Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-02-17 | Page 1 | So the People May know

SO o TilE THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW WITH the arrest of Roy Eoy E E. E Donnell in California the laws law's net v closes on the last of the trio responsible for the death of Charles A. A The course from now on should be swift and certain exacting the full penalty for the crime That justice may maybe maybe maybe be exacted and that a warning may be given to other criminals there should be a complete absence of that maudlin sympathy which forgets the prime and the plight of its victims to sob over over those responsible The Faus murder was one of the foulest in the history of Salt Lake A treacherous housemaid connived with of the underworld to r rob b he her employers Mr Faus was shot down as he arose from the dinner table in his own home at 7 o'clock in the evening His murder was the robbers robbers' answer to a plea to refrain from a search of the upper floor where an aged invalid was confined confined confined con con- fined to her room The crime committed calls for capital punishment not alone for forthe forthe forthe the man who fired the shot b but t for his bis treacherous accomplices I There is absolutely no reason why i it should not be exacted in each I and every case The matter of sex does not enter into the case for forthe forthe forthe the law does not distinguish between men and women in avenging murder The woman in the case is entitled to no more compassion than are her male confederates All knew the chances they were taking taking moreover moreover they all aU knew that the robbery might demand the taking of human life Utah has wasted entirely too much sympathy on men and women who hold human life in contempt The attitude is advertising the state to the nation as a a. retreat f for r desperate erate criminals The time has come for a change We Ve must meet crime and nd criminals after t the fashion laid down in the laws of the state