Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-04-13
WANT The GUILLOTINE.
FRENCH CLERGY IN FAVOR OF RE
TANNING THE DEATH PENALTY
FOR CAPITAL CRIMES.
BRUTAL DEED SHOWS NED.
No Execution Sentence Has Been Carried
Out in Paris for Several Years
Abolition Talked

AS a recently cabled from Paris to the
New York sun, strong agitation is be
ing carried on in France against the
suppression of the death penalty, which
is one of the measures the present gov.
eminent has taken up. To all intents
and purposes the guilotine has already
been abolished. as no death sentence
bias beer carried out in Paris for several
years, hut the atrociouS cr.mo 81 Solei-
liant, VINO stra2gled l'tlc girl of l..
the daughter of has closest trienu, has
Trlused feeling against .na-mg the
al, atlou absolute
Fear Only Guillotine.
The views of many men are published
and il is curious to find that generally
Speaking the officials WlU-~ltz7-=eA> to deal
with murderers after their c0ndemna-
ton. including the priests. favor the re-
tention of the death penalty, Able
torter, who has for forty years been
attached 10 the prison of La Saute, says
l am entirely in favor of retaining the
death penalty, | suppose that viii sur
prise people, but let me say that murdercrs,
II class l know as well as any one. groan
out while l sustain their last footsteps
Anything but that, That being the death
that is "A few yards on.
Let every prrcnutlou IN its use be om-
ploycd and all moderation, hut the death
penalty remains the only thing to strike
fear now that God has been suppressed.
Another Would Not Kill.
On the other side is NJ. Paul Pain
leve. member of the academy of Sciences
and Il distinguished mathematician. He
says:
| shall see with pleasure the definite aba-
litiuu Of this EricVouS institution 1t Is not
necessary. as rigorous Imprisonment is an
equivalent Is II uscfulf | believe not
1t certainly is liable to make mistakes
which we cannot repair
|
Take the case Of MeuesCluu, who was exc
cuted for II crime very like Soeant's. The
autopsy showed brain SO singular that no
doctor had ever dreamed Of one resem
bling il.
death" Votes Prison Chaplain,
Abhe &NTaAr, who was the last
priest on duty at the prison of La Ro-
quette the destruction of which vir-
tually suspended the use of the guilo-
tine in Paris, is of the same opinion rs
Able Forticr. He says;
| recolcct the first execution ! had to at.
tend, Executions were then puhit,
The condemned man held my arm inside
the prison saying There's no one here 70
see me" But outside, when he saw the
crowd, he let go aud walked with a careless
gait Presently he turned aud said:
you see. Monsieur I'Ahhc. the head Isn't
/ like corus ON the feet. When IT'S cut on it
I duesn grow again.
Quotes Views Of Prisoners
/ And This attitude is what most Of the
uleu have taken whom have seen exc
Cuted
/ believe It Is absolutely necessary TO re-
/ tain capital punishment, as the guiilotiuc Is
/ the only thing which criminals with neither
/ morality nor faith bold iH fear, | believe
/ every prison chaplain has the same opinion.
If these words sound strange In a PRIEST
4 mouth let me quote two sayings ny prison
/ ers One was us II tEuc. Monsieur lAbbe.
! that the rrlloti,y IS to be suppresscd3 he.
/ cause then one WON'T have To bother oneself