Evening star., 1933-08-26

Recent successes In brelging KID
napers to Justice stirs the enthusiasm
of the country and reveal the greater
efficiency in hunting criminals that mas
been aroused by the cooperation OF
State and Federal governments. Inc
belief that society Is gaining 90 those
who prey grows, and as an essential eie-
ment in the warm battle, 1t Is main
tanned that cleverneSs and intelligence
are on the side Of the public.
Uncle Sans wrath Is fully aroused,
saws the Roanoke World-News, with the
added assertion: The rapid swing OF
events is convincing proof that ne mas
started an unrelenttng war against the
enemies Of organized society. IL Is
lust too bad for the criminal, but Is
yood for the spirits Of q Nation that is
lighting to regain its self-respect almost
lost under the domination Of brazen
crime"
The Salt Lake Deseret News holds that
apparently the cooperation OF Fed
eral and state agencies can eradicate
the epidemic of kidnapping as quickly
as it arose" The Oakland Tribune be-
lieves that what has been experienced
should mark the climax Of public tol-
erance of this form Of lawlessness."
I'VE spray potato vines" states the
Miami Daily News. land the potato
bugs vanish like mists under hot suns.
A little efacient, co-ordinated police
and court work, and the gangsters curl
up like microbes in bath OF iodine. v
The Omaha World-Herald feels that
recent successes lend strength to the
hope and belief that society Is gaining
on the racketeer and the gangster."
Commencing the methods revealed IN
Rochester Times Union concludes that
this sort of persistent, intelligent work
is what is needed to check kidnapping
and other crimes" The Providence
Journal advises that "a well organized
Federal police force would quickly es-
tablish a reputation like that OF the
Canadian Mounted Police for always
getting their man."
kidnapping will not last long," !"
quotes the Pasadena Star-News from q
California State oficial, whose duties
bring him In contact with criminal
cases and that paper concludes: THE
way to strike deterring terror to the
heart of the criminal Is to apprehend
him swiftly, try him without delay and
give him adequate punishment TO NJ
the crime, then see that the punish
ment is meted out vigorously. swift.
ness and certainty Of apprehension ana
punishment make the criminal have
wholesome fear Of and respect Tor the
law. Crime has developed 50 startlingiy
and is entrenched 50 strongly that law
abiding society must make war upon,
under much the same conditions tnat
prevail in actual warfare"
There has been brought to bear upon
the problem declares the Atlanta
Journal, "a combination Of brains and
resoluteness; evidently there Is to be
a new deal in this, as in other prov
inces of the Government" The
Texarkana Gazette feels sure that
there are plenty of States and Federal
officers who are just as clever as any
of the gangsters, and just as courageous,
and now that they have the united
backing Of both State and Federal
Governments, with ample funds with
which to operate, they will be able to
make life miserable for those who per-
sist in crimes of violence as g means
of livelihood" The Cleveland News
agrees that "the average respectable
citizen can outsmart the average
crook"
Science progress and experience are
bringing new force into line for solving
crime" states the Portland Oregon
Journal, with q tribute to successful
performances in several cases, and the
suggestion that "the courts. in their
turn should abandon some forms OF
practice ahd procedure and cooperate
with the detectives in bringing men to
justice"
Ten important kidnapping cases." ac-
cording to the Newark Evening News,
"were solved by the police, and q total
of 81 persons involved In them were
sent to prison for terms up to LIE
In 1881 and 1892. Seven kidnapings
of more or less prominent individuals
have been perpetrated this year and
the record made In the last month or
so in running down their perpetrators
quickly has hardly been equaled IN
our criminal annals. The fact that