In paragraph 9, what the phrase "drew him on by artful questions" means is that he questioned him to try to gain privileged information.
He had to find out some information that was very important to him, so he started questioning him furtively so as to get to the bottom of things.
Eleanor Roosevelt believed that we have success in life when we see the beauty around us. She wanted to leave behind a world where people were less selfish. Instead of increasing their own wealth, people should give to and care more for their fellow humans.
The possible negative effects of crime I can think judging in my community would be:
-People are more vigilant and suspicious of everyone
-Increasing crime rate will spark as inspiration to those who want to or who are continuing to commit crimes
-Fear will prevail in the community
-Police workforce might have a shortage for respondence to crime
