The sun., 1895-02-03
INHUMANITY OF THE LAW.
AN ENGLIsHM<N DRITEN TO DEATH
RY Legal MACHINERY.

BY LEGAL MACHINBhI'
Ir,prisonea for Not ss.di.s His Children
20 school whsn Hs Could Not buy Their,
Feed--studyinE the New Eisucnt In the
Atmesphers - sisnor Crisprs Enemies
Rent on MS Destruction Pathetic story
or the Late Cxsr's Last Present TO His
wirs-A PestiisncsA Almost sure to Bresk
Out I. Pekin Next sprinG-Unhesithfai fai
Couaitiea or the House or Commons.
Special Cable Despatch TO THE suS
LONDON. Feb. al mako no apology for giving
prominence above events Of so-called impor-
tance to a simple little story which have no
doubt will arouse emotions in American hearts
that IL has failed to excite in this country. Its
significance indeed lies in the fact that II formed
the subject Of q small newspaper paragraph here
without attracting any public interest. IL Is
merely n record of the operation of the inexora-
BILE machinery OF the English law ns applied to
an obscure Individual nomed Henry Granger
living In Sunderland.
Mr.. Granger had a large family and had been
out Of work for several months. Privatiun had
undermined his health and the household had
become destitute. Then the law stepped in and
summoned the unfortunate father before a
magistrate for falling to send his children to
school. He pleaded that he was unable 70
in public, The wise Judge ordered the father to
pay fine of q few shillings. The unhappy man
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n"u eAp,reu was .uineu' ponn'' ~ IN, -.
walk 10 his home, fourteen miles away, managed
10 get half the distance, and then crawled at
nth' 'nlo an snp., i,',,e N'.n WI .i
sous napponeu ~ ,n. u mn, -, a,hs H., a.in
hai iro|en anu e'hi'so ue"u ~ -" 10. 80 80
suppieo MN WIN eo'' W 'ne W.
house' anu p'"o"oiy "oua h"'o uoAs i"oie io'
MIN ou' he "a' unR,", Y" W u,1 ,,, 90 So
as ne rehcheu its sheite''hs uoole' MS ue"'u
hho oeeh ra'hor irr.E"i"'' eo 'he Ia" iu'"'she"
Jury wnNh '"ei"ii' Gu mo i"'e'
II there nau oeeh inc sishtcs' iesa' respou'i-
oiiiS ior MS oe"'h Oh tne par. vi "ny pel'on VI
authority the jury "ouid no' nave ia"eo 'oe.-
press hs condemnation ior Enshsh oorohei
1uries are Always severe IN ueainR WIN any ii,
iegality. us quite pam shat ho' a VIM. oi ios"i
niame attached 10 any ypooy. 30 INC refuie' was
Death from exposure. lhaI 10 "i' Save per
maps tha.' next "eeH' u .he h"nsiy ''pn"ne
etiil iali 10 a''eho schoo' the ~" hi"y s'ep III
ana oeal preciseiy ia tho s"iho way
with urhipgers "'oo". ihus uoe' f.nsiHhu
ihaihtaih her prouo posi'ioh III '"e va" vi eeu
cateo nations. she sun nous inee'ihes ~hich
oehouhce WIN seh-rieh'eous ilu'Rha''oh the
lawiees treatment OF muracrers oy AnericAh
mobs. No protest has YET oeen heara against
such tortures ana tragedies rs nave uescrioea'
ana which the law OF England approves II ~
oces not prescrioe'
IL oeNeVeu IL possioie 10 orihe 'he pi"sh ol
shame to the lace OF the average Ehghshinah' 4
wouiu 90 tempteo 10 suggest that lie" Ahei'-
cans whose love OF humanity stiii hVes shouio
SUBSCRIBE 10 purse lor the purpose oi ieouihs'
cioth'hg' ano euucae'hg these cH'iuren "hoin
tho law OF England mas orpnaheo:
The exis'ehce OF aho.her elemchtih the a'moe,
pnere' announced iast summer out received
win a good deal OF lncreouiity' mas now oeen
iuiiy demohh'ra'ed. Inc proofs were aouuceu
III hish'! ih'erest'ng io,in oetoFe "'s'''-
Euisheu auuIohce aI 'he hosai ihs'.u''on VI,
ihor'oay' Inv hc" e'e"'en' mas oesh n"ueu
sreoh oy i's u'sco'ereFs' Loru ha!ieiSn anu
fro'' hahseF. 1here Is S''i soiao uouo'
"he'her ."'s "ra"Ne' '"er' sAs. "h'on uehe'
s'"o o' '"e oes' n"o"h 1--WE VI phss @ o 'ui-
ti"'s "t one or TWO primary elements. inc uls-
cOver"rS nave hnai'y succSeoeo IN separating
'rVti. the Atmosphere w i"'Eo Seaie aiu
nave sent Por'.o" u rroi' oiooA.S' ,no eln'- en-,
h'i' spectroS"op's'' anu ior'ioh W IT ois-
aeWSh, O., t''e university vi ofaco"' w iiue'y
shu so.'"i'' lhese s'e"' ''''S no w ''"u'
.""' '''e no" snos.an'e sres spe'ti"lh VI
IL own "ii'. ms ''s own oo'''hH po'n', reeN'ns
I"''', er''cai 'e,hper"ture' anu .,i'eai pres
s"re' '"a' are al t'neroh' rom .n"s' y. au'
"her element oho Oh us properties Is 'ts IN
N'hc'oe reluctance 10 commune win anything
ese' IL VIII nave ho'h'h8 10 oo win oAyReh'
chl"rine phosl horus' soaInm' p,atihum' OF va
r'oHS other t"oStahceS' r'en 'he eiectric arc
does not MAKE IL tako compromising with any
thihc'
"ns important quaii'y iSA great puzzle. All
TIE neat given 10 'he new substance produces
'niy the motion OF translation. In another re-
.pect argon presents dinculties' The great
Russian chemist MendsieIen' mas discovered
ali empirical law which associates the proper
lies OF elements Win their atomic weights
Now the new element mas density OF ~ OF
40, which does not ut this law. ArRon gives
two spectra, the req ana the Diue. anu IL Is
this which raises doubt whether the inVesti-
gators are dealing Win one or TWO substances.