Show I Ti 4 II I I COMMUNICATION I 4 4 I I of or Standard Examiner My attention has been called to toan I an arm editorial e which appeared In InI your our paper papel Sunday SUl da morning Aug- Aug Augi I i l t l 16 I 6 concerning conc ning time the Bussell Scott murder case of Chicago I Much has been said sahl about the final ending of oC this thIn trial and I hope much more will be he said about aboul this and some seine other cases until the public become so to aroused d and pub pub- public public pubIc lic Ic opinion so definitely and peal positively timely lively formed that the law permit permit- inT in such a decision shall be re repealed re- re pealed healed find and that thai some other con con- conditions conI I also shall shan be corrected The writer of the editorial re referred re- re erred c-erred to undoubtedly wrote from the best of motive e and yet et in my amy m opinion the creating or rather the lie prolonging IH of or nuch uch sentiment has a very ery III effect I say prolong prolonging prolongIng prolongIng ing for It Is with this feeling that peace loving people have been b en Imbued and In II which they have continued until we have permitted terrible conditions to result It Is much nuch easier asler to say a ay forget It and to 10 passively let the time matter pass by b Mils time than It Is to o confront the situation and und demand Justice Vc We o have been passive too loo Ions long crime has been active To 0 me It appears that another crime has been committed and tat ll-at this time the lIe scene was In the time court room the slayers were the law I w and the jury the tIme victim was Justice and amid thc the vision ision that thal plead ft I r I the lImo man Scott was not mercy merc bit an nn In tho tIme cloak of mercy which works hand In hand mand with Si him ith crime and beguiles the pub pub- lic Ic I At my first reading rending of the ver- ver verd diet d et I censured the Judge but when I learned learne that he acted as the time law directs I became amazed that In our legislative bodies and an andin anIn andIn in Utah the law lams on this point Is Iste iste te tu same as In lii Illinois amazed that such a law hams in in- inthe the semblance of Justice and mercy should be passed and that a Jury jur or o supposedly supposedly edly sane Americans American should so 50 per per- themselves to be made malic the of Intriguing crime The following is copied copl d from Irons tho time ac- ac of the as It ap ap- appeared appeared apPeared In The Standard Examiner of or August 7 Cell shock shock Insanity Insanity resulting from fr m fifteen months In Jail and ani the ordeals of or two narrow escapes fiem the time was noose was tIme the verdict of ot a a. Jury last night in a sanity tent ti-st which saved him hIni I Had he been found sane Judge I Isn Favis would I have 1 Imposed a death l sn 0 e na I once c more Even In l the tho asylum Scott faces aces death eath on the thu gallows should he ever eser be found to tu have regained his sanity The mans man's sanity at the tIme time of the he he- he hem murder m was isna ns not doubted Whatever I there here now Is of ot his In Insanity tn In- sanity resulted from roam the the events that follows followed and was is-as In no wine a cause c. of or the time crime His Ills life is isnow Isnow Isnow now spared at n considerable ex expense ex- ex pense se for his lila keeping seeping and at con con- considerable conf f l danger from him should lie hI escape He lie is 15 to be treated for Insanity and anti If cured will then helm be executed A ti S l a nse Inconsistency this Is Is- is and true irue It Is lt It that Justice loses and crime crimI wins a big vie vic victory lory tory as Harry Harry- assistant Hates Hate's Is reported as hav- hav Inc ne said when the tIme decision Was vas rendered Laws are made to io protect hu hu- u are to administer them In Justice but hut tod sy y we have the pitiable condi condition I tion tin of many Oman man courts and men in whose hands rests the ultimate tate fate of criminals by their meth nieth- methods otis Ol are contributing to the time cause of crime more than Is any other one factor It Is not a 11 result of or the war It Is not the result of contempt co t for II ies brought on by b prohibition us II is sometimes charged Before we wc entered d the thc great gnat at war or before I prohibition came we had time the unenviable rec rec- record ord of many man times time more of or the I crimes for population than any an other oilier civilized nation In 1916 I 9 1 6 several of our American cities had hail mOIl moie murders In each dun In all nil of or and andales ales Wales Nor No I Is the he crime In America due In any an great part pari to lo the free spirit of America unless we Include In Inthe free fre the time wantonness the lIme Ih and disregard for law