The producers news., 1927-12-02
CRIMINAL PUBLIC NEGLIGENCE

The other day, a fourteen year-old girl, pretty
and smart and lovable riding on a sled towed by
a car, driven by boy, over by truck
driven by boy, both of very youthful years,
sultng in the death of the lassie, after hours of
agony, and in the prostration of the MOTHER and
much mental anguish on the part of the boys in
volved
All of this is the result of public criminal negli-
gence. The Producers News is not blaming any
body in particular. All are at fault. The young
lady should not have been riding on a sled towed
by a car on the public thorofare. The boy driving
the car towing the sled ought not to have been
driving the he driving and he he should
not have been towing a sled with a person on it.
The boys driving the truck had no business to be
driving the truck in the first place. then or at any
other time. The boys, if they had any sense at
all, not mentioning having enough sense and judg
ment to be allowed with a truck should have
known better than to have passed car towing
sled with person on it in the public highway.
The parents of the boys are also responsible for
this terrible accident in allowing mere boys to be
driving and trucks in the street. and can
hardly avoid that responsibility.
The police of this city, and heavens knows that
we have enough of them the payroll to swamp
a town twice the size of this one, are responsible
for allowing this sled towing pasttime to be prac-
ticed here. Everybody knew that eventually some
going to be killed or injured as the results
of it.
The police say that they have protested to the
parents of these children but to no avail-they
would do nothing to assist them.
The general public is to blame also, which has
observed this practice, and realizing and under
standing the danger, have acquiesced by silence
and indifference
We are all to blame
We have been entertained lately by number
of political job seekers who have made a great
show Of indignation about the brutal murder of
Mike" Kennedy. We have beheld the spectacle
OF rowdyism the street on the part of those who
pretend to stand for better things We have
seen big show made by common takers in chas
ing bank robbers after the bandits were fa1
enough away to involve the pursuers with no dan.
ger. We have read in local paper story by a
high school student advocating a Vigilante ana
4 resort to mob law. We have witnessed the spec
tacular arrest of an American Bankers operative
identified Flaxville bank robber and we have
observed all of this being done by a bunch of
hypocrites for political purposes solely, while the
ordinary police laws of the city have received no
attention and have been allowed to go absolutely
menforced, while those taking such prominent
parts IN these activities, were plucking the gleam
out OF neighbOrs eye, and neglecting the beam
in their own
Yes, Mike Kennedy is dead and so is little Janet
Lundqulst-one suffered just as much as the 9th
er. Whatever the motives the results are just the
same.
1t IS to De hoped that this sacrifice will have a
soDerng effect upon this community-that it will
bring some people back to earth: that the lesson
learned from this girls death will save MANY 9th
er chidren's lives If It does this, unfortunate as
TINS needless sacrifice of life has been Janet
Lundquist will not have died in vain.
But remember the community as a community
is responsible for the horrible thing-it seems a
Judgment visited upon it for hypocrisy and GRIM
inal negligence
Somebody had to pay
The life Of Janet Lundquist was the price.