Show THE OTHER day in passing sentence on a man convicted of murder in his court Judge MARTIXE of New York said Homicide has como to be about tho safest crime for a man to commit If ho wounds his enemy or steals his property he is reasonably < rea-sonably sure of receiving severe punishment punish-ment But if ho kills him he can feel quite confident that some lawyer some corporation corpora-tion or some Individual fullof maudlin sentimentality sen-timentality will take all possiblo care that if any human agency can avert such a fate he does not die by tho hand of the law For the slayer there is any amount of sympathy sympa-thy for the slain there is none I do not share in this misdirected sentiment My sympathy is with the dead and I am of tho opinion that every man who takes tho life of another with deliberation and premeditation premedi-tation should pay the forfeit of his life These same words could with appropriateness appropri-ateness be repeated by other judges in other states I |