Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-25
SIMPLIFIED SPOILERS.
Report of One OF Their Recent Meet
ings.
(From the New York SUM


twenty-five men ana seven women sat
In the east room Mt Waldorf-Astoria
tkindness OF "A CarnegleD Ihey were an
simple spoilers. Professor boundsourN "'
Yale University, New Haven Conn., pro-
sided, stcnoErapher blindness Of A.
lTarnegie) stenogged. The silence was
broken only by speeches.
Every now and then pag1 brought in
n card for Or David Starr Jorodn. Occa-
sionally Professor Lounsbury yawned
generously. In the back row an elderly
man closed his eyes and slumbored. From
time to time Prof Calvin Thomas OF Co.
lumha made motion Brander Mat
thews stayed away. There was an atmos-
phoro OF gloom. 1t may have been resis-
nation.
The discussion of the afternoon was
about the list of 5000 victims prepared by
the Pathological Society Of England ana
the American Pathological association,
IitN Tor some OF the unfortunat's namen
On the list appeared to have touched the
breasts OF several OF the terrorist brand
and they made appeals for their favorites'
mentioning some good trait OF the &C
cused. some kind deed done some little
thoughtful person Of lawyer-like mien
|was in the hall outside the room where
the fate OF the 5 ono was being discussed
1ie was in the act Of sending In card
30 Or. David Starr Jordan. Everybody
fore pravs and petitions
DIR. Jordan says" Interrupted the page
returning. that he Will he out just as
boon as he finds ont the phonetic differ
I'm that case said the llwyer-lke per
Fon, II will be going. I shall recommend
my client 10 appeal to the brutal con
has heard of the appeal, forvent though
frutless, that DIR. Jordan made for tn,
life of poor through" and now that he
has established a reputation for kind
feartedness, everybody who has a FRIEND
ma rked for slaughter by the simple spell
prs endeavors to interest the president %
.eland Stanford University in his belief
was so with the tall. lawyer-like per
son.
81 represent an anxious adjective" H.
paid "by the name Of wholesome 4
Funor Is afoat that there is a move or
loot 70 cut off his w I have left m,
tlient downstairs at the bar. where he Il
frying to brace hiself up with a little o
whisky not 'whlskey. My client fees
mat without his w life would never be
he same again. He has worn that w SC
ong that he would be lonesome without
t. and, moreover, few Of his old friend:
you'd recognize him without It, He there
Etabulary."
Inside the jury room Henry Holt wa
considering the appeals for mercy thu
Nu1 hpa "a lodi hN nf M
the zero selected martyrs. In fact. h
MAS experimenting them. He said som
f the condemned had lived comparativel,
plameless lives and that there were a 10
IF words that were far moro disreputabl
han they We're, Judged by any standar
y conduct Il looked to him, too, as I
avoritism had been shown in the selec
ION Of victims. There We're too man
Exceptions and 1t is exceptions, he said
that mako our lists scoffed at by the un
Eodly."
All the same, Mr.. Holt was far fror
bandoning the conspirators. What n
Wanted was new list Of 1000, Thor
we're many things in that old list TIA
vent far to turn what the compilers o
hat list would mako him call his stumacr
|onspirator Holt wasn't actuated by an
ceilings of pity in the stand he took. Fla
rom It. But there were a lost of word
hat had done things 10 him and he want
d 10 use his pull to have EN- put on tn
Massacre list.
lie was so disploased that some Of HI
Neurological enemies had esca ped a plac
n the original list Of 5000 that he Gale
hat list IAN awful botch" right out
Meeting.
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