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Hevwood Broun Gives Vivid OpinionjOLD TIMERS THRILL
On the Hanging of
IT
Criticises Methods of Some Officials-Doubts1
Whether Guilt Was Proven "To the Hilt."
rl;iwd Brauu. twed wrltr of tb
::trt York World, today a hu
Tlnln of the hunting of fieruM
(ntpnnn l th ttt ot Connacii -ut.
!!'. follow ins It reprinted by p
mlMlon of Hit New YorX World fr'n
ths ri'ri(ht4 ' It Stems to M '
, olumn In toiUy'i l?'i of thtt ie,'.N
by HEnvoon BROII
The. grotesque, the perverted fully
of capital punishment nt never
mora abundantly Illustrated than In
the ttxecutton of Gerald Chapman.
The reporters who told the atorj
of thu hanging soemed to be a little
mindful of the criticism that nev-s-papers
make heroes of criminals.
L'ach writer undertook to (core t h
point that the community, in the
killing, nettled an account with t:i
enemy of society. But In every
Every man who came awiy from
j Wethorslield stale prison knew that
I the Incident had not served to glorify
the commonwealth of Connecticut,
; but rather made the flats seem
crutl, clumsy and bungling. Dignity
j resided wholly with the man who
; died
l "Organized society and Its con -;
temptuous outlaw were even," wrote
', Oliver H. r. Garrett in the vivid re
port which appeared In the Wotld.
And he told of how- the criminal had
dangled at a rope's end "like a
scarecrow." But even this touch of
physical farcicality, which trans
, forms a living being to a rag doll in
! the filly business of hanging, pun;
'he burden of ridicule upon those
(lift rtnll the rone nnrl not nnen th-. i
, ' ' .. ,
' In 'lone the officials teem so many
spiteful children and the criminal
has been glorified by the sudden
' dignity of death.
i "Even," said Mr. Garrett, but. he
V.nows better than that. No one
: could read his story without realiz
1 ins that the procedure left all the
' tricks with Gerald Chapman. The
, theory of capital punishment is
founded upon the extremely careless
i assumption that the death penalty
i manifests the might and pov.ef of
: the state and the pitiful futility of
' those rvho would defy t. Could any.
i thing be more ridiculous? Ask any
j actor which role he would Care to
i assume if the happenings In Weth
ersfield were set in formalized dra-
mafic scheme. Natufally th6 player
: would choose to be Chapman. NO
1 ofhr part compares with It.
It is inevitable that the syrnp-.thv
should go with the man who is
hanged. Now. Gerald Cb.apman did
not live with any conscious will to
prOmot human welfare, but In dylntr
he lashed out rallaritly Asrainst a
harsh ahd muddled custom, this
j may have been no part Of Vs Intent,
i but the fact that he piaviM his role
! s'nif'.illv is not to be denied.
In this contention I see nothlnc
of sentimentality. The state has
said: "rtecaus of crime you must
rjo meanly, to th end that elVn
! w-lll be fear'ul of the road which
you have traveled." And then ut
I this man. nominated as hor'UVo rx-
amp'e, opportunity is given to n.-ii"- , mft wh( , killed; It is rather
on air a film? as fine ni any brlcn an off,,r!, ,i,c community,
martvr might covet, rv.oman -n-ni I pruta),r )s 0f,M into, the air and
a oroot; and the state ef Connecticut ; 1!n(?, r)osn , r1rth ,ik pson
ln;-te,l cn making him a hero. r. t,,,.u,, 1n communities
Tf he had been sentenced o Hf- far rf.mmTl1 ,s ,r-TTr.n hv the busi-Imp-tf-nment
his name and fame j nf j wotlM pft 5pr)nK the trap
would '""-e been for"'ten within a ' . ..... .. nnj? what right
year, tut how con we otaM h'o-t :
ncr? The ill.riiviefl roi'Upe or tr"
e-;fi:ton put th" 11iTeliht full ft'
on li''-". and In ti-. - light It was the
imhoHors of law an order wie
r-'IfV.! and cr1"re,i, T.Vtv off'ct-'
f-oni governor own to wr.r len to1
h!s ner'O and behnvefl ii!?o n culpri
In eorrvinr out the exccniion.
lost nnfortunatelv fo- 'o rcnutn
tion of i,nv nnd moro'ltv. c-irintao.
d -eMr.-i in so many respects. w.t
rlCMv en-lotved 'tith cO'trri(-
rod drflinMie instlnet. roneot'ci
s'lo'i'd hav 'sbn time o rha'-o it.
