Show A Smart Piece of Work T THE HE FEDERAL bureau of investigation has earned congratulations again for its amazingly amazingly amazingly efficient round up of the seven dangerous danger danger- ous criminals who almost three months ago shot and slugged their way out of the Illinois state penitentiary and since had successfully eluded local authorities' authorities efforts to recapture them Again the F FBI FBi B I has proved its worth as a crime-busting crime organization Because it had no jurisdiction in the jailbreak case the F FBI B I moved into the picture on the ground that the fugitives had broken federal law by failing to notify their draft boards of a change of address The F FBI B I tracked the seven men to four different hideouts One of the escapees was captured December 16 in Minneapolis Another Another Another An An- other was caught in Chicago December 19 Then the remaining five were located in two different apartments in Chicago and elaborate traps were set up to catch them One pair responded with gunfire when ordered to surrender surrender surrender sur sur- render and were promptly killed by the F FBI B I marksmen who properly dont don't believe in fooling around with a gunman who shows fight But the spectacular catch was that of the gang leader Roger TEe TIie 1 a Terrible Touhy Touhy- who incidentally wasn't very terrible when he meekly surrendered to the men G-men in is isa a a. pair of flaming red pajamas Touhy and his two desperado aids Basil Banghart and Edward Darlak were sleeping in a Chicago north side apartment Every precaution was taken by the F FBI B I to assure that the trio could not escape and that if there were a battle innocent bystanders would not be hurt The street was cleared and families in the apartment house were removed to a place of safety Floodlights were set up and a loud loud- speaker Agents were everywhere The preparations preparations preparations prep prep- were as elaborate and as detailed as for a military offensive At the zero hour of 5 a. a m m. m the floodlights went on and the loudspeaker blared out its warning to the desperadoes to come out and with their hands up The whole thing worked beautifully Touhy and his gangsters came quickly quickly quickly- meekly meekly and and they were noticeably relieved that the agents didn't shoot first and gather in corpses instead of wilted g gunmen gunmen It was a smart piece of work and we take takeoff takeoff takeoff off our hats to the F FBI B I and Director J. J Edgar Hoover They know how to handle these killers and thugs They know not only how killers and thugs should be handled when they're at large but also when they're behind bars and their recipe for handling them behind bars is to keep them there Hoover noted that some of these vicious gangsters had been paroled in past phases of their criminal careers and flatly condemning the practice of turning rats like these loose on the streets to indulge In gunplay against innocent citizens he said I think it stinks We agree with him and we trust his caustic remarks on the subject will not go unnoticed unnoticed unnoticed un un- noticed by parole and pardon boards everywhere everywhere everywhere every every- where not exempting Utah |