Evening star., 1932-03-16
BACKING OF PUBLIC IS URGED
IN STAMPING OUT KIDNAPERS
Chicagoans Discuss Terror of Evil and
Suggest Remedies -Super-Secret Six
Proposed by Loesch.

, the Secret Six" since the Lindbergh
kidnapping. Day after day have come
clues to be run down in Chicago. The
chief Investigator, Alexander j. Jamie,
after discussing the sinister operations
of the superkidnaping gang. which he
says are not directed by the Capone
syndicate, said:
Neither Chicago nor any other city
should need Secret Six but, owing
to the alliance between criminals and
machine politicians, peace officers are
almost powerless. We have difficulty
making the average citizen believe this,
but the criminals organizations are
more effective n'their operations than
society and its constituted government.
Responsibility on Voters.
"The whole responsibility tests on the
voter. If the machine politicians don't
provide decent candidates and put
trustworthy men in office, the people
must bring forth independent candi
dates, fight with all their might in
every campaign and see that they are
elected"
The tendency to blame prohibition
for all major crimes is noticeable in the
attitude of many leading business men
in Chicago, because this city knows, as
does no other American municipality,
the vast power of the underworld that
is enriched by bootlegging.
Prohibition certainly is the finest
fertilizer for the roots Of all organized
crime since the republic was founded" "
said Col Randolph.
While the Secret Six" believes it
has checked racketeering and gang
murders, there Is not much evidence
that kidnapings have been reduced.
According to statistics presented before
the Congressional Committee in Wash
ington, Illinois. with 49 kidnapping
cases, led all States last year. Ohio
was second with "a, California third
with %, Michigan fourth with 26,
Indiana fifth with 20, and New York
sixth with IT. Missouri reported II
cases, Oklahoma and Texas, 8 each, and
Kansas and Wisconsin, each.
Startling Revelations.
Just how strong are the kidnapers'
organizations, where their national
Headquarters are centered and who
their leaders are is a matter Of con-
| lecture. But the Secret Six" has in
vestigated their operations in the
Middle West with startling revelations.
For example, a typical case reported
by Chicago investigators so parallels
| the kidnapping OF Mrs. Donnelly In
Kansas City that, If both kidnapings
were not the work Of the same gang,
the Donnelly case at least becomes a
remarkable coincidence.
Asked for an expression Of some plan
to stamp out kidnapping, Col. Randolph
said:
"The kidnapping Of the Lindbergh
baby has united every one who claims
to be a true American in the deter
mination that this challenge of the
invisible government to the forces OF
organized society must be met.
II have no doubt this unified senti-
ment will not be long bringing deter
mined action. It has been suggested
that the Department OF Justice call a
general conference Of the law-enforcing
agents of every State. All Governors
and their attorneys general, police
chiefs and anti-crime association lead
ers in every large city, as well as
privately paid special investigators
should aid
"Out Of this conference should come
concerted action and plan that will
| forever stamp out the terror of kid
| naping that now menaces millions of
homes and citizens of this Govern
ment."
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