Exeter and Chicago
Two American gunmen came up for trial on Monday,. One of them, Elton, appeared at the Exeter Assizes, He had stolen a car and assaulted a policeman, and was suspected of planning to rob small branch banks. When arrested, he had a loaded automatic under his pillow. For these offences he was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude, and the country is meanwhile well rid of a knave. On the same day a kindred spirit, 3feGeoghegan, appeared before a Chicago court. He had stolen t12,000 from the State Bank, and two of the cashiers, at a previous: trial, had identified him as the thief. His conviction might have seemed certain. But the State Attorney asked for the withdrawal oft he charge. The two witnesses were living under an armed guard in a hotel, and "their families and the bank needed them." The Judge mildly demurred to the Attorney's admission that the gangsters are stronger than the police, and then dismissed the case.
For gangsterism is is sheltered industry in Chicago. '
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