A blaze of flame has written "Anis" to the murderous career of John Dillinger. The police, who were after him, ook no risks' of his. shooting them down, and a sudden end ha been put to the life of a man which has been miss-spent and which Drought desolation and grief to many homes, There have been altempis to glorify the escapades of this com-Paratively young man, to transform him into'a Sort at Robin Hood and to Invest him with qualities which he did not possess. But the fact was that he was an enemy of society, setting authority at defiance and bringing innocent men to an untimely end." That he was able to remain at liberty so many months reflects no discredit upon either the bravery or the skill of the agents who were set after him. The state of the law in the United States which afforded a degree of protection to the fugitive who could escape from one state into another was largely responsible, for the activities of one squad of officials come to an end when they approached the boundaries of an en-rely different jurisdiction. That state of affairs has been remedied by a law which makes pursuit easier, and indeed makes it a further offence for a fugitive to go from one state to another when under pursuit. But hampered or not the United States authorities have shown that, in the ong run, the days of a criminal such as Dillinger had necessarily to be Mimited. "Ti, perhaps, just' as well that he was shot down where he was found. A trial. would " undoubtedly have been a lengthy and expensive affair and as long as law is vindicated does not matter very much, in a case such as this, as to how it has. been done.
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