Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-09-18
ALEXANDRIA, VA. MONDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER Is,
PREMIER STOLYP|N
DIES FROM WOUND.
Russian Prime Minister Passes Away
This Afternoon from Effects Of
ASSasSin'S Bullet.

Kieff. Sept. 1S.-Premier Stolypir
died today from pistol wounds inflicted
in theatre last Thursday by Dimitrl
Bogroff, lawyer.
Premier Peter Arkadicviteh Stolypir
was born in St. Petersburg in 1853
From infancy he was trained for sllf'
| in diplomatic circles. His mother wa
Gorchakov and his father was one o
the prominent generals Of the army.
will prosecute Members of sect
Orlando, Fla, Sept. 1S.-Declar
ing vigorously that he will prosecute
to the fullest of his ability for con
viction OF first degree murder
State Attorney John c. Jones to
day gave the United Press signed
statement, setting forth his view
of the two Kissimmee Shakers wht
put a woman of their colony to death
to save her the agonies of the las
throes of consumption. His state
ment follows:
BY JOHN G. JONES,
State Attorney Seventh Judicial Cir
cult Of Florida.
Copyright, 1911, by the United
Press.)
Regarding your inquiry whether
Elder Egbert Gillette and Eldress
Elizabeth Sears, of the Shaker Col
ony in Osceola County for the muir
der of Sadie Marchant will be pros
ecuted, l reply:
It is my duty to prosecute them,
and / shall certainly do so. Under
the laws of Florida the unlawful
killing Of a human being when per-
petuated from a premeditated de-
sign to effect the death Of the person
killed, is murder in the first degree.
This act is fully covered by the
statute.
Gillette stated that he knew chlor-
oform would kill the woman and
that he gave it to her for that pur-
pose. The fact that the fatal dose
was administered under the belief
that he and the eldress did it for
the purpose of relieving pain of a
person suffering from an incurable
disease, or because they believed
their religious faith authorizes such
an act, does not alter or excuse the
criminal quality of the act.
Freedom of conscience and reli-
gious belief is guaranteed by the
constitution Of the United States
and also by the several states, but
this only permits the freedom OF
religious belief and worship, and
does not permit the commission OF
any act under conscientious or re-
ligious belief which involved an act
forbidden by the criminal laws Of the
land, and by the law of God. This
view has been held and established
by Chief Justice Field, then justice
of the Supreme Court, in Devils vs..
Beason, 1873 U. S., page 333, and in
all trials against the Latter Day
Saints in the illegality of the polyga-
nous customs of the Mormons, were
denied to permit private citizen for
any reason, religious, conscientious,
or otherwise, 10 be the arbitrator
OF the life or death Of human be-
ing.
Except in cases of pure self de-
fense or defense of property where
the aggression amounts to a felony,
it would be most dangerous doctrine
for under such a principle the aged,
the infrm, the helpless, the infant
and the diseased would he treated
as if they were worn out animals
and under such doctrine torture and
human sacrifice would be legal, not
to mention the opening Of a wide
door for criminal acts under the
cloak Of religious fervor or human
itarian motives, and also under cir.
cumstances impossible Of detection
and Punishment.
However much | pity these un
fortunate people, l am convinced
that they are guilty of murder anc
they will be prosecuted under The
laws of the land to the best Of m!
ability. The case will come before
the grand jury at the fall term Of The
circuit court Of Osceola county
which convenes November 2S.
FORGERY.
The receivers of the Virginia Safe
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