East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-09

New York, oct s.-Can 12 good
men and true" be found in all this
great city who will close their eyes
TO the mute appeal of young girl
with a babe in her arms and, barking
back to the old law of "an eye for
an eye" and a life for life. send the
fran and youthful mother to the
electric chair? That is the question
that confronts the prosecution in the
case of The People against Sarah
Koten. which will soon be called for
trial.
: Within a month. II is expected, the
work OF securing a jury will be COM
menced That it will probably be a
most difficult task is admitted by all
the attorneys Interested in the case.
There is no shadow of doubt that
Sarah Koten, the young Russian nurse
shot and killed DR.. Samuel Auspitz,
on June : last-shot him down as
she would a mad dog, which she de-
olares he was. And the crime was
deliberate and premeditated
For hours Sarah Koten sat patient
" in a doorway, awaiting the arrival
OF the man whom she declared had
ruined her life. with revolver in her
hand and murder in her heart. When
an officer arrived after the tragedy.
the girl stood defiantly over her vic
tim and declared: 81 killed him.
am ready to pay the price"
II she was insane. it was a cool and
deliberate sort Of madness.
Why She Killed Him.
The facts of the killing Of DR.. Au-
spitz and the circumstances surround
ing his death are clear, and yet It will
probably be impossible to secure a
jury that will pass the judgment of
death upon the slayer.
In a cell Of the grim prison at
Bhckwers Island the stork came re-
Gently to Sarah Koten and left baby
boy. and the tiny hands of the infant
have built up a barrier Of public sem
tlnemt that towers insurmountably be-
tween the mother and the electrical
chair And despite the fact that her
child is fatherless, the illegitimate Off
spring of her enforced association
with DR.. Auspitz, the young Russian
girl loves IL with all the passionate
tenderness of her nature and Is now
as anxious to live as a few months
ago she was anxious to die. Never be
fore has the gift OF life seemed so
precious. so intensely beautiful; never
has she reached so passionately for II.
And all because her child has been
born. The baby which she thought
would prove the crOwning disgrace Of
her experience has. with one touch OF
its feeble hand. performed the miracle
that has turned the wretched girl in
to happy woman, proud and eager
to live.
Instead Of finding herself with her
baby an outcast on the face Of the
earth. she has found friends whose
hearts are wrung with sympathy for
her friends who assure her of their
Rose Pastor Stokes heads the list OF
those who are eager to aid the young
mother and her child. and the Coun-
Gil of Jewish Women, who have
nome on staten Island. promise to
provide protection and care for Sarah
for the rest of her lire IT sne Is nc
quilted.
BOy's Birth May Save Mother.
The birth of Sarah Koten's baby
furnishes a strong note of interest in
her coming trial. which will proba-
bly, begin early In November. The
child will undoubtedly play most
important part in the trial Of its
mother for the killing Of DR.. Auspitz.
1t will be the basis Of the defense as
justifylng the frenzled girl for taking
vengeance upon the physician whom
she accuses Of having ruined her life.
Immediately after she had killed
DR.. Auspitz the girl made the re-
markable statements at was not ]
who killed him. He killed himself!"|
She said "Hc is the real murderer
who is responsible for the deed.
"There was no one in all the world
TO help me, to defend me- had to.
defend myself. The courts would not
listen to me; the man who wronged
me would not help me; It seemed that
God himself had forsaken me. There
was nothing for me to do but vndi-
cate myself"
Sarah Koten killed DR.. Auspltz in
the hallway of No. 131 West One Hun
dred and Thirty-fifth street after
waiting for more than IL hours in the
hallway across the street watching for
him. she had decoyed him by false
message to the house opposite.
He who hesitates lS lost Send I'm