The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 1 (May 1, 1932.)
Honour of Thieves
Honour of Thieves.
America, in her struggle against crime, scored a point when she gaoled Capone. That was a distinct triumph over the class that almost killed law in the United States by exploiting the law's delays. But so far, in the fight over the unfortunate Lindbergh baby, the criminals seem to be well ahead. It is said that, without exposing themselves, they have got hold of about £10,000 of Colonel Lindbergh's ransom funds, and have thereupon raised their price, proving that the law of ransom is as elastic as is honour among thieves. The whole transaction is black in itself, but still blacker for society is the general threat it implies. When this class of crime becomes widely organised, whose child will be safe? Will anyone be safe?