island, for hergenerosity toward the Flor-ida Sheriffs Boys Ranchby presenting her with aLifetime Honorary Member-ship in the Florida SheriffsAssociation. Jupiter IslandPolice Chief Marvin Crowe(right) accompanied theSheriff on his mission ofgratitude. (Photo by EdGluckler)

"Suwannee County led with the mostrepresentatives present at the Camp.There were one-hundred-eleven boyspresent and all were eager to have alot of fun. This was a very good ex-perience for most of the boys at Campwith every day classes in Gun Safety,Forestry, Conservation, Wildlife Man-agement, and many more. All this plusgood food and good recreation madethe Camp burst out all week with plen-

ty of activity lasting from August 3rdto the 8th.

"Representing Suwannee C o u n t ywere Paul Garrison, David Garrison,Richard Cooper, Jimmy Roy Hillhouse,Danny Johnson, Terry Willard, JohnWallace, and Greg Schofield. Each boywas chosen by the Assistant CountyAgent and had to send a reply backpromptly letting the Agent know if hecould attend.

"There were many contests held inwhich boys could take part for valuableprizes and awards.

"One of the best and most impres-sive features of the Camp was whenthe whole Camp went on a cookoutat Big Scrub Camp in the Ocala Na-tional Forest where each boy had thechance to cook his own steak. In somecases this was the boys' first steak tocook. We ended the evening with anight tour through the Ocala NationalForest.

"In the evenings the boys were enter-tained by educational films on rifles,fishing, hunting, etc.

"Valuable prizes were given alongwith awards for the boys' accomplish-ments. On the last and best day atCamp the boys had a cookout withall the fish that were caught.

"And as all good things do—theyhave to end. As to most of the 4-Hboys the good times and wonderfulmemories will remain with them mostof their lives. "

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Generous LionsThe Lions Club is assisting the Flor-

ida Sheriffs Boys Ranch by providingfree eye examinations and glasses forboys who need them. All examinationswere scheduled to be completed beforethe opening of the 1964-65 schoolterm.

The following commentary entitled "DeterringCrime" was broadcast from Washington, D.C.,on the Life Line radio program, July 16, 1964,and is printed by permission.

Justice %'ithout

Mercy May

Be Heartless. . .

There is a nightmare that some of us have had, andothers have heard about, in which we are suddenly cutoff from our fellow-men and cannot reach them no matterhow close to us they may be. We call, but no one hearsor answers, We appeal for help, but no one takes notice.Unseeing eyes look past us, uncaring hands stay busywith their own tasks. Though it may be daylight, ivefind ourselves all alone in the dark.

A few weeks ago in the city of New York, that night-mare became reality on a brightly lighted street in a fine,"respectable" apartment area. A man with a knife stalkeda woman and attacked her. She called desperately forhelp. People in the apartments above came to the win-dows and looked down. But they did nothing, said noth-ing. The killer returned and struck again. The onlookersmerely watched, or shut their windows and turned away.The dying woman crawled to a last refuge behind a reardoor. The killer drove away, then came back, searchedfor her and found her, finished his work, and drove awayagain.

Then someone called police, who arrived in twominutes.

Victim Killed Outright

. . . But What

About Mercy

Without Justice(

A few weeks later, the same thing happened to anotherwoman in an office building in broad daylight, exceptthat this time the victim was killed outright.

The explanation? The onlookers simply said they"didn't want to get involved.

" But what does this tellus about America today?

The first message of these two horror stories out ofNew York (which might also have been enacted in manyof our other great cities) is that more and more Amer-icans are losing their capacity for indignation and decisiveaction even in the face of the most obvious and terribleevil. The reason is not so much that they no longer knowthe difference between right and wrong —but that its ems hopeless to try to do anything. Even the mostmorally confused man could hardly have failed to sechis duty in these New York incidents. The individualhas been told so often that he is insignificant and help-less, that he is beginning to believe it. He can only hopeto keep himself clear of the powers that be, so long ashe can.

Is it Truest

Is it true —as this commentary claims —"thatmore and more Americans are losing their ca-pacity for indignation and decisive action evenin the face of the most obvious and terrible evil. "?

