I FALSE MARTYR HAS Wo We never did like heroics par par- particularly particularly the synthetic kind So It was no wonder that we gagged a bit when hen a Philadelphia forger asked to be sent to the electric I ch chair lr for the benefit of ot hum humanity I The man was 26 25 years old an inveterate criminal He w wits was ls rear rear- reared reared ed ld In a reform school Since hb hi childhood he had not spent more than five dye months at a time out of I prison rIson or a reform Institution His history was ot one one one- of neglect bad company Idlene Idleness ls lack of train train- training lug lug ing So he told the court that he would be better off oft dead that he be never could be anything but a crook that he was a menace to society and that he be would like to todIe todie todie dIe for tor society's benefit Of Ot course he be knew that such a sentence never could ba lie e passed or he never would have made have I made the gesture There always alwa's has and always alwa's wilt be crime It seems to be one no of ot the liko Ilke death and taxes There was a time Ume when some men had bad to steal or slane But that time has passed No Nb man today has a bid for our sympathy simply because he Is Js a criminal