and human lit and ty rights that has developed 1 t through I laxity I In pros pros- II ln hr II t I I and In dealing I Justice s and andin In leniency and pardon to the con- con cone e Canada n enjoys possibly ai an lg I much real re freedom e within as 1114 In Is enjoyed in lii the United States and yet et In Iii 1019 I D I 9 In all Canada with I u it population I of census of 1121 thier were w rc 79 murders nuki In iii Chicago alone alono with a IL pop pop- population of or census of 1920 there were murders Kor bor Ol other the ratio Is not tar far different The Jh Is ap- ap Palling rho consideration and respect n to Insanity pleas pIcas through through- throughout out the nation is III entirely unwar- unwar rated and amid tends to foster crime fir far cur more than It does to meet the I c of o mercy or of Justice No roo civilized humus human n mm being Is normal when he lie or she sue commits murder That Is so self evident self self-evl ent that It needs no proof Any Ally Insanity plea lea after I a crime has been commUted committed be absolutely Ignored in time the I case lase of murder mur er and In lesser lesser crimes crime If he lie s s z really Insane the only difference should be In the time place of his detention and In treat treat- ment mn If Ii Iia a n murderer mur Is plainly insane nane at the time lime of or committing he Is Just ju t as dangerous as one who is not Insane and can canI never be made less lens so Neither elther I is III it a n. kindness or mercy merc nor norI justice either to himself or to I those whose money mone supports him to confine conIne con Inc him him In Iii an asylum If Ift I not hot n t wicked at heart his sane moments would bring remorse that I t be worse than death In InI uch such a n case the fact of his Insanity Insanity I ity It could be written with the tIme rec rec- record ord oud 1 of the sentence und and also with I the he record of ot the execution However In 99 cases out of 0 I any ally evident Insanity comes on af after at- at atti ter ti th the crime i. i I Is committed other than hahm the fact of ot his being unal- unal unbalanced oared Is 19 evidenced by b his lila com com- I mulling the crime and the other one of o the tIme hundred hun rell Is possibly not nott fix fix- t insane to refrain rc-frain from the foul Ih ltd U-d d if It he knows that Just jut so sure cur will wi I he hImself forfeit his life hits Why hy place a It pi upon insanity ity ily iI and permit men to use tise It as an albl to escape Justice and amid punish punIsh- punishment ment I I shall n not o feel that t the tho ends of th ge Justice J and mercy l are being h served until the Insanity plea Is abol abol- abolished abolished abolished until the lie accused arc are tried promptly and with ss Ith the time se of finding their true guilt or inno Inno- innocence Innocence cence nce c Instead of through some sonic technicality to see If the accused can be set let free even p. though In fact gully until many man motions and amid ap ap- v als shall be prohibited that now I hamper the prosecution until any an that will throw light on the truth truths of a case shall be bc per per- permitted permitted I until our method of or im Im- impaneling Impaneling irn- irn paneling a n Jury shall be bo Improved until the time pardon system has un undergone un- un undergone such a It change that a par liar pardon lion don shall be rare and next to Im mm- Impossible un-j un possible to obtain and until the shall ns serve the terms e of fn the tho I Imposed Our cities need police pollee systems s of ot better belter discipline I and higher moral character of per per- Too many sheriffs and j I police chiefs have been ben saloon saloonkeepers keepers or bootleggers I This laxity Is abominable and Is thi th chief cause of or the tIme excess crime throughout the he t nation Let Lct every lover o er of law and order be aroused I and honor n the law your your-i yourselves selves l talk talI a It t demand reli it elect I Imen I men who isho will deal dOal d al Justice both boils In Iii tin courts and In the lie law making bodies men who will help bring about the needed need ell reforms lit ht us have ha the recall of or Judges ju who ho In- In Ins s st t justice let Iet law and order or er be bu talked and taught aught In your house house- households households I holds and In your clubs and amid let every my vr man oman and woman feel It a It per pcr- per per-I perso 50 so IO al at obligation to do Jo his or her purl purt until America Is cleaned of thin llin excessive crime and everyone hits liis a n wholesome some regard re ard for or tIme the law either through love for or It or 01 feat fear of ot It Dont Don't f fr through say r- r ri get it ii i but Iut wake up tip and get busy and do your rw bit I Respectfully I yours u I li K l. Ogden August 27 |