The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-07-17
CURING CANCER WITH LINIMENT.

ING it with witch hazel The only hope to get
results is to use the knife and cut deep and take
out the roots of the cancer and the tumor. You
NAV succeed with such heroic treatment but
you may fail. ~
Along the same line you cannot cure the dis
ease of crime and rid the community OF crlml-
mails by just following the course OF least resls-
lance Such official action is as barren of re-
suits as swathing cancer with liniment or
wrapping the tumor in rags saturated with
witch hazel.
We believe that officials of Kenosha are open
ITO criticism for the manner in which the case
of the Milwaukee bootlegger was handled on
last Saturday.
Here is fellow who violated the laws of the
state and nation and defed the authority OF
two states. After all was said and done he got
AWAY with fine of three hundred dollars and
costs-a considerable less than the value Of
the liquor he was transporting from one state
Ito another.
This fellow had no consideration for the law.
lArrested at Zion, he took the law into his own
hands and cheat it, He escaped from the Off
GERS and, driving like mad, he continued his
ESCAPE through Kenosha at rate of fifty to
sixty miles an hour He set out with determin-
alton to defy the law and the men who were
sworn to enforce it. He cared nothing for the
life of himself, of the woman companion he
had with him, and went on exposing this Wo-
man to death in a rain of bullets from revolvers
of men who were seeking to enforce the law.
He gave up only when bullets from these guns
reno 1red it impossible for him to drive the au-
tomol farther.
THAT 1erow came into court. We quote the
words of the judge on the bench: This case
is too serious to pass without a preliminary
hearing and l order such a hearing" and yet
few hours later this fellow had been turned
over to the officers of another state with the
officials we'll understanding that in that state
he could receive more lenient consideration of
his crime.
That fellow was guilty Of violating the law
in Wisconsin as well as in Illinois and he should
not have been able to get away from trial
in Kenosha county. He was caught red-handed
with the goods, with officials of this county
risking their lives in the mad chase in which
he was captured. He was entitled to no con-
sderation of any kind other than that which is
given to man when he is put on trial before
la jury of his peers and all the evidence against
him heard and considered.
Of course it was easier to turn him over to
Zion and possibly there was official courtesy"
in making that disposition of the case but, just
the same, when Zion was through with him
lLIldG udu SHOuIQ nave US6ll brought TO h6uOSnd
and have been forced to face the courts here.
"The case is too serious to be passed without
preliminary hearing" was the words of the
court, and the case lost none of it's serious
ness" by the fact that this man was wanted in
another state The automobile, by the aid of
which this man defed the law of two states and
q nation should have been confiscated and he
should have been given punishment in keep
ing with the gravity of, his offense against So
ciety.
Criminals will never learn to shun Kenosha
county so long as the officials take the course of
least resistance. These officials are. expected
to be just as thoughtful of the denfense of the
rights of the people at large as they are of
the supposed privileges of the bootlegger and
the long line of criminals following in his wake
The law was not made for the protection of the
bootlegger but for his punishment. 1t was
made to provide an adequate punishment, and
it should be read in the light of adequate pun
ishment rather than in the light of thoughtful
consideration of his feelings.
Violations of the law and defiance of the law
will continue unchecked just as long as courts
and officials decide on homeopathic treatment
for this class of criminals. These men are .ac-
customed to scott at the law because they have
come to believe that the officials do not take the
law seriously or that many of them are willing
to take the course of least resistance in dealing
with their cases. The remedy is to elect men
to Office who will respect the rights of the peo-
pie and enforce the provisions of the law rath-
er than become sentimental and incline them
selves to the belief that the criminal class Is
a privileged class.
MAYBE THEY'RE GOOD SPORTS.
Ranorts from Madison say that Sol Leyitan