Conic off before I killed this mao,
Tr would be cilly to srv that cvreld
Chapinftn ".as an adnnr;,Me nert-on
r-f-clv heonn he v,,ns eni;lrp o
tie n-iftnificntly. B'.i' ! Is or irci.' -1
r t r j e t n t tlej- nr th.'-.se -vltii r,o
M'iit v 1--i 'soe.-r.i- for living aod -
r-iif for dying. It r.-is. 'ot
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'vinr.. f.r so eve,..il'nt rn e-,;t,
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Gerald 'Chapman!
diverted from the crime for which
! ho dlfd. And ihls time Connecticut
j botched things all along the llm-.
To have forbidden Chapman the
right to appear before th" pardon
board at all might have be-n unfair,
but it would have been a much wiser
course than to Ut him come and
then to shut him off when he under
took to tell his grievances A lay
j man cannot fall to be somewhat
j puzzled to know precisely w hat was
!the purpose of this last meeting of
the board of pardons. I read: "After
; Mr. Groehl had finished, Mr. Alcorn
objected to the appearance of wit.
.ness'S and the governor sustained
ihlm, paving fha the board had not
'assembled to !l3'en to the merits or
demerits of the case." Just why',
'then, did if come together'
In his final plea Chapman laid:
j "V,'e can't fight with phantoms,
I you know, and all these thines are
; phantoms of Mr Alcorn's rich lm
.agination. There are things that
I are too rotten for me"
It was at this point that Kclnharl
L. Gideon, the prosecutor's aFslstant,
rose- and objected, saying: "He
should confine himself to facts and
' not 8busa Mr. Alcorn."
i Governor Trumbull sustained this
1 objection, which was, I think, un
wise. If a man about, to die Is privi
leged to speak at all. It seems to me
unduly harsh that he should be
compelled to maintain exquisite po
I lltencsa toward his prosecutor. And
i since the trial Itself w;s a somewhat
: rough and tumble affair, Mr. Alcorn
: might have been hardy enough to
endure a few reproaches from a
: condemned man
. If there was no
justice in the charges which Chap
man was about to make, the lawyer
for the people could well endure to
hear and toss them off. While, if
the prisoner was minded to deal In
verities, I do believe there should
never be a time limit on the truth.
There Is, of course, no doubt
whatsoever that Gerald Chapman
was guilty of many and heavy
crimes, but the particular accusa
tion upon which he was condemned
to death was hardly proved up to i
the hilt. Many a stronger cas'; has j
been lost. Connecticut from the be
ginning seemed rather more Jntent
upon conviction than a precise sp- il Left Behind Me." "College Horn
praisa! of the evidence. Indeed, it I pipe," "Arkansaw Traveler" and
was the prosecutor himself who an- others.
nounced
some little time after the
'Alcorn always gcs his
arres'
roan."
But I am willing to assume for
(lie sal;o of argument that Chapman
did Commit the murder for which
he was executed. Even so, I think
it was a silly thing to hang and
glftrifv him,
"If the gallows are constructed
for any man, they are for him," said
Mr, AlcOrn In rounding Off his
speech before the pardon board. "If
the state is wrong in hancirtrr him.
then it has committed a crime
against every man it has ever
hanged."
And th.it's certainly wrth argu
ing. Why should there be gallows
for any man? The crime of execu
tion does not necessarily lie ngnlnst
have we to ask some other one to
i do it. for iis Before they put the.
black hood on his head C,";-aid Chap
, man grinned. The sorry Joke was
: not on him.
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'OT'AKF TOF.S TMAftr.
London, April 7 dispatch
to Lloyds from ITorta. on the I."
lanl o' Laval in the Awre. reports
that, an earthquake was felt there
last evening, canrlng eo-ne damage.
The shook lasted "2 seconds.
