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Show I SO THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW FOR ths third time in three weeks, Salt Lake is shocked and aroused by. the ruthleu operations opera-tions of thuft. Ths life of s high school youth wag taken snd a police offioer snd a young girl were sent to hospital! to fight the great battle that they may live at cripples. These are not ordinary erimei. . In no case was there an emergency which would prett the bandits to do-thst do-thst which the most of their ilk ihun to take life deli-.Vrately snd without osuts. Hott men who go out to commit robbery will shoot if they are cornered. In ths recent cases this emergency was not evident. Each of the victims at the moment of the assault was defenseless defense-less and unwarned. Ths bullets were fired by timtint men who kill for the pure gratification of a lust for blood. In ths last of these tragedies a young and beautiful girl, Soylanos ritcgerald, with the best years of life before her, is stricken. On the brink of death she is fighting for a thread of life, for even if she lives shs will remains a helpless cripple unable to walk. She was shot In ths back on a public road when bar escort declined to heed ths command of bandits to halt bis automobile. . Ths bullet which makes a tragedy of ths life of an innocent girl was but one of a score or mors fired at ths fleeing ear. Ho life is safe with such men ss these abroad, and It is high time that steps were taken to put a stop to this reign ef lawlessness. No discussion of current crime is complete without reference to ths Utah board of pardons; ...;'.:'.;. v.: ;. f ' for it is there that justice Is thwarted and free criminals reoeivs enoouragement in their acts. Before we can hope to suppress crime, ws must make sure It Is punished in the full intent of ths law. The laws against murder assault and robbery they mean little today in Utah for always there is that great barrier to complete expiation ths Utah board of pardons. As senility creeps on this board, criminal virility increases. The recommendations of judges and trial courts are cast to the four winds. While the people provide thousands and thousands of dollars to maintain law and order, ths warden of ths prison prates of the little brothers and sisters in crime who must be saved. Police hazards and relentless efforts to bring criminals to account are of little avail. Always there is ths board of pardons standing between the vigilant offioer and - ths fulfilment of justice, courts, juries and laws notwithstanding. The criminal knows that Utah Is a safe place in which to work. He knows that if hs fails to slnds ths polios hs will escape with light punishmentknows punish-mentknows hs will find comfort in his sentence knows by official pronouncement that hs will be treated as a brother. Holdups are ooenrring ' nightly and tragedies are becoming more frequent than ever before. They cannot be stopped until ths criminal knows that the law of Utah will ; exact its full demands before returning him to - society. To stop crime, Utah must first stop the pressat course ef the par(loa .boajpd. ' .'.', K ,. i ..... .,.,,, |
