Show a 1 1 What's the Use ITH the passing of the sentence of life I f W imprisonment upon upon William Farr recently recently recently re re- re- re f found und guilty of one ne of the thc most despicable despicable despicable despic despic- able murders in the history of Salt Lake t county a Q dangerous precedent is established i he It can mean mean nothing more than Jhan han an open C n to the lawless element to carry their nefarious farious schemes to the fullest extreme with J every every assurance e that the penalties will b be light 1 i In the face of such travesties on justice J At J l is it s surprising that the public becomes becom dis- dis f g gusted sted with the whole te tendency dency of f law a and dI d. d I f forder order Is ls it any tiny wonder that officials charged i J 7 with prosecuting ting the lawbreakers k s G as s w well ll as judges sf I judges presiding at these trials throw up their hands and exclaim I J the use i i There is not any question questin of the I manst mans nian a L t. t There e has never be been n any tny doubt about it There is no remorse on the part of the ther r f murderer and nd there never has been He He was given every advantage of the law He had hada a fair and nd deliberate trial before a jury of men who vho ho cannot profess to believe jn in capital punishment punishment pun- pun L in any case case With all these things i. i c i in ii his favor the jury could do n nothing thing but liml him guilty of first degree murder The crime e. e o of which he was convicted is s still ll fresh j m minds of the people e of Salt Ut Lake afe S 1 t e l p county ou ty t S A beautiful girl who vho h had id nev r harmed a soul who ll had d never given offense to any one one died as a a. result of a bullet sent into her ba back k by this murderous assassin who f fired red more more than a a. s score ore of shots at the automobile in which she and her companion were trying to escape This killing offends comparison I with the majority of murders which have been been committed in the state of Utah for which i many many have been shot The world would be better without in Men men n like Farr L But a jury of law-abiding law citizens s whose f- f r daughters may be e subject to t the e same hazards f as Roylance Fitzgerald recommend that th-at he hebe be not ot punished after th the s same me fashion as his victim They ask that his life be spared To what end If they know know- anything at all j hey j know t that t precedent re teaches that this x ian n will be thrown back on so society long i before he has has the end of his days A life lif life sentence in Utah carries no serious imp im- im p port rt It is considerably und under r ten years Judge M. M L. L Ritchie in carrying out the J. J r r recommendations commendations of the jury frankly declares I I J iii the man ought to be shot He points to toJ tal J frs Ns po poW r to impose the death penalty over the recommendations of t the e jury but asks i i f in effect wh what's its it's the use He poin points s to other cases tending to show that this course would ouId aggravate the situation apparently concluding th that t the jurys jury's action gave Farr Parr an advantage te t n law taw which could not be overcome and to which he was not entitled by any fact in the 5 cae case aS It The companion of Farr arr is permitted to toi i- i plead ad guilty to a Jesser lesser charge as a result of oJ t f to J Ithe t the e j jury lury ry action which prompted th the dis district ct 4 v f attorn attorneys attorney's 1 ys y's office to ask that same question J Vh the use i Jf If degenerate thugs and highwaymen can cn 4 T 1 k kHI idil n y your ur daughters after this fashion fashion and l escape with the plaudits of of the jury what is isI J t I the course of justice It is just such things a as this that prompt desires to do away l' l j with ith the thc burdensome expense expense of maintaining r j i legislatures and courts court's and nd police officers j 1 J Justice stice could be little more di distorted tort d if m men n J f. f w fight it out as they did t j before the advent of f law taw and order In t those days feudal determination would have I i provided more justice than is found is-found found in the x Farr verdict which is sanctioned by law The Thea a j. j law was supposed to have eliminated the need i for foi ev every ry man to avenge the thew w wrongs against t hi himself e f an and his his people But what are w we vego- vego goY go go- f Y l' l i ng t to do when the law places 3 a. a h higher gher value o r life Pf of a murderer than it does on n that rf fhi ri his v vIctim ti 1 J i q sob r 1 t f 1 f Jf L r 1 1 t p r- r 1 N at ate criminals f f the desolation and and I grief left in the home of his victims are a ame me menace act to the security of the laws on which this government nt rests I |