Show I Sentimental Sent mental Women I By DR FRANK CRANE After all aU a a woman cant can't be depended upon to restrain jer er sentiment In Inthe the th Interests of Justice quite as Sos much as as a man l was demonstrated recently In the trial of Mildred Babe Sage for th the killing of Samuel Cantelmo antelmo There were five fhe m mn n and seven women on the jur jury ury i C All the men were In favor of acquittal The were vere strongly swa Y sentiment In favor of ofie the ie woman The women however opposed the male jurors and hd In three hours' hours work they advanced arguments which finally convinced the men The girl was convicted and sent to the penitentiary largely through the of the women It Is said that women omen look more to Individual cases ases than to lo general laws but a woman can be depended upon to protect the Interests of society and nd to suppress her Individual tastes as fully as a aman man manIn In Jn the case of a woman a mans man's sympathies arc are quickly aroused Ho He does not like to Inflict punishment punishment punishment punish punish- ment of any kind upon he- he heThe The appeal of her soft soft- t ness ess and helplessness Is not In vain to his masculine superiority Women are devoid of this sentiment toward other women Th They y can look at af the matter calmly and In Injustice injustice justice and they make malce quite as good Jurors as the themen men v S x Mrs J J. T. T Brown one of the jurors said that she rived l God to guide them In n bringing In a just verdict verdic The Th responsibility was terrifying she said But I did not let my emotions carry me away J I believe elleve women make excellent jurOr jurors Marguerite the forewoman of the Jury said aid she thought the girl would get abott two years ears In n the hospital and the Jurors did not mean to send end her t to prison The Judge however took the Jury at their word and nd sentenced th the young woman The criminal took her sentence philosophically and nd said she hoped every ery girl would learn from her case ase the lesson to keep away vay from roadhouses drink and nd Copyright 1925 by 3 McClure McClute Newspaper Syndicate |