Show T he pen nelty e ity for kid i napping the of 8 year old villie whitla from a public school in sharon pa and the extortion of a ransom by the kidnapers under a threat to murder the child have h ave stirred the press of the whole cou country lr to an outcry against this par nicular form of crime crime and have moved the legislatures of many plates tales to it a discussion of severer penalties than those now provid 4 11 ed in pennsylvania where the put punishment ashment is now imprisonment for life the lawmakers are c considering onside ring the wisdom and expediency I 1 ency of making it death by lie he provisions of alillie a hill introduced n trod uc d in the house of Ro presenta tives A i f by congressman Rod rodenberg eiberg r of illinois in uie dis brict of col columbia unicia would be made a capital offense when the motive is blackmail A petition binak ing the of children under 5 years old punishable bable by life imprisonment and prohibiting all the payment of rall ransoms is before the massachusetts legis lature there is no punishment possible of infliction in these duys days which is adequate for such a crime crimea says the philadelphia inquirer which finds a good 0 mon men in the fact that no iio other crime crime so stirs the whole nation tho the fact is remarks this paper that beneat li our veneer of gaiety our love of di display play an and apparent c car the love of children is the gu guidice idiDa motive of all our existe existence tir tb poor and the rich alike hav reason to hate the kidnaper at ai the worst type of vil vibian liall says the chicago tribune which thinks that death would bu bo rone too loo great a punishment for this kind kincl of criminal who is ge getting ti I 1 g tobe lobe altogether too common in this country among other papers which would approve a capital sentence on tence are the buffalo express the baltimore sun and tile the new york Alne american rican |