| Show Murderer in Utah Pen Pleads for Sane Education of Convicts WHY DUNT YOU YUU SAVE SOCIETY IF YOU YUU SAVE US Shockley Turns Litterateur for the Benefit of His Hin I Kind Jr From m behind the bars tho the cry for fora a business busine s mail man to speak with with not not at at convicts convicts at tho the penitentiary Men who are captains of in the commercial war with its competitive laws Jaws and its theory of the sUf survival al of tho the fittest attest are arc needed to address tho the men at the Utah state prison Sunda Sunday afternoons This is ill tho the plea pIca ma made e by b- b James McPherson Me- Me Pher Pherson on Shockley a Missourian who ho is isono 6 5 ono one o of the boys at the state date Ho HI entered there from Crom tho the Third district district dis dis- on September 29 9 1905 charged with mur murder or in the tho first degree Today Today To To- da day ho he is 3 37 years ear of age Ho lie writes in an attractively gotten roUen up magazine zin l entitled tho the Houghton Lino Line Linean an article under the caption The Man Ian Behind the tho Bars Bard Here Mere is his main plea If society would save savo any of them convicts and protect itself let so society so sp- sp ciet- ciet see sec to it Jt that convicts lua may have havo n 1 a chance chanco to hear a n little rea reasoning fr from m time to time timo about the great battle ot f life that men who do things are facing every day a r. r May la heaven cn speed the time when the tho tired eyes eres of coui convicts ts behold a real h hustling executive execute e of the busness business busi bus nc ness world dressed in n a business suit auit standi standing on the tho chapel stage in rn front of them thew and showing through sound reasoning reasoning reasoning rea rea- from cause to effect ct that in in this world no man can get ret anything worth having without efficiency energy and aud effort Give us usO O 0 kind kina heaven just one ouo breath from the arena arona of J e May society's heart soften toward us and may we enjoy enjo the tho blessing of mc message sa e delivered through some roan man man- sonic some real man who man who will W explain to us Something about the rules ot the gre great t game amo of of life as as he himself plays plas it I to da ay to day J a-J May society take tak the to t lInt lind n out whether after all wo are arc so fiO different from other human hu man juan beings s. s and then may JUav that see sec fit to sit down and aDd devise dc ways traya an and I means mens for helping some of oC our weaker eaker i brethren to help themselves ct For in iu that way fa only a kind heaven men may i ibe be kept from drifting into tho the hopeless s I and fa rapidly growing I criminal class ebes' iu in u that way certain ertain convicts ma may be induced to abandon forever the i idea ea I that hat society oll ought ht to take them thorn as cn en- irely helpless i beings and g give gc c them for nothing and in that way wy even tho ilie Ulan man behind tb tho bars m may y P poi rov O Octo etc eto the world That men Inon may mav rise on on stepping n stones of their dead selves to 0 higher thin things II Mr Shockley Shackle says that he be ba has given niven ip up pp the idea that nion DlOU after on once c being eing in U prison shun it For two questions he over asks when he sees a comrade loav- loav ing ng there II Will ho lie come cowe back hero Where will ho do time timo next 7 He Ho mentions the fact tact that lifers do not remain emain in prison for ever as ho first thoD thought ht But they are arc given a chance if f the pardon board approves sJ after fifteen teen een years to bo ho paroled He tie says in inthis this bis connection This is tho the eleventh time timo Ive I've seen ho tho grass TO grow green in the prison yard yarl- i so 80 the tho Jon long end of that fifteen is behind behina me me mc He adds I tI If If by b- ba a criminal crimi i class class' is meant a a. a 1 class dass of oC persons whoso whose solo aim in life ifo is il the commission of crime then there hore is is such stich a class dass but that class class is ia much smaller than some penologists an and sociologists would us believe But he adds that tb this s ela class is grow grow- row lug for men who yesterday had hope nopo today oday are aro hn hopeless les casting their lo lowith lot n with with those who rho through b bitter experience ence have been led Jed to believe belie that society so so- is 13 their enemy Ho joins those who ho neither show mercy to society nor nor expect mercy at the tho hands of at that society society so so- yesterday with hope bopo ho was struggling in the face faco of or adversity adversity- toda to to- da day da- without hope ho is a ed member of the criminal class I It it is to prevent pre these recruits bein being enlist enlisted to tho the army of criminals that be le asks f for r business men mon to be bo speakers at the tho penitentiary Shockley got sot Into the tho pen by attempt attempt- lug to hold up and rob tho crew of ot a street car about eleven cleven years ears ag ago In ho tho eastern part of ot the city Ont Ono o of the members of ot the car crow crew drew rew a ft revolver and attempted to shoot Shockley In the struggle for or the weapon Shockley fired killing kUling one on of or the members of or the crew and Inflicting mortal Injuries upon tho the other r. He died diet within a few hours hour Shockley P victims were Amass Amasa r L. L Gleason Glea- Glea eon son atul atil Thomas Thom B. B Brighton Shockley Shackle was wag tried for murder In tho the first flut degree but the Jury brought In a n verdict of ot murd murder r In n the second de degree op contending that had fired tired In tn s 15 self lf if defense |
