Show STOP THE guinia GUNMAN 11 1 1 country people continue to view with amazement the increasing amount of crime existent la in our big cities the newspaper accounts of murders holdups and robberies are so numerous as to lead one to the belief bellet that it Is unsafe even to walk the streets of some of these cities especially it a person has the appearance of being a prosperous man from a country town or district it would not be impossible tor for the police to search every known criminal or suspicious character whenever they are met and jail those upon whom concealed weapons are found A reputable citizen found with a gun upon his person la 13 promptly pinched hauled into court and fined the criminal element loads itself with I 1 artillery and walks the streets with impunity ready to shoot at the first arst opportunity city authorities who permit these conditions to prevail are dangerously near to being in the same class with the gunmen who commit the crimes tor for the man who aids or abets Is second only to the principal cold facts may be unpleasant things to read but they are beneficial where people have the courage to act upon them |