The r.ape ilrrlithous-1 was slightly
rlamaged, some of the nri'ms being
'.rok"n. but the light Is continuing
""I'll redneed pow r r.
orncFRs n.ixiFD
rorter A. Norton " is edCt'd
M'sid'tit of LnM Musters' asso-
ti-tinn of TI-,rni"ny T.od.ga. A. F. and
A. 'L. last evening. Oiher cfrieri.-r
elo-te,-. e? foilovs1 Vlce-pre-l-''et
T'l var T. vtiipen; tren'iv'r,
''. P. WaitiT'sM: fecretarv. John
W. Lockett.
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PerklDS Rcme Memories
Old time music formed th pro
gram at the weekly meeting at the
New Britain Klwanis club at the
I'urrltt hotel today, and to ray the
Khvanlans were thrilled, would be a
conservative statement.
The music was provided by Ml-
ichael Murphy, aged 65. and Myron
Perkins, aged &7. Mr. Murphy, who
jscori such modern and "high ton
:ed" erms an "violinist" la an old
Mii'iIaIX .Mihl'iiY
time "fiddler," while Mr. Perkins,
who says "Call me Pop. that's all i
they UnOw me by," accompanies liim j
on the piano. !
The musicians w-ere Introduced as j
"having been playing since the war
ot 1S1C" but contend that President. ;
J. M. Ward is slightly mistaken in
his histsory.
Old forgotten melodies
were resurrected and Kiwanlans sat.
but not still, as their nerves tingled
in tune with "The Irish Washer
woman," "Turkey in the Straw,"
"Devil's Dream," "Haste to the Wed
ding." "Black-Eyed Susan," "Swal
low Tailed Jig," "White Cockade,"
"Pop! Goes the Weajei," "The Girl
The old time melodies proved a
real thrill to the Kiwanians. Mem
bers drummed on tables and on
empty .glasses while their feet tap
red on the floor, beating time to the
music. One man tried to call out
dances, while another had a hard
time to keep from demonstrating the
s'eps.
The attendance prl26 was awarded
;to Dr. L. B. Weir. President Ward
'announced that two weks from to
, morrow would be an evening meet
ing at which women will be invited,
j A Jesuit priest will talk on "A Sci
entific Theologian's Opinion of Evo
lution." April IS, all memhers ef the civic
f pf 'W
I
!i! n
And tk farmer took another load away !
In a Wheelbarrow
Ashes in your cellar? Use a wheelbarrow!
Grading your lawn? Use a wheelbarrow!
Building a sidewalk? Use a wheelbarrow!
Digging a cellar? Use a wheelbarrow!
Planting a garden? Use a wheelbarrow!
Amusing the baby? Use a wheelbarrow7!
r: And here you'll find the wheelbarrow you
need.
T We have an unusually good buy
The Garden Barrow No. 3 at $(5.00
The Garden Barrow No. 4 at $7.00
(Your choice of steel or wood wheels)
or the good old reliable
'Taddy' (Common Canal) at $4.25
Come over and push one around.
r. And while you are here, notice our layout
of Ra kes Hoes Spades Picks Shovels
true temper tools and get your free
copy of "Good Gardening."
73 ARCH PHONE 106
P.S. What do you think of the little imps in
our window? The original Buckeye
progeny.
"Hardware Meant
c!u:s huvf lucn Invited 10 Join Willi
the notary club la huar I'reslUent E.
M. Hopkins of I'artmouth, apeak.
I'ho Klunnls club haft accepted (he
invitation, but will not forego It'
regular Wednesday meeting.
Annual Convention
Of Patriotic Society
Mlta Mary, 8. Whittlesey of this
city Is a member of the committee
of arrangement for the general
court of the Society of th Daugh
ters of Founders and Patriots of
America which will be held at" the
Raleigh hotel, Washington, P. C,
April 15. The national president,
Mrs, Charles Dod Ward of New
Vork City, will be In the chair.
Aftr the officers' reports have been
read there win bo a memorial rv.
Ice for the members who have died
during the past year.
Connecticut member are greatly
Interested In the election, for Mrs.
John Laldlaw Buel of Litchfield Is
a candidate for national president
and so far Is without rival for that,
office. There will bo opportunity to
greet, her at the banquet Wednesday
evenlng, to which all members and
guests are welcome. Reservations
must be made through Mrs. Qulncy
Adams Gates, laj Maryland avenue,
N'. E.. Washington A reception
will follow the banquet.
Beisldes Mrs. Euel, and Miss
Whittlesey. Connecticut will be rep
resented officially by Mrs. N. D.
