Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-31
High Court in Paris Refuses to.
interfere in Case of Murderer
Condemned for Peculiarly
AtrociouS Crime.
DREAD INSTRUMENT MAY
AGAIN CHOP OFF HEADS
Public Opinion Wrought Up to
Intense Pitch Over Question
Which President FailIedes
Alone Can Decide.

fhHif0 GAlA Gbkid0t
Parts. Aug 30-There is reason 90
believe that the %guilIotine may again
make It's appearance IN France for the
carrying u u capital punishment.
The high our Of the Seine today do
MED the appeal made by Soleiland.
who was condemned 90 death IN this
city last 81 for the murder Of "A
child. {
President Faillcries alone can now
save the man. There Is q considerable
element Of the French public which
favors the restoration Of the gulllotine
IN the case ~ soleiiand. and Il Is be-
ieNcd, moreover. that the use Of this
Instrument would end 20 check the
wave OF brutal crimes against women
and children which has lately swept
over the country.
since tho asslze court Of the seine
tried Soloiland for the peculiarly afro
cious murder 81 Il little girl the ques-
ton whether or not he Is 10 be exc
cnted has become a burning one. The
verdict OF the jury being guilty. with
out the benefit ef extcnuating circuni-
stances. obviously the condemned man
IN the ordinary course nf things would
he ~guillotined Hut. though parlia-
menf has not voted tho abolition OF
capital punishment. the death SEN
NAN AANL IA
must apparently remain a dead letter.
since the public e~xcputioucr has been
pensioned of by the budget commit
tee ~ the chamber 81 deputies and
the guiliotino has heen slowed away in
some disiised building.
~ tho nnn-voung of the law ebnl-
iEhing capital Punishment. while AT
the same time suppreasius the post OF
public executi0uer u RELOCATING 81 .
NelNe, ~ the guillotinc H. called 60
criminal slang. 10 an uuihuildinE. a
distinctly abnormal condition OF thinGs
has hccn established. For instance.
e1thin tho last six months. IA Paris
md tho provinces. the death sentence.
has been passed on numbers ~ COn-
victed murdcrers, the said sentence
being - necessity Cnmmuied by The
president 81 the republic, since vir-
tuaily capital punishment can no
longer be said 10 exist
In presence Of the exceptionally
atr0cious crime which brought Sniic-
land to the assizc court many leading
organs ~ the press are now cianoring
for "sa tcte" with almost unscpmlN
violence, and an the first page ~ GER
tain journals the criminals severed
head. with the guiilotine beside %,
constitute a grues0mc pictorial attrac- /
ton for the morbidly inclined.
u should be said hat the latest Par
isian crime has been What b. termed
written up" IN what appears q dis
timely objectionable I'M since (
Soleiland'S imprisonment his wife has
not only been repeatedly interviewed ]
by cntcrprisinE reporters. but she has
been persuaded 10 write her memoirs !
Tor q boulevard sheet. IN which deli .
cate ana Intimate subjects connected (
with her married life With the convict
are crudeiy revealed. and ul manner
of ohiecilonable details are given. IT,
- word. the appetite % the multitude
fHr the horrible and M triglc mas
been pampered. and what was simply
o. revolving, iguohle crime, about
which. out ~ respect for deccncy The
less said the better. nhns been given /
nti the prestige 81 a cause celehro
One Inevitable result was that dur
ing the two days the trial lasted the
assixn court despite NE heat was
oNcrcrRmmed by society ladies, ace
tresses and dcmi-mondalnes. many o.
whom came back from the country
or the seaside 20 be present And ne
a male spectator With mo- little disgust
remarks. the attitude and n NJ
These smartiy dressed. peari-pnWdcfed
reffumed women was depiorahlN out
Of keeping With the soiemuity " the
EurroundinFs
They laughed. chartered a%pplaudcd
or the contrary, as though they were
90 some theatrical dress rehearsal
rather than In "a court OF justice, un-
moved apparently either hy The pres
rnre iu the witness box ~ the haplcss
Victims narents or tho exhibition of
the h'ond-tained garments worn 10y
fhe child on the day she was slauEh-
tered
with regard. however. 90 the impor-
iauf question aucnt the abolition 0r
maintenance Of capital punishment in
France. theuEhiful Commentators ON
The anLHHHH H.mMHNE rHHHAHN that min
irn- concerning that question ought
NOT 90 De- affected merely because q
sensational crime hos been committed,
and street hdukCrs are selling picto-
RAJ Illustrations thereof iu which IA
Neuft BE- figured awaiting her lawful
prey some months $50 when AZ. De-
Paris tthf rrhiic heaisman1 was
pcuEi0ned of aud BE- was taeltiN UNDER
stood DE- wauli have un sutre-snr. the
campaign lu favor uf thF abolition Of
the death sentence mot Win distinct
public approval Do was arrucd that
in rouufrlfs rurh a- ftssTiaud coz
tHirtumf Mhefe capital punishment
de,-s not exist murders were not 90
frequent al On countries where Dc does
exist
Certain magistrate high pofirc af-
nriHi and Jail CharIaIrF however
guided hy their long experience sod
With The criminal Iiaears
mainfaIned that Fear ~ r. Nelae
needful Hs a rssfrainfr upon wur
1rrInr instincts 90 il default nf fhIs
eme Kind ~ punishment more severe
nl sHinU than the sentence nf trans.
naffatioa tn Ia NauNeilr must Del
provided o. O. a fact thni convict.
hF NJ mean~ much iurWIdHfrH
hE THE rrasuscf ~ serving their srr
~ some island where privilege
too caslly obtained chances ~ o.
rape hN nn means rrnhlemarCaL md
life altogether FAR more endurrhie
than ana passed hf fhs rumNirf unHrr-
gainK Imprisonment ln a French hil
ANaiust tire maintenance - capital
p~unishmrut in France % j. urged hiatt