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No one Lifted a Finger

Everyone, left or right, "liberal" or "conservative, "would condemn this attitude and many have done so.But the fact is that the attitude docs exist. The NewYork crimes were the most shocking proof of it we havehad. Add it did not spring into existence from nowhere,or as the result of confusion and cowardice on the partof just a few. Nearly a hundred people were onlookersin the two crimes we have mentioned. Not one lifteda finger to help.

When government grows too big —regardless of thereasons and alleged need for it—government becomes

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more and more an alien force. It becomes, not "us,"but "them. " It is no longer looked upon as a protector,but as a ruler. In a fully free country, few citizens hesi-tate to call in the police at once when a crime of violenceis committed or even threatened. In an enslaved coun-try, no one ever does so if he has any choice. No onewants to "get involved" with the government in any waythat can possibly be avoided, The individual no longerbelieves he can help himself or anyone else by callingin the government.

Justice without mercy may be heartless, but mercywithout justice is equally so. One may be cruel to thecriminal but the other is equally cruel to the victim-and it makes more victims. Mercy without justice is merelicense to crime; and the more our courts engage in it,the more helpless our citizens will feel before the crimemenace, and the longer they will hesitate before taking

any action on their own to stop any crime.

Folly of Foolish Sympathy

Bitter Fruits of Collectivism

For a generation now we have heard, over and overagain, the cry that voluntary action is never sufficientto solve any problem or avert any danger, even at thecommunity level. Government bureaus and governmentforce, we are told, are the only answer. Is it so surpris-ing, then, that more and more people are becoming con-vinced that voluntary action and initiative is useless,especially where any stranger is concerned? These aresome of the bitter fruits of collectivist folly. For withoutour individual minds and thc confidence to act, to doour duty when it is clear, we are no better than ants;there is nothing to stand in the way of any form of evilhowever terrible.

That is the first message of the Ncw York crimes andtheir silent onlookers. The second message concernscrime itself. In many of our largest cities it is becomingso common and so widespread that people are beginningto accept it as a fact of life. They hate and fear it, butdo not see that anything can be done about it. You canonly hope that it continues to happen to the other fellowand not to you.

Victim —Forgotten Man

In the last twenty-five years, the crime rate in Amer-ica—especially in the big cities, and among juveniles-has skyrocketed, increasing far faster than populationand more and more each year. It is no accident that thissoaring crime rate has come at the very same time, andgone hand in hand with the policy of lighter punish-ments, easier and quicker parole, morc "suspended sen-tences" and the abolition (actual or virtual) of the deathpenalty for the most serious crimes. Even a little honestindignation and anger against criminals would bring abreath of fresh air into the musty chambers of error andmisguided sentiment where today, criminals are tried,judged and often let off all but scot-free.

The victim seems to be the forgotten man in theserleliberations. All sympathy is focussed on the criminal.Of course he has probably had a bad time in childhood,for the normal person does not attack others or stealfrom them. This may be an explanation; it is not anexcuse. The common law, in its profound wisdom, sets

just one simple test for the moral responsibility of thecriminal: did he know right from wrong at the timehe committed his crime? Why he chose to do the wrong,even though he knew the right, is no concern of thelaw. Unable to get this test: changed through legislationor formal judicial decision, some judges and many socialworkers and psychologists have been doing their bestto evade it by giving light punishment and easy parolewhen there are so-called "mitigating circumstances. "

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Those judges who deal with criminals every day in

their courts, and who do not share the blind sentimen-

tality and exclusive sympathy for the criminal whichmark many of their colleagues, are speaking out moreand more strongly on the menace of the growing crimerate and the necessity of better crime deterrence. Oftenthis brings them bitter criticism from self-appointeddefenders of the underdog. (But who was the underdogon that brightly lighted New York street that night?)Judge Samuel Leibowitz of New York, himself a formerdefense attorney and "criminal lawyer,

" has called re-

peatedly for a major change in our attitude toward crimeand punishment. Only stern punishment will deter crim-

inals, Judge Leibowitz says, and this applies especiallyto the juveniles. As a defense attorney, Judge Leibowitzbrilliantly defended a number of accused persons who

did have a rightful claim on public sympathy. But in-

stead of blinding him to realities, this has enabled him

to see clearly the folly of the phony or foolish sympathygiven to vicious, incorrigible offenders.

