Show HOW TO PUNISH THE BOY A number of the doctors of salt lake have given their opinions as to chodo arco of depravity exhibited by clyde fell the acar old boy who killed old man collins and have passed upon tho question as to whether tho youngster can be redeemed and developed into a well rounded manhood several lawyers bafo d for severe punishment as the only treatment which should be meted out to tho boy but their position is radically opposed by the medical men we believe the best view is taken by the doctors justice is never in the form of vengeance there are but two objects aff be obtained by punishment one is reformation of the criminal tho other a deterrent to servo as a lesson for those criminally disposed biow best to accomplish these ends is a difficult problem in the case of clyde felt some degree of punishment it would deem ia necessary as a warning to other boys yet a severe sentence would no doubt kill whatever spirit for good exi ests in the boy who cut coll ins throat at the tatters persistent coaxing the county physician of salt lake county after a personal study of young felt says 1 I do not think that the boy himself or the community would bo f benefited by sending him to the peni tertiary tent iary or to a reformatory in my X opinion he is not a natural criminal I 1 1 have already explained the powerful y influence that must have been p cisca over him by collins and which f was I 1 flunk strong enough to explain the homicidal act which might have been committed by almost any boy subjected to the same control the influences which surround him hereafter will do more to determine his future than the events of the past if you put him with intelligent people who will educate and cultivate his better nature people who know nothing of his there is no reason why he should not make a good man but he aloof from all who affair and must make a confident of no one for if ho does he will lose hh independence and will not be able to compete with other boys and men on an equal footing the knowledge of aliat they know about him would continually keep him at a disadvantage it is a mistake to suppose that bis reformation can be effected by force or punishment his surroundings surround inga would constantly remind him of what he had i done ilia companions and keepers would remind him of his lapse and f even if they did not he would think B that they biad it in mind confidence li begets confidence and he must have the confidence of other people before lie f will have confidence in them or in him there is no evidence in hh conduct oia hereditary taint all reports go to show that he was a good boy and a good student at school he met collins at an age when a boy ia peculiarly susceptible cep tible to certain influences all he has to combat now is the recollection of tah affair I 1 simply the application of the theological do ama of baptism or rebirth the say ing you must bo born again is inter by to mean that you must wash out and wipe away the demoralizing moral izing associations of the past and begin life with new thoughts and amid new dr homers more nearly lhoir put forth ly alic standard than any we have quoted he isaya 1 I have not acen the boy but from 1 l what Is eaid in the newspapers I 1 would t 1111 tt etim of natural de i privity nor say eliat ho is necessarily destined to a criminal career the influence of such a man as collins would undermine the moral principles of almost any boy and lead him to commit some such act as this familiarity with euch horrors as the old man was in the habit of discussing would naturally blunt hia sensibilities what tb do with him is a serious i question and one I 1 aan riot prepared to answer it is certain that he should not be thrown into companionship with criminals but it would not do to send him back to the old environments j i which must have been more or less de moralizing moral izing to judge from the result there should bo a place for ouch borg where they would be given work moral instruction and healthful surroundings without the bense of restraint and immoral associations of a reformatory 1 I say that with the right en E he ought to become a useful member of society in spite of this at fair if clyde felt is given half a chance to right about face he will welcome the op more eagerly alian anyone dialia a been tempted and has fallen he i can aloe again if lie bo but gha n help 1 f y 4 S 4 ing hand and inspired with the liopo that the past is to be buried and that the future can bo made to hold tor him something better than oblivion |