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Show I hope that in the future you can follow-up on mis rnaner. ana have material to do the right thing for your paper and the com-munity, com-munity, for without your newspaper, I feel that the people in the Sunr House area would be a tremendous loss My hand is out to you for the wonderful effort and progress that you are making. May I take this time to congratulate you for the many wonderful things you have already done, and the ones to come up in the future. I know in my heart that you are sincere in all you do in the . newspaper business, and I know you will do your part in the upcoming up-coming Murphy case. Sincerely, Someone Who Knows Gentlemen: . . You are to be congratulated on the splendid editorial appearing in your September 19 issue on the Hickenlooper murder case. The writer agrees with you in its entirety, and an outraged public agrees wholeheartedly with the views expressed in this editorial. You have covered the matter thoroughly and it seems that nothing more can be said but to offer you assurances of our backing in any action you cart take to focus attention on those officials at the American Fork institution who are responsible to the public for allowing this sex deviate to mingle in society with law-abiding, moral people who make up the population of this state. To dismiss the officials of this institution is not enough! Criminal action should be started against them for wilful negligence in their duty and their utter disregard for their responsibility to the people of this state. Perhaps some kind of a prison term might impress other servants of the people imposed with like responsibilities to discharge their duties honorably and to the full intent of the law. The excuse given by someone in authority at the American Fork institution that they had to release Bernt Murphy on the grounds that he was incorrigible and could not be handled is absurd and ridiculous. Human beings for generations have been able to capture, subdue and tame wild animals, handle violently insane people or hardened criminals. This moron could be handled in any corrective institution or in military service. Instead, this confessed sex pervert and strangler killer was allowed to mix in society as any free man to ravage and rape a helpless innocent child and strangle another young girl to death. Matters have i reached a pitiful impasse and an utter state of helplessness when authorities in corrective institutions complain of their inability to ;deal with those of this type. Good, law-abiding people of other states must have a hearty laugh at our expense, and we should bow our heads in shame that we allow such conditions to exist here 'without punishing those who are guilty, either of an offense or 'charged with the responsibility of handling those individuals guilty 'of any crime against humanity. Those who have read your editorial hope you will continue the fight until the mess is cleaned up to the satisfaction of every citizen of this State. Good luck! Yours very truly, C.L.S. Dear Sir: In jour September 19 issue, you have asked for a response to your editorial on Bernt Murphy, and brother, here it is. I was so angry when I read it, I decided to wait a day or two and cool off, before committing myself. I would heartily suggest that you appoint a committee and go down to-the school and investigate before going any further with your plans. In the first place, it wasn't established to take care of mean, brutal delinquents, as you have stated Bernt Murphy to be. It is for the education and care of children, who are born into this life without the adequate learning power to be able to live and earn a living in the cruel outside world. They are born with a body that can grow and develop into adulthood, without the mind to control the emotions of that body. Most of these children, and I speak in the general sense, are the most lovable, and sweetest-disposed sweetest-disposed that you will find anywhere. Due to the fact that you, ind an apathetic public will not recognize this fact, we, as parents, are forced to place them where we know they will get good care and understanding. You certainly are doing our children an injustice when you say that .Bernt is a mean, depraved being, because he is mentally deficient. If he is, he doesn't belong in the training school, with our children, and it will be up to the public to see that there is a place for him and others like him, provided. We, as parents, know that the doctor and his staff are working under handicaps of too little money, not enough room, but they are doing a grand job, nevertheless. He has spent so much of his leisure time taking them for boat rides, to the zoo and other places of recreation, in an effort to make life more bearable for them. I know what I .am talking about, for I have a 15-year-old girl down there, whom we love very dearly. She has been there .three years, and now is slowly coming to the end of her little life. iDo you think I would leave her down there if I felt she wasn't getting the best of care? Every night I get down on my knees and thank our Father in Heaven, that we have a place for our children as nice as the 'training school. Now, Mr. Editor, before you go on with your campaign against our doctor and staff, I suggest you look into the facts. Sincerely, Mrs. B. C. Gentlemen: After reading your Editorial of Thursday, September 18, 1957, we feel that everything said in the article is justified. If there isj anything we can do to further having a law to take care of that, ikind of a person, we want to help. If there is any law on the statues right now, we feel that you did not say anything harsh 'enough against the ones freeing such a person. We hope ycm and others will pursue the matter further. Respectfully, M.C.P. and Mrs. C.W. Gentlemen: ' In, reading the editorial for the 19th, I feel you were a bit harsh, 'On people that you, yourselves know nothing about. Before an editorial of the sort you wrote should be printed, you should know a few more of the facts, not jump to conclusions. As far as the talent of writing, the person that wrote the story should be commended, for he or she can do that very well, but after this, make sure of the facts. I am looking forward to see another story on the same subject and good luck in the future. I Respectfully, Mrs. B. A. Dear Editor: ' I have subscribed to your paper for the past number of years, the reason, for that I enjoyed the many and varied stories, of what was going on here in the Sugar House area . . . But until recently I have failed' to see what an influential part you and your: staff are in the community. Your editorial of the paper for the 19th was written in a way that shows you take a stand in helping those who need help. . You don't hedge around, you come out and say what you feel;; well, my opinion is, we definitely need more people of this type. People who will fight for the right of protection that they justly deserve. |