The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-12-10
CURRENT COM NJ ENT.
Kansas City's Kidnapping.

cruelty, they arc worse t!ian ueath H.
self, because the future is unknown. -
New York Evening Sun.
There ought to be a law passed which
makes the stealing OF children for the
Turpcs OF securing a reward a capital
otfensc. Kansas City Journal
1t is scarce,y pCsSih'e To conceive of
crime more heinous than that of which
She has been guilty. Murder is. in
deed, of inferior signiticance.-Froo
Times.
Parental love t ok precedence with
him of the public interests affected by
his Submission 10 blackma !, and SO it
would with nearly everybody. - New
York Press.
If Mr.. Eca's had lroken his promise,
arrested the thieves agent and devoted
his 5000 to charity rather than to the
announcement of kidnapping, would not
the end have more than justified the
mcans?-New York World
1t is gratifying that the father was
fortunate enough To Iansom his son: but
the au.horit e. owe it t. every child as
well as to cry parent in the land. t.
hunt down the kidnapcr each and all
Of whom 81 oud be summarily dealt
With on svilie Times
The kidnapping Of child in Kansas
, City. with the oh Get o. cXtorting mon Y
from its Parents, "aS a crime tn" SUI
ccssfnl acc onpljshment of which would
have caused the hearts Of millions Of
people in this ountry to throb with fear.
i hi adelph a Record.
! The prompt payment by Mr.. Bcals, IF
/ Kansas City. OF >5,Ol0 for the return of
his abduct d child will no doubt inaugu-
/ rate a boom in child stealing Editors
AMI other rich men will Ilra>c keep a
/ bulldog handy and sharp eye on their
children.-St Louis sun !ay Mirror
David T. Bcals lived up to the letter
of his agreement in paying the ransom
! promised for his thild, but how that the
onspirators are in the tolls without any
violation upon his part of the co npact.
he shou'd pr, secute to the fullest e tent
of the law.-kan as CitE Times
/ The father cannot be blamed for los
ing sight of everything but gaining the
possession Of his child; any devoted Iar-
. nnt would have done the same; but all
the fathers and mothers in the country
have now vital interest in the severest
punishment of these abduc tors. Indian
+ apoliS News.
The Ectve Train Robber
1t may Yet b. necessary to build all
express cars of tcel and arm them like
modern man of-war Oh small scale.
I.inco Journal.
Two more Western train robtcries.
II this thing keeps on every car VII
have to be provided with couple of
tatling gnns.-NeW io k Recorder.
The latest train robbery in the West
shows that thi hu mess cease to be a
10 >e the moment it get beyond the por-
ter OF the Ia act car.-I hila telphia
Times.
St Louis is very proud of the train
robbery which ha; brought that ri Ell
town into prominence again. 1t was
getting most fcarfully quiet down in
that region Toledo Blaze
The st. ] o is train robbery was cvi.
IDENTIFY patte ned after thu raids al
Ra"itc and Omaha Or p"rpeirated by
the same men. Their was a striking
similarity in the m thoda employe l. -
Minneapolis Tribune.
After al. train robbing seems to bt
about the safest of all forms OF robbery
1t is not alone the Northwestern traiI
robbers who have escaped, but those il
New York and Missouri have not beer
arrested, Milwaukee Sentinel.
The new way of opening cars put tn,
, express messengers into danger tha
, they cannot dodge. Heretofore the!
have offered resistance and taken tn,
chances Of fuSi ladies' through the SIDE
Of their cars. bat dynamite is more cffcc
tive than cannon and a messenger Oul,
, he committing suicide to remain in
. car while robbers were opening ii in TIL
fastest style. e.-Nilwaukee Wisconsin.