Different Policy Needed

Recently, in an interview for a major news magazine,

Judge William G. Long of the juvenile court in Seattle,Washington, explained the lessons he had learned andthe dangers he foresaw from the rising crime rate aftermore than thirty years on the bench. Judge Long is

the "dean" of America's juvenile court judges, the manwith the longest continuous service in that capacity.He has watched and dealt with the entire period of ourhistory in which the crime rate took off on its dizzyingupward spiral and juvenile crime became a major menace.

Unless the crime spiral is haltecl by a completelydifferent court policy toward criminals, Judge Longwarns, we are headed for a crime rate so high as toamount to virtual anarchy, which in turn will lead to a

tyrant police state as the only remedy. We will be forcedto make a choice, the worst of all choices, between ourlife and property, and our liberty.

What happened in New York shows that we may be

nearer to this fateful choice than we think. For if goodcitizens will no longer call in the police even when they

see a major crime being committed before their eyes,then either the criminals will run the community or the

police will. The good citizens will become no more than

thc victims and subjects of one or the other.

Coddling —The Root Cause

Judge Long clearly identifies the root cause of theever-rising crime rate: the coddling of criminals, espe-

cially juvenile criminals, by many judges and by most

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AFTER THE SHOW

OCALA —Proceeds froma Horse Show sponsoredby the Marion Saddle Cluband the Marion CountySheriff's Posse were turnedover to Marion CountyChief Deputy Sheriff H. A.Geiger (right) as a contri-bution to the Florida Sher-iffs Boys Ranch. The con-tribution totaling $1,382.39was presented by LloydWilliams (left) President ofthe Saddle Club; and Dep-uty Sheriff Don Moreland(center).

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DAVE'S READY

ORLANDO —Come whatmay, Orange County Sher-iff Dave Starr is ready forany emergency. A goodcase in point was thepower failure that hit theCherry Plaza Hotel, justbefore dinner. While thechef was wringing hishands, Sheriff Starr andthe Orlando Utilities Com-mission rushed gasoline-powered generators to thescene and put the hotelback in business. That' sD e p u t y Sheriff RichardChing operating the Sher-iff's power unit. (Photocourtesy the Orlando Star. )

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It's Not Easy To

Qualify For PosseSARASOTA —You have to know

a little bi't about a lot of things to be amember of Sheriff Ross E. Boyer'smounted posse.

You must know horses, how to ridethem as well as take care of them, howto bring a riot under control, be effec-tive in a search and rescue mission, andhow to administer first aid.

Twenty-five men from all walks oflife belong to the posse which was or-ganized about three years ago by TimMather, Jim Tillman and Sam Upman.A non-profit organization, the groupmeets on the first Thursday of eachmonth.

Each man provides his own mountand gear, and uses his own transporta-tion, sometimes sharing with another.The posse sponsors an annual jamboreeto raise funds for worthwhile organiza-tions. Its main objective is help for ju-venile delinquents.

What is a posseman made of? Lovefor his fellow man, and for his mount,and the endurance to spend hours in asaddle in all kinds of weather.

. . . But What About Mercy Without Justices(Continued from

of the psychologists and social workers associated withthe courts, aided and abetted by that element in ourpublic opinion which always seems more concernedabout the criminal, and sympathetic toward him, thanabout his victim. Nowhere is this foolish, dangeroussympathy better expressed, Judge Long thinks, than inthe famous remark: "There is no such thing as a badboy.

" There are bad boys, Judge Long says —too manyof them, and more and more because so many will notadmit that they are really bad, or do anything effective todeter others from following in their footsteps.