Baldwin of Derby, state vice-president;
Mrs. George B. Minor of
WaterfOrd, dcletra'e; and Miss M
P. Marsh of New Haven, national
councillor for Connecticut. Alter'
natives will be Mrs. Charles Arm
strong of Bridgeport, Miss Florence
S. M. Crofut of Hartford, and Mist
Emeline A. Street of New Haven.
FINED AND JAILED
Stamford, April 7 Pt Izzy Smith
of New York city today was fined
$100 and costs and sentenced to
'ten days in Jail on charge of trans
porting alcohol. He filed a 1 7tiJ
I bond in an appeal. In Dorlen last
'night Piseus Greenstetn of Brooklyn
was arrested on a charge of trans
porting liquor. He Is held in $1,000
ball.
FEAR OUTBREAK
Lisbon, April 7 UP) The
Portu-
; guese government having
received
! reports concerning intended disturb
ances has adopted preventive meas
ures FLIERS CONTINl'E OX
Tripoll, April 7 OPi The two air
planes of the Spanish flying expedi
tion to Manila, which arrived here
yesterday from Algiers, left today
for Bengazi, Cyrenaiea.
u re Relief
FOR INDIGESTION
6 Bell-ans
Hot water
Sure Relief
ELLANS
find 754 PfleksKfflS, Fwrvwhere
for Hardwear
3
SLAYER OF TWO IS
HEIDJN JAIL
Confessed Killer 'in Freeport
Case (o Be Indicted
Mineola, N. V., April T cPU-Karl
Klifcrle, a roadhome waller who
has confessed to a doubl killing In
an argument over a pair of pet dog,
was held without ball in the count v
IJM1 today while preparations wero
made to have Mm Indicted for mur
der in the first degree.
Kleferle surrendered to Freeport
police yesterday and' confessed to
shooting to death his two employers.
Mrs. William Watson, estranged
wife of "Sliding Billy" Watson, bur-
'mcMitiour'
Let &3LES qWq
5L if' fill
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NOBLE CIGAR 0.
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DISTRIBUTORS.
lesque actor, and Henry Kothe, The
slain persons were Joint proprietor
of the Three Hundred club In Free,
port,
DUtrlct Attorney Edwards eald
today that the Indictment would
probably N handed down within a
weeli and that Kleferle'. trial would
start soon after.
Kleferle, who came from Hack
ensack. N, J,, three weeks ago, made
a full confession of the crime, ac
cording to Mr. Edwards, saying he
had been humiliated by Mrs. Wit.
son and Kothe until he felt that ho
waa "lower than a dog." He said
ha hal been discharged for siding
with a customer agalnat the proprie
tors In an argument over Mrs. Wat
on's two pet dogs.
Kleferle had been allowed to
spend the night In the rcadhouve
after he was discharged and as he
was leaving In the jiiornlng he had
to pass Mrs. Watsoff and Kothe at
the breakfast table. He told the
police later that a he was going out
fore Johnnie
starts to
school !
These cold mornings Ell your boy with a
warm, satisfying breakfast of two toasted
Shredded Wheat biscuits smothered in hot
milk or cream and sugar. Q That's a meal
to delight a boy's heart and to fill him
with energy for his day's study and play.
Q His teacher has probably taught Johnnie
the importance of bran in keeping his di
gestive system free from poisons. YOU tell
Johnnie that Shredded Wheat is just full of
BRAN properly proportioned with other
food elements bran in digestible, appear
ing form. Q Johnnie's breakfast of Shredded
Wheat is ready in a moment too saves
time, saves fuel bills, saves labor saves
Johnnie.
iredded
Wheat
all the Bran of the Whole Wheat
T
V
CIGARS
a sarcastic remark waa made about
the clog und he lost hit temper,
tiring five bullota Into th pair.
Detective searching th road,
house today discovered jewelry to
t)i value -of llfl.ooo, which belonged
to Mrs. Watson, and a valuable sup
ply of liquors. The latter waa placed
under police guard pending disposition.
FLOOD AT NORTHFIEIP.
Northfleld. Vt, April 7 W TH
sixth serloua fire W occur In North.
Held since last October damaged th
Odd Fellows block early today to
the extent of 175, 000, The building
was one of the principal block of
the town. Adjoining wooden build
ings were threatened before the fir
waa brought under control after a.
four-hour battle.
A hedge in the form o
of a
hors
has been grown by an
veterinary.
English
ltoni3rs '
TVE GOT IT lsTfl
at last! Wiy