Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — Hanging for Kidnapers. [ARTICLE]

Hanging for Kidnapers.

Kidnaping for ransom is made a capital offense, according to a bill which has passed the Illinois house. It carries an emergency clause, giving it immediate effect if the senate takes similar action and the governor agrees. It also provides that the kidnaper may be tried in any county through which the criminal may have been carried by his captors. The bill went through without debate.