Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-12-07 | Page 13 | A Life for a Life

f l' l J e S I J A Life for a Life I e OFF S eOFF CERS of Davis Salt Lake and Weber i i counties s are e to be commended ed for the I splendid displayed in the effort S ib to capture the B Bountiful bank bandits cn one of whom shot and killed A. A Roy Ray Heath Heath of Salt Lake From the moment the alarm darn was sounded the police de departments sheriffs offices of three counties worked a as a asa ta unit in the endeavor to capture the bandit bandit ban ban- dif dit before they could reach safety ty The S and jealousies wh which ch attend some manhunts m 11 was entireTy entirely lacking and end so it was that ipat the bandits battled against again t heavy odds in t their attempt to escape I I Practically every retreat was covered byS by 1 S officers officer within a short time and so it was not i S surprising that the bandits were caught t. t If If the the prosecutions prose pare are handled as effectively a 4 solemn warning will be given the S S element Tile The murderer in this case is entitled to no leniency The death penalty as fixed 1 rby by statute is none too severe If such crimes I t as this can es escape ape without the exaction of the theS S death penalty the roads cannot be safe forS for forthe S I. I the general public There seems to be but butI I S I S cone t ne way of protecting the public and that is I S Jib 1 t i give Kive new y ne life to th the statute providing for Capital punishment which so long has been hout rigorous enforcement ement I r