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Show His Idea of .Capital Punishment. A murder' cn-tn wan on trial, nnd the jury was being selected. Among' the venlro was a negro who had a passion for llstonlng to Socialistic speeches when not other' lso engaged which wns "generally always." The attorney asked: "Do you bellovo In, capital punishment?" "Yas, Mill, I does." "Do, you know what capital' punishment Is?" "Course I does," the negro replied, "Well, whnt do yon understand capital punishment to bo7" "It means a gltten ebon wld do "rich, who are a rulln' ober do pore. 1 ble'bo hit's right, nn' you caln't make mo bje'bo nuthln' else." "Accepted," shouted tho uttorncy. |