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When the Sultan of Morocco was harried by a lawless bandit from the hills, when that bandit seized upon a U. S. citizen and carried him off for ransom and satisfaction, the voice of Roosevelt boomed across the waters: "Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead...
That was in 1904. Now, 21 years later, Raisuli, the bandit, grown fat and old and tame, is prisoner of a new son of the desert, Abd-el-Krim (TIME, Feb. 16, SPAIN). Now, according to word that came across the Atlantic last week, Ion Perdicaris is dead in Chislehurst, England...
...Manhattan hosts interrupted the academic calm as best they could. They took the delegates-including Shu Tze of China-to examine a complete museum of bandit instruments. They called upon Shinzo Uno of Japan to show cinemas of police work during the Tokyo earthquake. They passed resolutions on coordination of finger prints and demonstrated the telephotograph. By this means, three finger prints were flashed to Chicago and in five minutes two criminals' names were telephoned back. (The third was not in the Chicago files...
When Gerald Chapman was sentenced last Saturday for the murder of Patrolman Skelly, "strong men cursed and women wept" over his fate, according to all news reports. To the citizens of Hartford where he was tried for his New Britain offense. Chapman was a vivid figure, a notorious bandit, a popular hero whose name was one to conjure with. Eighteen years of crime, the gigantic New York mail robbery, and the cold-blooded shooting of Officer Skelly only added to the glory of his name. The papers played up to him, the people applauded him. When he is hanged next...
...seem to get a "kick" out of the letters of criticism and praise that are sent you by your readers, I'll add my little contribution. In your account of the Lincheng bandit outrage of May 6, 1923 (TIME, Mar. 2, 1925, Page 10) there were a few inaccuracies. It was the Tientsin-Pukow express and not the "Peking-Shanghai" express that was derailed. Not nearly 300 Chinese were carried off into captivity. Nearly 30 would be nearer the truth. And the 24 foreigners captured were not all taken to their impregnable lair. All of the women captives were released...