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Chariton Courier
Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri
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Police in Kansas City under Chief Edwards are arresting suspects, including those with political connections, and ordering them to leave the city, while adding their photos to the rogues gallery. Nearby small towns are taking steps to avoid becoming havens for vagrants and criminals displaced from Kansas City and St. Louis.
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Clean-Ups Sending Hobos Out.
Kansas City & St. Louis At It
Small Towns Scared.
Chief Edwards of Kansas City police force is having all suspects run in and then orders for them to run out of the city are given. Many who have had political pull heretofore are victims and the pictures in the rogues gallery are being added to daily. Small towns near Kansas City and St. Louis are taking measures to prevent becoming the lodging place for the riffraff. Some of the chief offenders who have escaped the drag net for years are much surprised but convinced. If chief Edwards does not overdo the gab stunt his work will be effective for a time at least, but he seems inclined to say considerable to make himself understood. Crooks catch on easily.
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Chief Edwards orders arrests of suspects and their expulsion from Kansas City, targeting those with political influence and adding them to the rogues gallery. Small towns nearby implement measures against influx of vagrants from Kansas City and St. Louis clean-ups. Long-evading offenders are surprised and convinced.