| Show I T TH 1 ST O Refuses to Commute Sentence of Who Committed Crimi Criminal nal Assault on all Little Girl BRUTE MUST SUFFER DEATH The Has lIa Scant Sympathy With Ilca of Insanity III Advanced On Prisoners Behalf III 8 President volt velt has hus declined to Interfere In tho case O of ot W Hurley Burle a 11 negro con lined In the Jail of ot tho District of ot Co Columbia lumbia under sentences of ot death for forthe or orthe the crime of ot criminal assault the vic victim victim tim having been a little fIll 44 I years tars old ohl Tho president has directed that tho of ot Oio tIO Jury bo carried Into effect on Aug AliI 20 as decreed President conclusions follow Callow Whit House Washington Aug 8 S The application for tor the commutation of ot sentence of ot John W Hurley Jurley 13 I dented This man mall committed the moot heinous crime known to our laws twice be bo before toro fore he committed oilmen of ot n 1 sim similar ilar though horrible character In my lilY this In la no justification whatever for tor paying heed to the tho lions that ho Is not of oC Hound mind al allegation legation mado otter after the trial and con conviction conviction Nobody would that there thero hns over ICI been any nn such of oC mental unsoundness shown us would people pea Ie even consider ler sending him to an nil asylum If It ho hud not committed commit lell this crime Under such circumstances he should certainly bo ho esteemed sane enough to 10 suitor the penalty for Cor his monstrous deed I have scant sympathy with tho plea of oC Insanity advanced to save AIO a man manfrom from the consequences of ot crime which unless the tho had been heen committed It would havo been Impossible to any un authority to tn commit him to an asylum os UH UK insane Among tho most t dangerous criminal and es CN especially among prone to commit this particular kind of ot offense there thero are arc plenty of ot a n temper BO or orso orso so brutal aR to bo Incompatible with any other than a n brutish order of ot In Jut but ili theM so men arc aro never I the responsible for their acts and i id nothing more tends to encourage among such lIuch men mell than tho belief hellet that though tho plea of ot Insanity or any oth other er 01 method It Is 11 possible r oll for or them to en ell cape paying tho Just ju t penalty of ot their crimes The crime In Is one to tho existence of ot which wo 10 largely one OW tha tho of ot that spirit of ot lawlessness which form In lynching It li I a 1 crime so revolting that tho criminal In Is Innot not entitled to one olle particle of at sympathy from any nn human being It IB 11 essential B that the punishment for 01 It should be bo benot not only ns na certain but as as aa poi POK The Jury In this rase lId did their duty by hy recommending the Infliction of ot the death penalty 1 It 11 Is to be he regretted that wo do not have special provision for tor more summary dealing with this typo of at cases The morp wo do tIo what In ua lion to certain and 1111 In tn dealing with thesa the o cases tho more effectively do wo WI against tho growth of ot that lynching which Is I so RO full tull of at evil CI omen orne II for this people because o It seeks to avenge one In Infamous famous by hy the tho commission of ot an another other of ot equal Infamy Tho application Is denied d and the sentence will be cur CAr Into effect |
