Show 5I DURRANT WAS INNOCENT S A Judicial Murder Which Convicts I Her Gibson One of the saddest and moat atrocious legal murders BO far recorded IB that of Theodore Durrani who was hanged In California a few years since for the murder of Blanche Lament and Minnie Williams a most diabolical double crime its very ilendluhncss hardly having a parallel In the annals of vice and Us pcrpelralor was sought high and low for several days the whole world hoping for his capture and punishment In the meantime the so called astute detectIves and police authorities au-thorities concluded a victim was needed and after fastening their clutches upon young Durrani proceeded to called what they termed evidence the whole mess of stuff In all probability being manufactured for tho purpose of conviction con-viction and nil of a circumstantial nature na-ture Durrani stoutly maintained from his arrest up to the moment of his execution ex-ecution that ho was Innocent of Ito S horrible charge but forsooth because ho could not explain every moment of I his presence at certain limes he was convicted and hung and once more the majesty of the law along with the thickskulled theory of these police wiseacres was duly vindicated Now the true sequel A few days ago on his deathbed Rev Gibson who at the tlmo was pastor of Emanuel church where one of the murders was committed com-mitted confesses that he killed both of the victims He was an active and Important Im-portant witness at the trial of poor I I Dunant lie reason for which It now quite plain and also In view of the act that suspicion was strongly directed to him at the lime II Is true lie relatives have the consolation conso-lation of having the foul stain removed from lila memory as Durrani predicted It would be but what a hollow mockery for their suorlngs what a miserable rccom poimo for tho horrible crushing out of a young and Innnrent life what a travesty upon the whale barbuious practice of Ullllnc our own fellow creatures what a terrible responsibility will always rest upon those people oUlclals and Jurymen who put this man to death It was a mlBtake simpers the advocate of capital punishment Ceitalnly and hundreds of Just such ghastly mistakes arc made annually wuy with a practice lint permits per-mits such horrible occurrences abolish every law for the punishment of crime If necessary to reach this terribly pernicious perni-cious habit of hanging our brothers for such they arc oen If they take life when consumed by passion Hut how detcstlblc how despicable to the humano and thoughtful how deplorable In lie eyes of our loving God must be tire enforcement of a law commanding1 us to do what tho great book and holy commandments positively abjure us from doing How 1 much better In this present case had Dur rant beon Imprisoned with a sentence for life To be sure every man hung for murder docs not receive such absolute poslmortvm linllcutlon but It IB fairly presumable that main would should all scoundrels bt afflicted with a repentant spell as Is this disgraceful wearer of tho ministers cloth It I may eventually dawn upon lie obittlimlo visions of lhoe who clamor for the continuance of capital punishment thai whenever a luman being Is put to death it murder Is committed and while these lawabiding citizens liltlo behind the law ns their excuse It lessons not the responsibility for their act because be-cause tho law In of mans own creation Cody OVyoJ 12nlcrprlse |