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Show r FALSE ALSE rALSE CONFESSIONS CONFLSSIONS . JVhile WhIle Senile thele there theiejs IS ro doubt - t that tha- tha thaa thalarge that large a large peicentage pelcentage percentage of murderersI murderersthe murderers ' 1- 1 1I'KiAoLrt - -I'KiAoLrt I'KiAoLrt IKiAoLrt - ' . tllA the iiiwi iiiwiicn the pumshment punishment they decer desert ; e , num- num numof rumother - other crImInals ; I eccape escape of mnocent innocent persons who are com cons Icted , , some of whom , \ horn are put putdeath puteath greater than IS generally suppoced supposed suppocedTIlls supposedThis ; death eath , IS pClhaps perhaps wIth wIthIch withch "ho ho who confess to the cnmcs cremes TIlls This 'lS lS is ' true even among some " Ich icn ch invy they ale aie am charged nai u , partIcularly < * A > , * , i . . . . . . . . 111 in . cases - where confessIOns confessIOnsextorted confessionsvi " " ' methods Se Several , eral cases vi \ wered ere ered ereI d I extorted byRobe by Robe Robert through t Cantwelliof Cantwelliofthe Cantvvcll Canh\cIl Canh cIl \ "third third of the degree the Chieigo Chieigobar Chicigo ChlC1g0 bar recentlycincsud recently , mc1udIngfollo including mc1udIng includingfollowingIn ng ngfollowing follo following , . mg mgIn followingIn confessed to arder a arder ader In the Boorne Boornc case in 111 Vermont , two t\\O t O \ brothel brothelS s rder der , but the man supposed suppoced ; to ha\ ha hay have hae \ e a been murdered showed up upr upr upr Illinois IlhnOls three T1 Tiailor Trailor a or brothers confessednurdenng confessediurdenng confessed confessednurdenng r r , al1\ al1 ahs alive al1e \ e a and 3J1d apd \ veil sell ell In , nurdenng iurdenng a man n nimed n\med n med ' \ imed Fishci FIshel Fisher , and , witnesses vltne.ses vltneses : . testified testiflcd to ha\- ha has- has haseen hassccn hav-sccn hav sccn \ - seen sccn the d dead d body bod ; , y ) et Fisher turned up alive ahve In the same sametrial samee e a man land named Turner Turneras \\as as "as \ " \ sentenced to death , but secured a atrial atrial trial trialland and nd beforc before before the thejccpntnaljouldj he second ( [ trIal could : be > ejield held held t1 the alleged , it- it II ' - ' i 1 eturned eturnec eturncdThese eturnedThese eturnecThese These arc are only three thr'e thre ( ' out of a large number of similar sIm11ar Cdsesd casesI cases Cdses casesd d I by Mr CantweII CantweU Cantwell , who declares that he has authentic authcntIc records recordso o less than 129 persons \ who ho confessed and \ were ere executed exccuted for forders forders forders ders , although their supposed ' \ victims Ictlms ictims t \ were ; ere found to be ahverward aliverward alive ahve aliverward rward rwardThis rwardTIlls rwardThus This TIlls Thus is not ' intended 111tendcd as a plea for laxity in bringing brmgIng the gUIlty gUIlty.IstIce guiltyistice guiltyjstice .IstIce IstIce . , but it serves senes series to show the great responsbility responsblhty responsbihty WhICh whichupon whichs s upon juries and judges , as well as to emphasize the unrcha- unrcha unreha- unreha unrchay unrehay unreha-y unreha y - y y of circumstantial e evidence . Idence , even when accompanied accompamed by a aeSSlOn aession aession eSSlOn ession of guilt gullt , in some cases It particularly illustrates the thehtful thefitful thehtful htful fitful injustice ll1JustIce of J lj lynching nching under any circumstances - |