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Show GUNMEN IN THE LARGE CITIES. No city In the United States is hav- , ing a more serious time with criminals than Chicago In the years gone by j the holdup and burglar generally op-1 Mr -rated alone Now the toughs move in I , angs, have lawyers to defend them and bail money available. As a result i he hoodlums are made bold and they i ob and kill almost in sight of the police. po-lice. At present merchants are being ter-i ter-i orized by a negro gunman, known ay. Willie Webb, who is a convict at large. The ehiel of detectives has notified business men that, if confronted by Webb, they should make no resistance resist-ance as he kills without the slightest provocation. It is well that some of the smaller i ities are not afflicted as is Chicago or there would be hysteria. |