The role of deterrence is one we must never forget.Just as we keep up a mighty military defense force to de-ter foreign aggressors, so our ability and our willingnessboth to capture and to punish criminals acts as the onereally effective deterrent to crime. In foreign policy,there is much discussion of making our deterrent "credi-ble"—that is, making sure that our enemy believes thatwe mean it when we say we will attack and devastatehim if he attacks us or any of our allies. In exactly thesame way, we must be sure that our crime deterrent isbelievable and real. It is not enough merely to havelaws on the books to punish crime, any more than it isenough just to have bombers and missiles. There mustbe the certainty that they will be used. Punishment ofthe criminal, as of the aggressor, must be swift and sureand decisive. That, and that alone, will make it lesslikely that a similar crime will happen again.

The coddlers who keep so busy making excuses forcriminals often become very angry when effective crime

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deterrence is urged. They insist that it doesn't work, thatpunishment doesn't really deter crime. But if anythingis sure, it is sure that their policy of lenience and for-giveness, at the expense of justice to the victim, hasn' tworked. Instead, the crime rate has been rising fasterand faster ever since coddling criminals became the usualpractice. The whole practical experience of the humanrace teaches us the truth once voiced in memorable wordsby Admiral William Sims of World War I, one of ourNavy's all-time great men: "The fear of punishment andthe hope of reward are the only influences that motivatemost men. " Unless we want to get into the business ofrewarding criminals for not committing crime, we hadbetter begin using the fear of punishment to deter crimebefore it is too late. This is a task in which every citizen,concerned with his liberties and with his own personalsafety as well as aware of his duty, can help. Most lo-cal judges are elected. Those who persist in coddlingcriminals can be removed from office. Victims can beencouraged to speak up and denounce those who havecommitted crimes against them, thus winning publicsupport for their rights as well as those of the criminal.It can be stressed that crime concerns us all, and that itsprevention and punishment is vital. The police alonecannot do the job unless they have far more power thanthey should in a free country. They need our help andwe should give it.

Until we meet again, remember: Justice and right,are partners. Together they are invincible. Apart, theywill not long exist.

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Lesson 1Vumber OneSTUART—Newly-appointed Deputy

Sheriff Henry Herbert of Martin Coun-ty Sheriff Roy C. Baker's Department,acquitted himself well when confrontedwith his first case of resistance, accord-ing to the sheriff.

Sent to quiet a family fight involv-ing a wife-beating, he received a punchin the mouth from the husband whoremarked that he'd beat his wife ifhe felt like it.

After the punch, the husband ran,with Herbert in pursuit. The punchedone handcuffed the puncher and pre;sented him with two charges, one fordisorderly conduct and the other forresisting arrest.

Googl MemoryORLANDO —Deputy Sheriff Barney

Shengle's good memory was bad newsfor a man who took an unauthorized13 months leave of absence from theApopka city jail.

Checking out a routine report fromthe Florida Highway Patrol that aman was in a car parked overnight,Shengle recognized the man as onewho had escaped from the jail afterserving a 30-day sentence.

1Vo BulgesARCADIA —It's possible to conceal

five cartons of cigarettes on your per-son without being detected, if you' reskilled in the questionable art of shop-lifting.

A woman arrested for shoplifting bySheriff Lloyd Holton proved it can bedone when she put on a demonstrationin the sheriff's office.

CLEARWATER —BOOKS FOR STUDY CENTER—Altrusa Club of Clearwater donated 400 paperbackreference and story books for use in Sheriff Don Genung's Youth Study Center. Pictured duringpresentation of the books are (from left) Mrs. Ruth Scalf, club first vice president; ArmandTetrault, study center director; Mrs. Thelma Wells, club president; Pinellas (.ounty Sneriif uonGenung, and Mrs. Marie Lancaster, public relations chairman.

STOLEN ARSENAL

TITUSVILLE —B re v a r dCounty Sheriff Leigh S.Wilson, (left) C r i m i n a I

Agent Fred Evers and Lt.Criminal Agent S. R.(Speedy) DeWitt (kneeling)inspect the guns taken ina burglary of Goode's Out-door Shop at Melbourne.141 guns were taken and120 recovered. Deputiesfrom Volusia and PolkCounty were also instru-mental in solving the caseand recovering the loot.Two men, one from EauGallic and the other fromMelbourne, were chargedwith breaking into thestore and stealing theguns.

