Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
Cangland's Waterloo Seen
In Murder of Reporter

a real battle of organized government
against hoodlum anarchy which will
bring triumph for decency?" asks the
Toledo Blade, adding: such victory
would be of importance to the whole
country as we'll as to Chicago. 1t would
establish the certainty Of sovereignty or
society over any of It's evil elements.
That needs to be demonstrated Just
now"
"A wonderful city Of steel and stone,
with great art museums. splendid uni
versities and one of the most mag
nificent opera houses in the world. And
then there are the gangsterS," remarks
the Houston Chronicle, with the conclu-
sion that the Staying of Alfred Lingle
is a challenge to the civilization Chi
cago has built on the shores OF Lake
believes that the city movers on the
brink of the ough-and-ready justice Of
vigilantes," while the situation is de-
scribed as "a national menace" by
the New Castle News and the Salt
Lake Deseret News. The Asbury Park
Evening Press views the murder as
representing "solely the desire to elm
mate any factor that might expose crime
and corruption" while the Duluth Her
aid, viewing the present hunt for the
criminals, holds that there should be
no spot in America where 1t Is safe for
outlaws to wait till the clouds roll by"
That the murder of Alfred Lingle
may be the turning point" Is the con-
clusion of the San Francisco Chronicle,
which argues that "if 1t Is the signal
for wiping out Chicago's gangland the
sacrifice will not have been In vain"
That the newspaper man is sacrificed
to the cause of decency is the opinion
of the Tulsa World while the prediction
that the press will hunt down and
punish the criminals Is made by the
Asheville Times, the Admission Star. the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle and the Okla
homa City Times. That the steps taken
should bring retribution is the judy
ment OF the Allentown Call.
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One question Is raised by the Fort
Worth Record-Telegram with the
statement: Somebody will be convicted
for the killing. The very life Of the
gang organization is ct stake. In o
few days goat will be brought forth
for sacrifice. The man selected
for the emergency job Of placating pub
lie opinion may easily be the one best
suited to the gangster organization
needs. He doubtless is in process OF
being framed at this time"
Lie ODlSdtlOH Oh Lne press 10 UeH
the truth about such activities as these
of the Chicago criminals and the cer-
tainty that the press cannot be silenced
are attested by the Salina Journal, the
st. Louis Globe Democrat, the Kansas
City Star and the Utica Observer Dis
patch. The Little Rock Arkansas DEM
ocrat advises that for its own sake and
for the sake of the decent people Of
Chicago. the Tribune should carry On
-
by gazing outside their own lawless
class and striking down a member Of
decent society," the gangSters of Chi
cago have brought upon themselves as
never before. the wrath of the people"
says the Albany Knickerbocker Press,
while the conviction that this crime
against the press is their undoing Is
voiced by the Akron Beacon Journal.
the Ann Arbor Daily News, the Louis
vile Times and the Morgantown Do
minion-News. The Schenectady Ca
zette believes that "Lingle's aSsaSsina-
ton appears to have crystallized at
least an appreciate and powerful part
of public sentiment TO the extent where
punishment of the slayer is demanded"
and the st. Louis Times maintains that
when the citizens of Chicago inject
IRON into the police and extract politics
from their control, so that the police,
the prosecutors and the courts shall
work In harmony, they can run the
gangs into Lake Michigan"
IT Is time there was q general up
rising Of all good citizens to meet the
challenge" declares the Geneva Daily
Times, while the Cincinnati Times
Star proclaims the support of citizens
of other communities and the South
Bend Tribune views the challenge of
the gangsters as one which Chicago
cannot ignore" The demand for pun
ishment is upheld by the Richmond
News Leader, the Columbus Ohio State
Journal and the Fort Wayne News
sentinel. The gangster who did the
killing lis not long for this world"
concludes the MINNEAPOLIS Sta -.