Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-02
Courage of Jury Is Lauded
In Case of Burger, Gang Chief

ton" Hope in that direction is ex.
pressed by the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Attorneys for the defense, 1t is noted
by the Ann Arbor Times-News, "are
looking about for some technicality
that will save the mans neck" and
$50 Burger is going to get off If human
ingenuity can make it possible" That
paper continues: You can't help
laughing now and then-with just a
little irony, perhaps-over the idea
Of such strenuous efforts being made
to save the life Of a killer, as though
our civilization were doomed to failure
If the boys with the barking guns and
disregard for the lives Of others were
permitted to lose their necks.
Surely there must be an occasion,
once every hundred years or SO, when
it would not inf1ict such a great injus-
tice on humanity to put one out OF the
| way"
1.-THE exploits Of these men and their
dupes," says the Cleveland News,
were an anachronism in 1927. In
| 1850 in the gold fields Of California,
and later in the Yukon territory, their
presence might have been expected.
when it could properly be termed a
pioneer commonwealth" The matter
| is similarly viewed by the Baltimore
| Sun. The Cleveland Plain Dealer sug-
gests that the proposed hanging will
| be unpleasant for the man who Is be-
ing hanged, but it is as clear as day
| light that just such an object lesson
is essential for the happiness and
we'll being Of the peaceful majority in
illinois," The Springfield Daily News
asserts that "a community with q
dash Of courage, modicum Of self
respect and plenty Of energy can put
| to flight" such forces.
X X II II
| Observing that the gangsters turned
against each other when their backs
were against the WALL" the Uniontown
Herald states, "Brazen, daring, inhu-
man and brutal though they may be.
| the gangster and crook, more often
than not, Is an abject coward when
he gets into trouble, intent only upon
saving himself, without scruples or
conscience as to others" The Buffalo
l Evening News feels that there IS
: little in the annals Of crime in the
| United States to equal the charge
against Birger that he employed two
boys in their teens, at $50 apiece, to
shoot down Mayor Adams at his door
step"
GAS he passed from the courtroom,
having heard the verdict" says the
Illinois State Journal, "he said: I
don't care for myself, but I have a
sister and a wife and two little chill
dren. l am sorry for Them That's
typically criminal. In Joliet, in Sing
Sing, in every prison, it's the burden
Of the pleas that fall upon your ears
mother wife children; for them
have compassion It's only after the
Flaw asserts it's majesty and brings to
justice those who defy 1t that the
typical criminal begins to think of
mother, wife, children. Then they are
brought forth and their misery and
pain exploited"
The Minneapolis Tribune remarks
that flew men can jeopardize their
own good names without jeopardizing
the good names Of those bound to
them in some close human relation
ship" The Decatur Review affirms Of
the mans family: Every one is sorry
for them. Burger had a chance to do
something for them. He did things
that caused grief. We wonder If he
is not now thinking more about him.
self when he talks about Them" The
Providence Journal feels that 1T is
a pity he postponed his concern for
his family so loug.4 .S9nf.s