Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-30
USE FOR MURDERERs
Fhancellor Andrews Tells How
 They Can Aid Humanity.
SUBMITTING TO vIVIsEoTIoN

lead of Nebraska University Sug-
 Agests Surgical Experiments Instead aof Death Penalty-BeIieves That if
 Patient Recovered His Sentence
 Might Very Justly He Committed. 'Chicago Murderers' View of It.
 1"Shall condemned murderers be vivi- Fcted? This question, raised by Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews of he University of Nebraska in recent
 ddress in Lincoln, Neb., was put to hree condemned murderers in the Punty jail at Chicago the other day, hys a Chicago dispatch. They dis pssed 1t with vigor. Johann Hoch,
 pocko' Briggs and John Mueller, the
 Fst two of whom have obtained res
 Ete and the other sentenced to hang lee. l5, failed to agree on the adyisa flity of submitting themselves to sur
 cons. Hoch favored it to certain. ktent.
 It was explained to Mueller on his hying he would rather face the rope" bat Professor Andrews in his address D students at the university suggested hat it would be well where criminals lolunteered to be made subjects of an fomical study to expunge their crimi
 hl records. The suggestion carrie, Fith 1t some hope of freedom wher, Iriminals recovered from intricate op Eations.
 The light of hope shot into Mueller's hce. ''I'd take chance on that, I be | leve," he said at last If I recovered
 might be happy again, and I'd know
 had done humanity some good any Ray."
 You'd have a poor chance" put In lIoch, pulling at a cigar. "The doctors Fouldn't be very careful. They wouldn't )are if you died, and they'd try all inds of fancy things on you. About llnety nine in hundred would never Jet up off the operating table"
 That's all right" put in Mueller. You'd beat the rope then, wouldn't lou? They wouldn't get the satisfac- ion of killing you"
 Briggs, in his shirt sleeves walked hp to the bars. The question of vivi lection was explained to him.
 q wouldn't stand for it." he declared positively. I'd rather take the rope f all hope were gone
 While Briggs was speaking Hoch re sarded him eontempIativeIy. Then he turned and paced a short distanc, hown the stone corridor. q don't want any speculation abou lt," declared Johann as he turned tC live his final opinion. 'I wouldn't want to hope for recovery. l would want to know if the doctors would nev sr let me wake up."
 You don't mean you'd stand for tn asked Briggs of the con demned wife murderer. Operation scare me. I'm more afraid of then than anything"
 Yes resumed Hoch. T mean tha I'd be willing. for the sake of human Ity. to let the doctors chloroform mi md get to work upon my body. What's ! mans life worth if he gets out anG everybody points a finger at him and ralls him a murderer. Pshawl I'd rather have the doctors than the rope f the high court decided against me" Chancellor Andrews theories wert announced in an address to the dele rates of the recent national prison con rress at Lincoln. Neb. He discussed the death penalty and said:,
 'One of the most useful services to humanity which a live human body could perform would be letting itself De expefimehted with. under anaesthe Iia or otherwise. to help solve Outstand Ing physiological or biological prob Iems. A body used that way might .asily produce benefit to the race com pared with which that of a soldiers ,eath in battle would seem trifIng."