COCOA —NEW PISTOL RANGE —Brevard County Sheriff Leigh S. Wilson is justifiablythis Pistol Range recently opened here. It was completely built and furnished by sheriff sauxiliarymen, officers from municipal police departments and interested citizens andmen in the county. The project was spearheaded by Lieutenant Garvin, commandingthe Cocoa Command.

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proud ofdeputies,business-officer of

Misplaced FaithBONIFAY—It doesn't always pay to

put your faith in "faith healers. "An elderly Holmes County woman

discovered this when she allowed astrange woman to come into her hometo pray her ailments away.

The stranger went through an elabo-rate ritual, rubbing the elderly lady' shead and shoulders and placing an "an-nointing cloth" over her face; but theprayers came to an abrupt end whenthe "healer" discovered $530 pinned in-side her victim's dress.

She snatched the money, ran to a caroutside where a male companion waswaiting, and sped away.

The theft was reported to SheriffCletus Andrews who traced the phony"faith healers" to Alabama and broughtthem back here to the Holmes CountyJail.

Officers Learn How to Quiet a RiotTALLAHASSEE —What is the best way to handle a crowd?How do you keep a disturbance from turning into a riot?What do you do once the rock throwing starts?Questions like these were fired at a corps of expert instructors during a four-

day course in the proper handling of civil disturbances which was held at the Flor-ida Law Enforcement Academy August 10 thru 13.

Attended by 36 officers from 21 city, county and state enforcement agencies,the intensified course included demonstrations of the effective use of tear gas andpolice dogs; lectures on a wide variety of technical subjects; and actual field exer-cises in which the students were required to handle a simulated riot.

The instructors were experts from the FBI, Florida National Guard, Sheriff'sDepartments, Civil Defense, Police Departments, the Florida Highway Patrol,U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and the Florida Sheriffs Bureau.

Officers who completed the course will use their newly-acquired "know how"to develop crowd control procedures and techniques within their own departments.

Classes were held day and night at the Academy which was established herethis year by the Florida Sheriff's Association as Florida's first state-wide trainingfacility for all levels of law enforcement.

Over 200 city, county and state officers were enrolled during the first sevenmonths of operation. They studied a wide variety of subjects ranging from howto gather evidence at a crime scene, to how to become an effective supervisor.

MARY ANN SLOMKOWSKI —White female, age16, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 135 pounds,brown hair and eyes. Missing from her homein Clearwater, Fla. , since July 15, 1964. Maybe in the more populous areas, Miami, Jack-sonville, etc. Believed to have left the TampaBay area. Anyone knowing subject's where-abouts notify Police Dept. , Clearwater, Fla. ,or the Florida Sheriffs Bureau, Tallahassee,Florida.

Trapped by TracksBONIFAY—Plaster casts of auto-

mobile tire tracks helped to trace aman charged with armed robbery of aPonce de Leon service station.

Sheriff Cletus Andrews' department,assisted by Florida Sheriffs Bureauagents, had only a superficial descrip-tion of the robber because he wore asack over his head. They made castsof tire tracks at the scene, then madean extensive search of driveways andother areas until they found tracks thatmatched.

With these clues, they were able todetermine the owner of the getawaycar. He was arrested while having anew set of tires installed on his car.

Teamwork Did ItPANAMA CITY—Joint efforts of

the Bay County Sheriff's Department,Panama City Police Department andthe FBI, resulted in the arrest of threelocal youths in connection with a$40,000 jewel robbery.

The youths admitted breaking intoa private residence and taking a smallsafe containing the jewelry. They ledlaw enforcement officers to a woodedarea where they had buried the safe.About $37,000 worth of jewelry wasrecovered.

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SOME CARGO!

