| Show That hanging In C California which ended the life lite ot of Edward EdwardK EdwardK K Sayer 25 had many elements ot of sadness Young Sayer was married JIo He left heft a good homo home in III Denver and when the shadow ot of o death was 85 upon him his mother and father hastened to his side A sister wrote him a letter ot of hope lope but It disclosed the anguish ot of a heart deeply torn Schoolmates In Denver er appealed to the governor of California to spare the young Oll fellows fellow's lows low's life A member of ot President Cool Cool- Coolidge's Coolidge's Cool Idge's idge's cabinet was waa Interested In Inthe Inthe the cause ot of the doomed The governor said eald No And the proceeded to put young Sayer to death Back of ot the hanging of course Is a killing In November 1924 In Placer county three young men ordered a Japanese woman to open a safe sate She fled Arthur Muller one of ot three fired a Q shot that killed the woman Seemingly aghast at what he had done Muller made his way to tobis his home In Sacramento that night and d confessed to his s father tather Next day Muller ended his 1115 life lite In a rooming house In San Fran Fran- Francisco Francisco deco cisco Arnold the second bo boy was hanged last FrIda Friday and Sayer fol- fol followed fol followed lowed lowed yesterday The murder ot of o the tho Japanese woman was waa the direct consequence ot of the planned robbery In which all three young oung men men participated but butI I It might have been an act furthest from the thoughts ot of ayer or Arnold to have havo killed an any one What the law Jaw demand In Ina Ina Ina a tragedy of ot that kind 1 Thousands ot of hardened murder murder- murderers murderers murderers ers b have hase escaped on mere mero tech s in hi this country But Dut with with the crime wave sweep sweep- ing irig sweeping our country there I f is a strong demand for lor the enforcing of ot law without pity California In this Instance has been as exacting as os the most strenuous could expect I The he distressing features center In the homes homes of ot the young tel tel- tel f el- el lows Tho The blow has ha fallen tallen with tremendous force torce fon mothers fathers sisters brothers and a ayoung oUng wife and child I Those Those near relatives s will feel teet the sting of fate until death relieves them It l is a It harsh and cruel low for tor or them But good should come out ot of It as the the case case is so co extraordinary It be discussed In every home In the die land Jand and boys bos may bo be made to ceo clearly what awful misery they can c n Inflict on those near and d dear ar to them by one onG misdirect misdirect- misdirected ed ad step It t I were the governor ot of Cali Call California California fornia I would not have sent the two t boys who had no control oyer the hand that pulled the fa fatal al trigger to the gallows Dut But I recognize that often sym sym sym- pathy pathy y beneS to encourage rather than correct wrong doing The worlds world's greatest progress has las come como from suffering Justice has as been respected by being en- en enforced en enforced r forced Being soft does docs as much harm harmas harmas harmas as being unjustly stun st-n S Justice Is as u bad as heartless tyranny 1 Yet Yet I n I 1 well ell that there thero Is an emotional force developed which Je hens ns strongly to the Bide aide ot of m mercy rcy for on that structure has been built much ot of all that Is good In civilization The rhe mother of ot young Sayer In her bel anguish must mu C try to tOt find comfort I 1 i the faith of or which Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote i will not doubt though all my ships at beaCome tea bea Come Come drifting home with broken masts and sails I l I shall believe the tho Hand which J never fails talis From seeming evil good for me And though I weep because I those sails are battered Still will I cry while my best hopes Ii lie Ila shattered I trust In Tb Thee a a S I Lewis Junior High at 1130 o'clock Thursday morning crowd crowd- crowded ed cd edthe the auditorium of ot the school with a most enthusiastic body ot of to listen to a 0 program prepared by the young people t t Lewis Junior now has an audi auditorium gymnasium and domestic domesticI I science rooms equal to the tho best besta bestIn d a In the city and all as the result I ot of the tho deep Interest manifested by bytho bythe bythe the tho parents parent ot of o the district In itt the tho t educational training of their thell chil chil- children chil- chil children children dren I Ther There Is a tine fine spirit in the f 4 and the assembly InspIres enthusiasm I IA A cable message afew a few tew days day's ago told old ot of a large ship hip with Ith Chinese e passengers being captured by tes Continued oil on Two fo J NEWS VS AND m VIEW VIEWS VIE Continued From Irom Page Pago One The ship wa was proceeding from Singapore to BItS Bias Bay when the pIrates took possession robbed the tho passengers and crew obtaining In booty A few fow years ago Americans on of ot crimes of o that kind said China wan WIUS s nis no place for tor a iwhite white man But since Chicago and New NewYork NewYork York gunmen have demonstrated demonstrate their contempt for lor the rights of others othen tho the average American Is not BO so drastic In his hia criticisms nis of foreign daredevils If you were a Chinaman living on the borderland of o with Imagination destroyed by a outlook would you bo be tempted to turn pirate The TUB wonder Is la that any shIp Balls sail the Chinese sea without en- en encountering encountering encountering countering |
