New-York tribune., 1905-02-11
WOMEN ON MURDER.
They Find "Ofcia1 Killing" Ab-
korrent-Feminine Jurors.

Z any married man had happened 10 overhear
the Deliberations OF the New-York Equal Suffrage
League. at the Hotel Astor yesterday afternoon,
he would have gone home feeling that he was
living under a veritable sword OF Damocles. The
subject under consideration capital punish
1nent 1or women and IN her discussion Of the sub
3sct one seemingly mild little woman. wearing e
handsome white waist and erTaine stole became
quite bloodthirsty.
Murder IS often the only defence that a woman
has against q brutal husband. particularly If she
Is poor" declared Mrs. Goidzier. and II every
woman doesn't murder her husband she often
teels"-
At this point Mrs. Goldzier was interrupted by
sh-seks OF laughter. She waited until the mirth
s9bsided. and then said calmly:
- viii change that expression Every woman
tses1t sometimes feel like numbering her husband.
DTe-y EnnRn has least felt the marital bond
weighing very heavily upon her. Men have made
ths marital relation what II is not God. the
Church says. and all the laws. written and
ET1ttsn. are designed for the benefit Of men"
d. Hannah Kimbau appeared 10 think that
women were less responsible than men for any
crimes they might commit because they were more
sensitive 70 spiritual .luences good and evil
Gad therefore more f8ss- TO be affected by the
sv1 thoughts stored fl tae social atmosphere
2rs. Belle d Reverb. the president, declined TO
admit that the legal classification Of women with
IDIOTS any ground for asking clemeacy for
women criminals
Z not willing 70 accept that classification" d"
sas said The law says We are not responsible
but We are and ought TO be so. We are rot re-
E2ons1be politically but that doesn't make Us irre
fponsibe morally
Nevertheless. Mrs Di Rivera maintained that the
poEition OF the law in this matter was wholly
Mog1caI
The law she said. '1s something like the Old
Testament The blessings are for The men. II is
only when curses are pronounced that the women
cone IN for share. have been told that only
masculine pronouns. he, his and him. are used in
the criminal code. yet women are arrested, tried.
condemned and sentenced under this code. Yet
when the pronouns used in other ways they
are he'd not 70 apply
Under the laws OF Vermont I understand. wom-
e. are clagsed with 'perjurers and feeble minded
persons but with the commission Of crime intel
previously, bur now bursts into light and makes
"On this theory, the criminal would still have
some rights thar not accorded 70 her. She
egght 70 have the right Of saying how she shall be
e Jury OF her peers. Men are constantly insisting
then 10 woman can justly be tried BY men.
es51sl ~. q kiysTa o9es IQ5 %tproFe' however u
.O1icaI killing" she declared, 'is a barbarism
What right have we TO make officials DO what we
eya41 rather die than do ourselves! IL Goes lloL
for the miscarriage Of justice Il IS the latent nat
st instinct against the taking OF human ne Isat
lnurderer - "
After this subject had been disposed Of Mrs.
Asen seoor TONES was introduced and gave an
aeoress pure food Among other things she
% .oic me women that they would have 70 resort resort
su4paur 10 cure their diseases fioWers OF SUI
I@ hoping 70 have their doctors prescriptions
Wiz pure drugs, Il was our OF ihe qussli%I5l, u
c-Ge Ge ESlgera alluded 10 tle DIl Isla1-Ils 81 - a
stzensnip OF American women marrying aliens
70 DO @ Gopgre.s, q M SAG se fcb as II pro-
toes only 10 restore" citizenship to Divorces ano
Marriage Is not a crime" she declared. TO be
ssTs5ed by the loss Of the few little rights We