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Show LOCK UP REAPEATING CRIMINALS. Recently three robbers attempted to holdup a branch of an important bank in a northern California city. During the robbery one of them shot and killed a teller who did not obey orders with sufficient alacrity to satisfy the thug. Fortunately the three were captured when the car in which they were escaping crashed into a truck. And the fact appeared that all of them were old offenders with continuous records for felonies in Pacific Coast cities. The record of the killer embraced an eight year sentence for robbery, an escape from prison and identification for a previous bank holdup. He was also wanted for robbery in Los Angeles. The second member of the trio had to his credit conviction for assault with a deadly weapon, an arrest as a bank robbery suspect, and and escape from authorities while being taken to answer for the charge. "..'- The third thug, not to be outdone, had demonstrated his ability abil-ity by an arrest for attempted burglary, a sentence on another burglary burg-lary charge, an arrest for robbery, and another arrest. Laws similar to the Baumes Laws in New York State would mean life imprisonment for confirmed criminals of thi3 type, upon fourth conviction for a felony. They could: not be -turned loose, time after time, on a helpless public. Anti-pistol legislation, which would prohibit the law-abiding citizen from owning a gun on the theory that such measures would tend to prevent crime, would in no way deter this type of law-breakers from dealing death and destruction while perpetrating their unlawful acts. Let us tighten up the laws affecting criminals rather than those affecting the home owner or lover of sports. |