Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-08-24
This Week
b ARTHUR BRIsBANE
Much Law, Little Action
He Missed Both Wives
Murder in = Blanket

48V AAkAAG ANAAOA
He Missed Both Wives
Murder in = Blanket
About Crime
One trouble with this country is
that 1t has o much lawmaking, not
enough action. A British person named
Bretherton makes this observation:
Not the number or excellence of 4
country's laws but the extent to which
they are obeyed Is the real test of a
civilization. In the last ten years the
Cnited States has passed over five
hundred thousand legislative enact
mentA- In the same period Great Bril-
! passed seventeen Thousand. At the
same time nifty murders are commit
ted In the United States for every one
committed In Great Britain"
The value Of laws doesn't depend
20 much On the extent to which they
are obeyedr n on the extent to which
they are enforced.
John SzAbo. shoemaker. had two
wives and missed them both. One
died seven years ago and one four
years ago. He buried them side by
side, and when, sixty-fve years old, he
missed them too much, he shot HIM
self 30 that his body would drop on
both their graves His request to an
undertaken to bury him near them
rAnnn hn Oranfnd That ~roravnrI
does moi accept suicides.
lie is with them now, perhaps, or
perhaps with only one, depending ON
the rule concerning those that have
two or more wives In the better land.
Perhaps the number does not matter
where they are Just spirits. How
would Solomon manager
A new kind OF gang murder In New
York A truck driver is found wrapped
In a brown blanket His necktie
showed that ri he struggled he was
compelled to strangle himself. Moth
Ing like that since a caliph, told of
by Marco Polo. tied a n~eighboring
chieftain. whom he had just conquered,
In an oriental rug and had him tram
Piled to death by horses, thus avoid
ing bloodshed-'
Governor Lehman OF New York saws
professional gang elements preying
upon lawful industry have grown to
such proportions hat drastic meas
ures are Immediately needed
Mr. Mulrooney. formerly police COM
missioner Of New York. wan IAN
American Devils Island" to discour-
age r~acketeers, and advocates the use
of the lash.
A grand jury official tells Senator
Copeland that witnesses against gang
sfers stand before us terrified. per-
spIration standing out npon them.
afraid to speak out.
Racketeers, it seems. keep spies
around the grand jury room, and who
ever talks Is quickly punished.
IAA~ AAEM0AtGs OAilCu 5lulGS DIOSEGu~
tor, tells Senator Copeland, investigat-
Ing racketS. that he can name four Inn
portant political leaders In New York
are controlled by gangsters, and
work In cooperation with them.
Racketeers. according to Mr.. MEDIA
lie. contribute to both OF the political
parties. The federal government ought
ask Mr. Medalie about his -four
leaders,
Agents of the United States gov
eminent are showing regular police
how to catch criminals and
make kidnapping and murder unsafe.
The most important capture Is that
Harvey Bailey, accused Of the
massacre of four police off.
and n prisoner In Kansas City.
Mr. Bailey had said, Il shall never
be taken alive But when, waking
from q sound sleep. he looked into the
barrel Of a machine gun he SAID, well,
K looks like it's just too bad. doesn't
IT." and offered his wrists to The hand.
For him 1t may be much too bad,
- he is wanted for murder, connected
with kidnapping In Missouri. There
he penalty for either crime is death.
md they infiict 1t.
To build up a big fortune In Eng
and Is to work for old John Bull. He
.akes his share when you die, the big
ger the fortune, the bigger his per
,entage- Sir John Reeves Ellerman
,as died. leaving more than sew
.nteen million pounds In cash and gov
.rnment securities, and the govern
nent gets eight million six hundred
thousand pounds OF inheritance tax.
The total estate will be about thirty
pounds, meaning another seven
y eight million pounds for the gov
.rnment-
A determined person Is Mahatma