Show The Judge He Heard rd Ju Justice isn't always so soundly Roundly asleep that it t c cant can't n t be awa awakened awak awak- ened call a-call from the people At least Ju Judge ge l Latshaw v of ot the Uie thel l Kansas Kans ity criminal court proves that t he i isn't n t deaf to to gi c pres from the common people Pe time ago the case of Ellen McGuire McGuirt in in Kansas Kans R Cit City t-ity at- at 1 j la a lot tot of attention Newspapers alt all over the country printed I stori stores s about the girl who was facing a term in the penitentiary bec because tie e she stole to th lilly buy clothes she sho needed badly A A nation wide wille inter interest st was aroused Many papers commented editorially on th thc the compared d with the criminal r record and Ind c case se Her position was vas ack J punishment that would be given the tho Reid Moore Moore syndicate which was J was charged by the tho Interstate Commerce commission with with- the theft t eft of from front the Rock Island railroad As s the people have shown in several noted court tr trials re re- re- re a a keen interest in the administration of justice so did they watch at the case of Ellen McGuire McGuirt They read about her trial and th they e finall finally wrote letters to the trial judge V We c suspect that him for this commented on man many of our readers wrote to paper the f fact ct that too often the BIG THIEF is merely reprimanded or forced to GIVE BACK PART OF OP THE TIlE STOLEN GOODS WITHOUT WITH WITH- TY OUT ry PUNISHMENT while the defenseless helpless person influence back of him generally gets a pOS DOSE OF Ot with no JUSTICE at least least least-a a full dose dOM of the law It is not very often the fault of judges prosecutors or other lawyers as individuals is is more often the tho fault of the system The Thc BIG THIEVES have barrels of money with which to fight jU ti TIcy They employ the very shrewdest rl In many as the ca can l secure e legal lega I assis assistance ice that ha is much nuch more able b te service the people buy because the BIG THIEVES have hav plc plenty of money oney with th which to pay fabulous fabulo fab lo s fees ices Sit It is therefore gratifying to see efforts mad to even up the score and given giyen equal justice to all aU If the tile system is is all wrong m rey certainly should uld be e extended ended more often to the needy It I sur surely ly is is not so wicked to steal for necessity as for greed We Ve have known Judge Latshaw for many years and have haye wat watched ed his work on the bench He has grown with his public I service C He lIe Ie pas has done many things to s start art wayward young oung boys boy anti nn J girls on the right track tr ck when they were heading the th other Wa way J And now see what he lie did in in the tile case of Ellen McGuire MeGuire Please tell the public that Ellen McGuire isn't going to suffer uffer a anymore tJ than an the tile syndicate Judge Latshaw said aid in paroling th the i While the men who compose the tile syndicate were stealing 1 hc ook enough to keep out of jail while Ellen McGuire stole stol I only enough nough to buy clothes We We thank the judge for giving Ellen McGuire another chance 1 |