Show indictment of capitalism and its despotic institutions THE SENTENCE warren was sentenced to pay a f ne of 1500 1 the cost of the prosecution and to serve 8 x months n the fort scott ja I 1 dy by GEORGE H SHOAF iso no court in the tile history of jur saru dence ever presented ted a acele seel e more re m with ith dramatic interest than that witnessed la in the fedrial build ng it I 1 ort scott iau ran thursday after afternoon nom july 24 2 t when in response to judge pollock s on to show cause w hy by sentence should i ot be pronounced fred D editor of the ap peal peat to reason reison arose and beg begin in to speak the last bit of un contrad acted eviden ce d salos ng the bias blas and iud i dice of the jurors jurov v m ho he corn conn eted vi ar ren had been introduce I 1 the last ar gur aument neilt in bel bet lit f t justice for the de fondant had been in ide ba b h s actor bone i i I 1 IN est of the i rosee u i tion had lec reclined lined to cieply to darrow an ani I 1 boyle judge pollock had juba de leered ih ered h s dec sion slon 0 er ruling the mo eions for a ai i at airest rest of judgment and a ft new bilal eer thing that could be said sald and eer thing that could be done to reverse erse the Iro i recesses esses of the court ind snatch victor from defeat hi I 1 been said and done unconquered cl ent tense were mere the feelings of the spec pee gators as warren faced the court in stIn ethely it was realized that something was about to happen but just what it mould vi be no one could th nl tit or say the benign face of clarence darrow the celebrated lawyer who mho in a hundred courts has champ chimp boned la bors hors cause u and whose voce vo ce aiom a shousan I 1 platforms has been I 1 f eted t ed in behalf of the poor and oppressed sho show ed concern as d d the faces of h s as socrate at tornes m when hen it became evi dent that their defeated but ancon cl of ent nv was as about to in diate ac tion in his own behalf the govern ments agents and arid attorneys looked as it a red flag had been unexpectedly un folded or a bomb was about to be hurl ed and they cringed speechless in their chairs judge pollock himself his eyes fastened on the figure before him h s g countenance plainly revealing the con flicking emotions of his mind sat as if stricken dumb vo ce rang L kc ke a clarion I 1 yes es your honor there are some rea rei song sons why sentence of the court should not be pronounced meed with ith his hands on the table beffie him ani his eyes looking straight and fearlessly into hose those of the coult IN bairens at ren s N ofee rang like a clarion as he began i speech is lemirl able as it Is without a parallel the unexpected ness of the proceed ng and 11 wanena arien t boldness of utter utterance ince astounded judge pollock once or twice prosecuting it torney bone done looked appealingly at the court as if the latter ill dignitary ought to foreclose on the er or u s re maiks but the court was mas too pled with amazement to except to a silenced julge and in the presence of an audience whose very breathing bie athing could neithel be felt nor heird cap laubin s most prominent victim and labor s uncompromising champion pro ceedee with the uncovering of tl ti e causes thit had led to hib his convict conviction foll nenar in his life lad judge I 1 listened to a bl b bech like this nei er in the history of jurisprudence was there a speech III e this made in a federal court S tuat on dragat c beyond words warren represented in the conchete conci ete the agony and woe the blood and tears of the working class of the world he ile typified the issue between the ruling class and those who are fight lu th age long war for human emancipation through him voiced the ou tried sentiments of men women momen and chil chi dren who in the field factories and mines do the work of the world and ind who in some way would protest pi otest against the methods by which the wealth thell work mork creates is tak taken en from them and given to those wh labor not here in this federal court the strongest bulmaro of the system that Is responsible for the agony and ind blood and outraged sentiments war ivar ren already convicted and about to recelle sentence faced without tion tiou and without a tremor the flesh and blood embodiment of cap t s mighty power and challenged him to do his moist wound vote for H m for pres dent warrens speech climaxed hs de bense and clinched it irrefutable I 1 11 i the of h u b auditors if I 1 ad been ar at y doubt as to the unjust ce cc of the ution and the an mus and orilin of it thib this doubt rap adly dispelled as the proceeded if after fter ter se sei i fence ence was pronounced pi renounced and the ei was mris admitted to ba I 1 pend ig an ap I 1 oil cal john 11 ct cuder ider 0 oie ie of the mo t I 1 prominent irom romi luent nent cans in foit scott and probably Iro ro bably in secret society circles circle the most influential ma i in kansas vi ho had listened to IN W arren s address came forward and volunteered to sign his bond the offer was mas accepted acael ted downstairs after adjournment of court a group of men democrats and pe re public pub lical us s united lu in pen indorsement endorsement Indor of the speech aid ai d unqualifiedly ex pressed their admiration for the man inan w ho made it 4 |