The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1933-09-30

the evidence and presented grand jury worked all the
If they not playing the galleries. their charges
against individual should not fail by the Wayslde so dc
ulously.
But any rate the situation faced by the local
suppose that the judge had not dismissed against
any defendan-that the judge weak sister and afraid
public in view of the white heat OF opinion caused
gared accounts and Federal secret
parades with machine guns and chained Let
suppose that John Smith YOU and just because
had obtained the OF were tossed
into bull pen together with such notorious character
Harvey Bailey and the Shannon who kept Ursche their
farm pending the payment of the Let
pose that you forced to listen silver ongued
denounce you member of kdnap gang, employed
dispose marked money The the judge of the fact
Let suppose the jury retired and influenced by the preud
ca argument government counsel found YOU guilty. along
with Bailey al Let suppose that you obliged to
stand court and hear yourself condemned to spend the
balance of your natural life in jail How would you like it?
Possibly there will be who will that the Federal
officials would release they thought had nnocenty
gotten possession of knap But the who would
advance such theory do not know officials whether Federal
local. There isn't thousand who has the moral
courage required defy public opinion We have heard pros
declare their belief the innocence of prisoners while
the celebrating the evidence and recoecng the
imprisoned plea for conviction rendered by the
We asked prosecutor why he prosecuted he be-
evd to be innocent and if his conscience didn't hurt him.
He replied that he because he the
cutting officer and if his victim innocent yet convicted
and sent to the penenary, it the victim tough luck
We don't believe all prosecutors like the discussed
the guilt and innocence question with but do believe that
the other political positions and
since he public opinion he where the op
strong and forges to act if opinion not aroused For this
do not believe the application of the Lind
berg law is anything but menace to citizens.
Getting away from that angle and looking the situation
from another point Of view How easy it would be frame
victim under the Lndberg law Have you anyone mind
you don't like? you have get hold of kdnap money
slip to him DEAL and the grief he will have 60
through You say couldn't pull deal like that you
don know where to any kdnap money? Fine But
ber there lot of fellows who get hold of ho
rency and of them not above removing political
enemies by of frame.
The business of kidnapping is terrible business but
cannot where terrible than the weapon
has been placed the hands of
Federal agents. and willing place short bet
odds that if the government ahead in it's kdnap
tons with it's present policy there will be- in short time more
innocent doing life because they had "ho twenty or
ten in their possession than be guilty knappers
Surely there innocent right here in Twin Cities
who were grabbed by Federal agents. locked in jail under
aliases refused permission to consult counsel notify
relatives where they why they they
only to be released later Possibly this kidnapping but
is rather uncomfortable for the individual as we'll as the
family
We good to of practices of this sort
We good Federal usrpaon State police duties
Federal agents than local police but thew
their play too far they practically all their
acts One not garnish the pay Of Fed-f suit brought
against Fed he switches promptly Federal court and
is the holding of Federal courts that Fed agent may not be
sued prosecuted for acts committed by him the
his duty whatever his duty may be-
you think wrong this question stick around
while and get hold of little "hot money Get yourself
into position where receiving end of the
now being sprayed upon who took money bank