The silver band just below the grip on this cane is inscribed "From Mayor Lewis to W.J. Detweiler Jan-1-33". Fred Lewis became mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania in the early 1930s, a time rife with crime due to the nationwide prohibition on the sale of alcohol. Newspapers at the time indicate that shortly after taking office, Mayor Lewis made a push to clean up the city with regards to alcohol sales and the crime related to it. William J. Detweiler is referenced many times in the same papers as captain of detectives and is cited multiple times as closing down illegal speakeasies, including an instance on 23 January 1932, when Detweiler raided eight such establishments in one night. It is likely this cane was presented to the captain for his diligence in carrying out the mayor's plans to clean up the streets of Allentown. The L-shaped grip of this cane is relief carved in the form of a hound's head, possibly a reference to Detweiler's hunting of criminals, and it is joined to the shaft by the inscribed silver bands. Two more silver bands are present where the shaft of the splits to reveal a hexagonal blade measuring 25 3/4 inches long. The shaft appears to be a piece of knobbed/burled fruit wood and is tipped with a German silver ferrule. It measures 35 inches overall.