Life — February 18, 1926 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "The Greater Inferno" This political cartoon depicts demonic or infernal figures escorting smaller human characters into what appears to be Hell or damnation. The title references Dante's *Inferno*, using it as metaphor for a terrible fate. The caption presents a dialogue: an officer arrests someone who claims, "I've never been arrested in all my life," to which the response is "That's just it"—suggesting the arrested person's lack of criminal record makes this arrest particularly unjust or ironic. The cartoon likely satirizes wrongful arrest or miscarriage of justice, with the infernal imagery suggesting that even an innocent person can be dragged into Hell by corrupt authorities. The specific historical context remains unclear without additional publication information.