Milford chronicle., 1907-11-08
The Chauffeur.

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The chauffeur is a flying animal new
to our fauna. Its original habitat Is
France. but it is hardy. adapts itself
:. to all climates and multiplles rapidly
: so that it now abOunds in most parts
: OF the world
It's habits are as yet undetermined
, 1t Mes by night as well as by day. low
,, , toward the ground. 1t does not hiber-
nate strictly speaking, although II
shows some preference for warm re-
giOns.
Its reason for killing its prey is still
IN question. 1t does not feed upon its
prey, but since increase of speed in
flight accompanies each death some
have supposed that the chauffeur
draws yigOr in some way from the
victims.
The creature is difficult Of CAPTURE |
and languishes In confinement: hence |
owners of rare specimens pay largely
TO protect them from the perils of
capture.
No nest has vet been found nor any
immature specimens. The chauffeur
first appears full grown and may be
taken in his haunt the garage, about
which they settle in fiOcks.-Natural-
ist.
EVolutiOn of "A Punishment 10 which
Forty States still Hold,
The death penalty as a feature of
the penal code is undergoing a process
of evolution which, judging from exist.
ing tendencies and those which have
characterized the worlds Jurisprudence
during the past fifty years. must re-
suit in its complete extinction. II now
Exists in forty states of the American
Union.
III the investigation of this subject
he writer caused Inquiries to be al
Iressed to the attorney generals of
hese forty states. asking their opinion
TO whether capital punishment tend.
to diminish capital crime.
Eighteen Of the forty declined TO e4- Z
ress an opinion. Only sixteen of tbs
-tofney generals of states which in
CT the death penalty declared them .
Ives as clearly of the Opipion tb.t
pltal punishment does tend to di.
Iiish capital crime. Two of the forty
ere positive in their conviction that
death penalty does not tend TO Iii. =
nlSh capital crimes and stated their z
Ihlon that the death penalty should
abolished, while four of the forty
We qualified answers. ~
Il the i've states of Kansas Maine
;hlgan, Rhode Island and Wiscon.
where capital punishment does not q
ST. the attorney generals have noted
increase in capital crime since the N
liton of the death penalty and gen -
ny express themselves as sotis- -
Win the conditions existing I'm
+ respective states. In MICHIGAN
consin and Rhode Island canitoi
shment was abolished over fiftv
s ago and has not since been ra-
ted. Though nOminally prescribed
aW IN Kansas, the death penoItv
le executed in that state only unoD
governors warrant, and the Kan
governors have persistently de.
Il TO issue a death warrant. the
smned persons meanwhile remain.
IN prison. In five other states
the death penalty exists the
Jurles have power to commute
life Imprisonment.
rlght of the state to take the Iife
citizen has always been and
less must remain an academic
on, although, conceding flo
ness Of the doctrine Of Consent
governed as the ultimate basis
'ernmental authority, it must he
eu tnat one cannot be morally
o contract whereby he con-
that another may take his life
civil Jurisprudence no man can
iOther the right to do him bodily
such contracts are ALWAYS Void
INST public policy. But the case
capital punishment is made
{ is shown that it is unpeces-
{ is coming to be understood
majority Of human beings do
ram from the commission Of
crimes merely through fear OF
inged. Every person who COM
capital crime knows that i'm
laintaining capital punishment
til penalty is affixed to that
rom a personal study Of mora
OO cases l am convinced that
mes are committed by persons
er a expect to escape all pun.
or % who, upon the spur of
ent, are regardless Of all pun-
or % who are governed bv
social or individual factors
nder the prospect Of punish
operative as a deterrent
the time Of the commission
Weekly.