Show HOCK HATES HANGING l Governor of Kansas Refuses to Sign Death Warrants Rebukes Minister Topeka Kan June 19 ln In In replying replying- to tho the o open en letter written by hy the tho Rev Hev II n A A. Elwood of or Leavenworth In which tho the minister demands that the he governor go sign the death warrants of the fifty or more first degree murderers mur mur- now under uner sentence of death at tho time will ill of oC the governor governor governor- Governor Gover Cover nor hloch said s today I uI shall not decree that these men bo ho put to death and furthermore will vIll never novel decree the time hanging of or any man Do you suppose that If IC I had a man manon manon manon on the gallows with my hand on the tho lever ready to spring the trap Id I'd do cIo doIt doIt It Suppose 1 I should say to that poor creature Do you believe In tile lie Immortality Immortality immortality Im Im- im- im mortality of tho the soul squi and ho lie should answer Yes I. I Do you believe In heaven and antI hell and that hat you will vill go to one or tho tile other othe of oC those these places place and antI he lie should say I do tIo Do you suppose I would spring that hat trap and antI say Gay Go Co to hell holl then thon Indeed I would not What a beautiful spectacle It Jt would be to see fifty men all ail in a row hanged hanse at the same time What a ta spectacle we have here continued the governor a n minister of the gospel whose work it Is to teach tenderness though thoughtful con consideration of ot others and who is supposed to emulate em em- ulato the time example of or the Savior suggesting suggesting sug sug- gesting that tile the state demands an nn eye for an eye and a tooth for Cor a n tooth Ho no had better read the tile remainder pt pf the Saviors Savior's injunction along that line |