Show 1 l 1 MURDER i r s w T I 1 yi vv i ten persons out of every are victims of murderers every year in the united states that is an appalling record nothing like that number of murders accuro it in any other civilized country but the fact published everywhere gives our own people as well as foreigners ners an incorrect impression of the life of the unites states and in the cities which may lie be called murder centers think ikover for a minute how many people do you know who have had contact of any amy kind with murder irow how many people in this comm community unity have bein been murdered in recent years we all know that the life of every law abiding citizen 1 I going about his or her business and not seeking trouble is as safe in our midst asit is anywhere in tha world gunmen do prowl around our streets and I 1 byways looking for victims women are not afraid to zo go it to the stores for fear of being shot down bv stray bullets or intentionally picture of life in the united states as europe sees it would have all of us in constant danger of being killed by some irresponsible murderer even ini baica chicago o from which we hear more news of murders and murderers than from any other place in america conditions are not at all like that ameri cans unfamiliar with the ways of bis bie cities hesitate to zo go to chicago for fear of beina killed chicado bews papers report that travelers with several hours between trains frequently dare not leave the railroad station to look around the beautiful city because they have heard so much about chicago emen the international rotary clubs recently felt impelled to send out word to its members everywhere ini the world as suring them that they would not be killed if they came to a convention in chicago the plain fact of the matter is that in almost every case of murder the victim is either a criminal an all associate of criminals or engaged in some reckless Ackless undertaking which tit poses him unnecessarily to t 0 attack a 4 leaving leavine burthe ourthe out the people who have invited murder by their own acts and officers of the law r the necessary risks of their occupation our proportion of I 1 murders to population even in chicago chicag o is probably as low jow as in england or france that does not dispose however of odthe the fact that there has developed in america a criminal element which is almost defiant in its attitude toward authorities of the law these men do not fear the law lav because they have found so many ways of evading the punishment which is due them for their crimes climes the basic trouble is with our courts and with the public sentiment which permits travesties on justice to zo eo unheeded and unchecked |