New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-31
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.


CUIOROFORM VS.. THE hALlbh
,vvvvs ~, pRoF wuDER-aANGING A srIMULUs no
cRnxr-c1TIoRoPORM PROPOSED AS A SUBSTITUTE
70 tAs EDITOR Of rae frtS""e'
SrR, In letter which appeared IN HE
YRIHuNE OF March "a, endea'ofea 10 show mat our
present method OF execution Soio' VI i"0'n
s.,..o,.s and contradictions.
D,,r., psr.ls prcreAt hs spestnE his crime. but
sA5ssy a vae 9.hss ~ e. as s, ysPs ne s TSS
&c bS * usasly ysia at'sing - maize psialess
Iss s.5on 70 fs -s Of We hide gaews rD she
es ~ sakc Of deceacy s'e D@l ues - .Des Nn
.s:sss: :s % IlI iSss S.' '' ''
r. M. 81 an overdose Of chloroform was also urged
,u,p grounds OF deocncy artistic effect and human
~, But there h. sii stronger count in The indiet-
usnt OF hanging which hoped would be presented ny
u,ore competent persons and when was therefore
,oerely mined az a. the stimulus which hanging pro-
ocos pon certain orgauIz tu1n~ acting rather 20 en-
.,urare thaa % prevent Tie papers Of to-day
are t,all Of murd,rs and sucides; we may call them
er eaincidents ur assign sleia causes Ia cacn ease
but il viii e recollecte uut on The day following Eos
tess * cutOu boy hanged himself, and soon after
,D ,,, sod that he committed murder the very
,b, ~ er ~ tfuess ne ana execution. Aud II
bo has the tune vail 5ake the pains look through
v.ur nes feel that he will mad
,,a,ent crimes increased in number within
the week after every death upon the galio~s.
Pending the result OF sHeh inquiry allow me 10 offer
wh.fs Il reag
n,iud already a Gact-tha hanging stimulates certain
,rsons "a riure themselves others Hanging, IN It's
n,ost per.eer accomplishment, violent deatn TO you
a L, me II Is si.nply shocking; 10 the ordinary crmi-
nal n L. D. rial,s sufficient warning; hut 10 the Wild
hast class ant 70 tue morbid spirits found in every
emmuuity 10 Is suggestion OF seiide structiou, and as
IA al 10 the ieer Tiey cannot be expected 10 rise 70
s, abstract view OF The mdos : Of the laws yindica-
op 10 ttem "hempeu Justice only official stran
cuta ton cealizsi caIrOt,ng, judicial murder; and
a., only murder nat vioicut murder. The thing done
inst As iBey would hang dog and there is no
:. ,nsiest. in it whatever. only repul-
sive spectacle OF vioieat death. In short,
"a, dealus with she criminal class, instead Of
LodIHg ourselves hgA ono O., ing 20 draw them up, we
levc % b. au eve Tor an eve to1IA LuA JVOtu ulOod
iur bl.Od'-the Jdstlc: Of tlo dark axes.
1t II be- unuefs5aot t4at the general ques-
au OF capital puuish shulent y not t'w under
consideration. Graus AZ nee salty, ana L Ouly
u.sc an Improvement Ia us method. Let our
a.- co 90 present -reat contrast posi-
h ueteocI ;ns cItuo aud lls patton; between inc
Sc IIt lI t.e people whose safety he cl3daycrs. A.
r.c5 " alet IA Tie prs.n-yar1 ct Is nave euuch
boz -ieCJi rOOm never uscJ lOr any otter pur-
Io-e; iu place ~ t-e costly and complex par
suu.r.aII. b.tlla OF ChiOrOlOrm and
. K boo place OF t.epsty sacr t. and morbid specta-
l..s . t.ggv rcrp,u> inlc MEDICAL 10 do the
VIOLA i, nuke tuat a. Is 0Uue; with proper repre-
slLi.tt 4. .As ,Ic cuOo si1rltud advisers;
in. iu uule sells itlOnai rrpurts 10 competing
1o ss rs. lrt lne s. OIL lawyer, ana the clergy
Au. o.. uru." T.rI- ,nu'i us ~ jumping upon boxes,
u .lIJ specrA n4taiug $50 revolving struggles. no
MI. t trirst sea.e aI al. \ one G. r d0uat tIaJ
tis souid 4,yc eHoct OF fashionable
"tcmp-J euce IL iai-1t Ov asa d' can we use enOtO-
ltilu "it-uu p''iL -ta' we eI.'etii LIS ~ AoI
olrrs 10 answer LAT ID, as NAYS beeL tOid, We hang
~ -l MOO D5 Law" tHct' Is uOtuiuE 10 hinder The
L, yod .ro deaf" An. tae iIJge gives this
, " ,tsc SIC urs- sscp tJ"aid reno ag one OF Ile
b. k's tlfe Spa or citialttOL. bURr ". WILDER
Ia, B T., ustA q. 1913.