Show s- s t MURDEROUS t BURGLARS ci A i t I e- e 6 4 4 6 4 4 1 1 4 0 J 6 Ir esteemed contemporary y the w Washington Evenin Star has a very lucid and sensible opinion opinion ion ion on in regard to w what rat ought to b be done doie with that objectionable example of depraved epra d humanity the midnight burglar In a recent editorial it says The us disposition ot of the men who rob at night was again in the case cas of the would would-be thief who when Interrupted interrupted In- In In this city the other night by a policeman shot his captor That ha he tailed failed to kill the brave policeman Is a stroke or of fortune for tor that officer and for good the The criminal criminal crimi- crimi nal des deServes no consideration for his bad aim Nor does any marauder by night who enters a to steal l its contents H He goes goes' armed intending to kill If molested His JIs ery act ot of entrance carries curries with wun it the trie purpose and ana the provision or ot the most malicious i murderer who slays plays a for o the S sake of Wiling killing Until lawmakers recognize o this t s truth f and enact t It k into n the statutes re burglary will not bo bl effectively checked And conversely just so soon as the District t. t tor br or instance is given the benefit of such sucha a law bur burglary r liry in n this tl Jurisdiction will decrease In several se-eral of the States forcible entry by night into premi premises occupied esto by human human beings beings a as r homes or lodgings with crim criminal nal intent is a capital crime 1 It If ought to be beso beio so everywhere |