Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-07 | Page 6 | Contrasts U. S. with England for Crime

I Contrasts U I S S. S With England for Grime Orime Editor The Tel Telegram gram I have read the two letters by Charles Kelly and can sa say I heartily heartily heart heart- ily lIy agree agree with Ith his views views' that hat there Is js altogether too tob tool much sympathy shown to criminals in this countr country If It W wo would only make up our minds minds' to let the punishment fit the crime murders and nd crime ot of all kinds would be greatly reduced A short time ago the Literary DIgest Di Digest Dl- Dl gest published some startling startling- figures figures fig fig- ures about murders in Chicago NewYork New NewYork NewYork York and London During 1926 there were 10 murders in Chicago In New York while London with a close close to to eight million had only 17 mUrders and there w were re arrests in 16 of 01 the 1 17 cas cases s. s If Loeb and nd Leopold Deopold had bad committed committed committed commit commit- ted their fiendish crime in England instead 1 of this country they would have gotten their Just deserts the deserts the hangman's noose noose even if It their parents parents par par par- had Isad been as rich as Rockefeller and add Ford combined It is quite possible that if It these two fiends had received justice this Hickman murder mur- mur der might never never- have happened and scores of other murders throughout the country Vho Who knows how bow many women of ot the stamp of ot the Snyder murderess are closely watching this case and If U she escapes th the death penalty no doubt th they y will have a try at Insuring their husbands without their knowledge and then b them oft off at the tho first opportunity It Is quite possible that Mrs Irs Snyder followed the case of ot the tho Idaho mur- mur a c deress eress who a few years a ago dered four husbands and a 1111 two law er in less than all of them heavily insured Insure then a nice sympathetic Ju judg Jg ten to i fIt her hel to from years In the tho penitentiary J And so the merry game ilY go on u uwe and will continue to go we follow the example of w wand cold w l and execute ever every murderer without 3 a single of f lion Uon J J- Z j