LEESBURG —Wildlife Offi-cer Don A. Ross (left) ofTavares, and Lake CountySheriff Willis V. McCallpose with a boat that heldan almost unbelievablecargo. Seven feet eightinches long, 38 incheswide and 11'iz inchesdeep, the boat carried agrown man, a 14-year-oldboy, four alligators rang-ing in length from two andone half to three feet, asack filled with frogs, twoflashlights, a gig, a rifleand a six-volt auto battery.The man was charged withpossession of alligatorsduring a closed seasonand contributing to the de-linquency of a minor.(Photo courtesy LeesburgDaily Commercial)

CHAIN SMOKER

BARTOW —Cigarettes andcigars were plentiful amongthe $300 worth of merchan-dise recovered from a burg-lar who looted a Polk Citystore. Polk County SheriffMonroe Brannen examinessome of the merchandise.The suspects were arrestedin Tavares by Lake CountySheriff Willis McCall andbrought back to Polk Coun-ty.

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Bones GuardedWAUCHULA —Guarding the bones

of a prehistoric Mammoth —a hairyskinned elephant —isn't in the usual rou-tine of a law enforcement officer. ButHardee County Sheriff Odell Carlton'smen took the assignment right in stride.

Along with members of the roaddepartment, they provided a round-the-clock guard over fossils found byWauchula Boy Scout Explorer Post410 on Hickey Branch.

Discovery of the bones mushroomedinto a project that attracted aid andattention from all over the country.

Ground was broken for a FossilMuseum for the Scouts. Various Har-dee residents aided the project by do-nating equipment such as a pump tokeep water out of the digging area, atent and a refrigerator.

Gator RustlersORLANDO —A $500 reward was

offered for information leading to thearrest and conviction of culprits whobroke into Gatorland tourist attractionand slaughtered some 60-odd alligators.

Orange County Sheriff Dave Starrsaid the gator rustlers came over theback fence from the swamp area atthe rear. They slaughtered the gatorsin their pens and hauled the carcasesaway to skin elsewhere.

The loss was estimated at about$1,000. Alligator hides sell at about$4.50 a foot on the current market.Gator rustlers last victimized Gator-land in March, 1963.

Assisting in SurveyPALATKA —Putnam County Sheriff

Walt Pellicer is a member of the countysteering committee assisting in a surveyon mental health being conducted bythe State Board of Health.

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DUAL ROLE

GAINESVILLE —AlachuaCounty Sheriff Joe Cre-vasse Jr. played a dualrole as driver and sponsorin the annual Soap BoxDerby. The photo aboveshows him coming in aclose second in a prelimi-nary race against TV star"Ranger Hal. " In the pic-ture at right he is givingsome last minute adwce toGene Abbott, driver of thecar he sponsored in themain event of the Derby.

Words to RememberCLEARWATER —Pinellas County

Sheriff Don Genung's personal philoso-

phy is summed up in the followingmotto which has been adopted by his

department:"I shall pass through this world but

once. Any good, therefore, that I cando or any kindness that I can show toanyone, let me do it now. Let me notdefer or neglect it, for I shall not passthis way again. "

SWEET AS CIDER

WEST PALM BEACH—PalmBeach County Sheriff Mar-tin M. Kellenberger acceptsa Sift of apple juice from"Miss Apple B I o s s o mQ u e e n, " Caroline LeeBlake, of Loudoun County,Waterford, Va. , a visitor atPalm Beach.

'"'t,t', let:",'~A~ -,

Bad Check Loss

Put at MillionsCHIPLEY—Bad checks cause Flor-

ida merchants a loss of $200,000,000annually, Ronald Dick, handwriting ex-pert with the Florida Sheriffs Bureautold Chipley Kiwanians at a meeting.

While there are no effective proce-dures at present to stop the loss, "Weknow of some procedures for reducingthe loss, " Dick said.

He recommended preventing the lossbefore it happens by requiring properidentification. Some merchants maintaina card index for strangers, he explained,adding that the cards should give a de-scription, signature, address, social se-

curity number and other information.He labeled credit cards as poor

identification cards because they seldomgive a description of the individual andoften don't even show his signatur .

No identification is actually foolproofunless the individual's fingerprints areincluded, he said. He advised merchantsto look closely for errors that mightmake a check non-negotiable.

