Show THE KIDNAPERS I I T THE HE kidnaper seems to have put on a reI re- re I 1 vival in American city life Ilfe during the past few years Until recently was a comparatively rare crime lately however however how how- ever one ever one can hardly pick up a newspaper per without reading of some citizen who has been abducted and held for ransom The cause canse probably traces directly back to the racketeering circles that have come into existence in the past decade In Detroit for lor example the men who were hired to guard gamblers got their heads together to to- to together together 1 gether and organized a clique cUque to kidnap the very men they were supposed to guard In other cities the ranks of professional gunmen gunmen gunmen gun gun- men probably furnish many recruits for the kidnapers However the problem is far from ble Energetic and courageous police work will nearly always break it up Detroit proved that about a year ago Any other city can cando cando cando do the same The kidnaper is a dangerous outlaw but he does not occupy a very strong position |