Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-19
CRIMINAL LAW
IS CfNSURED
POOR MANS CHANCE is CON-
TRASTED WITH MONEY
COURT PROCEDURE is BLAMED
BY SAN FRANCISCO MAN
American Prison Association Menu
bers Elect Officers After
Pleasant Clam Feast
at Tacoma
(Rv Assoclated Press.l

SEATTLE, Aug 18.-Refreshed by
their visit to Tacoma and participation
in a clam feast there, the delegates TO
the congress of the American Prison
association resumed their discussions
tonight in the Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium
The report of the committee on
criminal law reform, of which Oscar j.
Cushing of San Francisco is chairman,
was read. 1t says. in part:
Nothing in the administration Of
criminal law is so impressive as swift
ness and certainty. Consequently moth
ing so discredits it in the mind of the
public as lame and halting procedure
in the trial courts, disagreement Of
jurors and delays and reversals for
apparently technical reasons on appeal
Money Makes Difference
"such things weaken public confidence in
the administration of the law, discourage
sheriffs, police and prosecuting officers and
encourage criminals and increase crime.
Zone of the worst features of the situa-
fiOn is that with the ordinary friendless
criminal, without means, the law operates
with reasonable swiftness, and punishment
is fairly certain; but when a man with the
means to employ able counsel is brought
before the courts and the trial is beset
with delays the jury is apt to disagree, and
If a conviction be secured it is likely TO be
btI aSlue ON appeal.
AT the morning session, the members
of the association elected the follow
ing officers;
President, Amos w. Butler, Indian
apolis; vice presidents, James A. Leon
ard, Mansfield, Ohio; Rev. D. creed
Imbrie, Hoboken, Pa; Gen. Demetrio
Castillo, Havana; Lieut.. Col. A. G. Ir
vine, Stony Mountain, Canada; Robert
Ladow, Washington, d. c.; general
secretary, Joseph P. Byers, Randalls
Island, n. Y; financial secretary, H.
H Shirer, Columbus, Ohio treasurer,
Friedrich H. Mills, New York.
Havana Man Honored
Judge Richard r. Lancis of Havana
was appointed a member of the COM
mittee on criminal law reform.
The National Prison Physicians as
sociation chose these officers: President,
Theodore Cooke, jr., Baltimore; vice
presidents, John Germ, Auburn, N Y;
Walter N. Thayer, Clinton, n. Y;
secretary, Daniel Phelan, Kingston,
Canada.
The National Chaplains chose these
officers: Rev. Alois NJ. Fish, Trenton,
N. j.; secretary Rev. H. Cresson Nc
Henry, Philadelphia; treasurer, Rev. d.
Reed Imbrio. Hokoben, Pa.
A sensational incident of the morn
ing session was a tongue lashing ad
ministered to Friedrich H. Mills of New
York, prison labor commissioner of
that state, by a woman.
In a morning paper Mr.. Mills had
made an attack on J. w. Lindsay of
Denver, and all his ideas in treatment
of prisoners. This morning Miss May
Kruger, secretary of the Seattle HUI
name society, a young woman with an
astonishing command of language and
lightning speed in talking, rose to de-
fend Judge Lindsay, who is absent from
the city.
Forces Protest from Mills
She began an onslaught on Mr.. Mills
that brought him to his feet with a
protest. Rev. James c. Reid of Walla
Walla moved that she be permitted to
continue, and the congress with one
shout told her to go on The delegates
hurried through with their morn
ing session, that they might go on an
excursion to Tacoma. James D. Pat
ton of Richmond, Va, delivered his an
nual address as president of the as
sociation of governing boards. DR..
Charles Henderson, United States COM
missioner to the congress, spoke on the
international prison congress of 1910,
which is to sbe held in Washington.
The report of the committee on prison
discipline was presented by Warden
John Hoyle, of the San Quentin, Cal,
state prison and was discussed by the
delegates