Bruce Allen PelhamWhite male, date ofbirth 1-10-41, 5 feet 11inches tall, weighs 170pounds, blond hair, hazeleyes; tattoo name"Bruce" right shoulder,rose on left ankle. FBIg 808 689C. Driving

1950 Ford 4-door, 1964Fla. License 1-163656,Ser. QBOC S132270.Warrant issued, chargeB and E. If apprehendednotify Sheriff Buchanan,Miami, Fla. , or the Flor-ida Sheriffs Bureau, Tal-lahassee, Florida.

Haskel ColumbusWallen

Alias Frank C WAL-LEN, John C. BUCHER,white male, described in1958 as being 6 feet, 1inch tall, medium build,blond hair. His MO:Opens small checking ac-

count, passes six to eight$25.00 checks same day.Warrants will be issued,charge Worthless Checks.lf apprehended, notifyPolice Dept. , Lakeland,Fla. , or the Florida Sher-iffs Bureau, Tallahassee,Florida.

John William ShinnAlso known as J. W.STAFFORD, whitemale, date and place ofbirth 3-1-23, R e n o v a,Pa., 5 feet 10 inchestall, weighs 165 pounds,black hair; scar left cor-ner of mouth, scar overright eye. Occupation:Computer Salesman.SufFers from heart trou-

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ble and diabetes. Federalwarrant on file on checkcharges. Last k n o w ncheck passed in Savan-nah, Ga. , on 5-8-64.Subject believed to beoperating in Florida. Ifapprehended notify near-est FBI Agent or theFlorida Sheriffs Bureau,Tallahassee, Florida.

Tony BaldreeAlias Sherrill HammondBALDREE, white male,date and place of birth8-6-29, Homerville, Ga. ,5 feet, 5 inches tall,weighs 150 pounds,brown hair and eyes.FPC: 8 11/1 R/R IO/IO16. Released through er-ror of Clerk's OfficeCriminal Court, beforecompleting second sen-tence. If apprehendednotify SherifF Blackburn,Tampa, Fla. , or theFlorida Sheriffs Bureau,Tallahassee, Florida.

George Wesley LeeAlso known as CharlesWesley Lester, whitemale, date of birth 4-1-07, 6 feet tall, weighs208 pounds, grey hair,blue eyes. FBI g2 431841. Subject poses as re-tired railroad man, orexpress company, to

cash claim adjustmentcheck for injury or dam-ages. Warrant issued,charge Forgery. If ap-prehended notify Sherifi'Joyce, Tallahassee, Fla. ,or the Florida SheriffsB u r e a u, Tallahassee,Florida.

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Herman Danny MooseWhite male, age 25, bornBelmont, N.C., 5 feet11 inches tall. His fatherlives in Lowell, N.C.Bench warrant issued. Ifapprehended notify Sher-ifF Gaines, Dade City,Fla. , or the FloridaSheriffs Bureau, Talla-hassee, Florida.

William H. Swann Jr.White male, date ofbirth 9-8-29, 5 feet 9inches tall, brown hair,blue eyes. FBI/712 022-D. Bench warrant issued.If apprehended notifySheriff G a i n e s, DadeCity, Fla. , or the FloridaSheriffs Bureau, Talla-hassee, Florida.

J. C. BrowderWhite male, date andplace of birth 6-4-32,Gate City, Va., 5 feet9 inches tall, weighs 195pounds, brown hair, blueeyes; cap on left frontupper tooth, gold rimon right upper fronttooth; scar right side ofnose. Was serving sen-tence on charge Break-ing and Entering, es-caped June 11, 1964 fromHillsborough C o u n t yjail. Also wanted for Pa-role Violation in Colum-bus, Ohio. Warrants is-s u e d. If apprehended,notify SherifF Blackburn,Tampa, Fla. , or theFlorida Sheriffs Bureau,Tallahassee, Florida.

Henry James HulseyNickname "Buck," whitemale, date and place ofbirth 1-30-39, Rome,Ga. , 6 feet, 1 inch tall,weighs 175 pounds,brown hair and eyes.FBI f884 228C. Want-ed on charge Breakingand Entering, will extra-dite. If apprehended no-tify Sheriff Gaines, DadeCity, Fla. , or the Flor-ida Sheriffs Bureau, Tal-lahassee, Florida.

Familiar FaceCLEARWATER —Pinellas County

Deputy Sheriff Don Anderson is thekind of guy who never forgets a face.

That's why he was responsible forclearing up some 30 or 35 burglarycases and putting Lawrence Davis be-hind bars.

Anderson first encountered Davisunder similar circumstances two andone-half years ago, arrested him andsaw him go to prison on charges ofbreaking and entering.

Recently the deputy was looking fora prowler who had been looting homesconsistently in the Largo-Seminole areafor nearly a month and spotted Davishomeward-bound at 4:20 a.m.

Anderson's memory started clickingwhen he saw the familiar face, and hetook Davis into custody.

Further investigation resulted inDavis being again charged with break-ing and entering. One of th" most im-portant clues in the arrest was a stolencamera found in the suspect's posses-sion.

When the film in the cam:ra wasprocessed the pictures enabled investi-

gators to find the Largo residence fromwhich it had been stolen.

Bolita's "Cancerous"TITUSVILLE —Bolita is "a syndi-

cate-controlled, cancerous situation. . .a monster ithat finances the most dis-reputable people in legal business enter-prises enabling them to rub elbows withthe cream of society, " according to Bre-vard County Sheriff Leigh Wilson.

When Bolita was imported to Floridafrom Cuba many years ago, it was op-erated honestly, the sheriff said. It's a

- different story today, he added. Thelotteries are managed in Florida andare rigged so that the ticket buyer does-n't have a chance.

Wilson said it it unfortuna~te that thepeople to whom Bolita appeals themost are poverty-stricken individualswho can least afford to lose.

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Eugene SilversWhite male, date andplace of birth 7-3-41,Waynesville, N.C., redhair, green eyes. FBI$120 760D. Wanted oncharge Violation of Pro-bation, will extradite. Ifapprehended notify Sher-iff Gaines, Dade City,Fla. , or the FloridaSheriffs Bureau, Talla-hassee, Florida.

Phillip Joseph RussoAlias Tony LUCCIE,Phil M ID D L ETON,Phillip MONASTERIOand others, date andplace of birth 12-29-31,Boston, Mass. , 5 feet 9inches tall, weighs 150pounds, brown c u r I yhair, hazel eyes. Tattoosboth aims. Wanted oncharges ITSP '

and De-fault. If apprehended no-tify FBI Tampa, Fla. , ornearest FBI Agent, orFlorida Sheriffs Bureau,Tallahassee, Florida.

Sticky FingersFT. WALTON BEACH—A yen for

candy was the undoing of three young-sters, ages nine, ten and 12, after theyallegedly broke into a candy warehousein Ocean City.

Okaloosa County SherifF Ray Wi'!soncredited the Fort Wa!ton Beach Play-ground News with helping Chief In-vestigator Driscol 0glesby solve thecase. Persons who had seen or tastedsome of the candy called the newspa-per and later the sheriff's office. Theyoungsters ate, so!d and gave away halfof the candy they took.

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The

Push-

Button

Jail

TAMPA —Jails too have enteredthe "push-button age.

"In the photo above Sheriff Ed

Blackburn Jr. demonstrates howjailer can operate electrically control-led cell doors from a c=ntral controlstation in the new $2,000,000 Hills-borough County Jail.

The control station is cncaserl inbullet-proof glass and the jail;r canobserve strategic areas of th cellblocks through a system of mirrors.

Sheriff Blackburn and PurchasingAgent Clayton Hammond are reflectedin one of the mirrors pictured at left.Also shown is a view of the jail ad-ministration building.

Other modern features includeelectrically controlled gates to admitvehicles bringing prisoners to the jail;a stainless steel kitchen and an up-to-the-minute laundry.

Approximately 211 prisoners werctransferred from the old jail to thenew jail on June 23, and demolitionof the old jail was begun.