The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-09

evenly, that the prosecutor in the personal vengea nce.''
 Stuart paused and Bivens moved un- easily in his seat.
 1T speak today, your honor, in behalf of the man who crouches b5- my side overwhelmed with shame and grief and conscious dishonor because he took 8 paltry package of jewelry from a man who has never added one penny to the wealth of the world and yet has somehow gotten possession of one hun tlred million dollars from those who could not defend themselves from his strength and cunning. This man stands before you now with no shame in his soul, no tears on his cheeks, and with brazen effrontery demands vengeance on a weaker brother
 Two men are on trial. not one The majesty of the law has already been vin6licated in the tear stained plea that has been entered. Between these two men the court must decide.
 t'rhis millionaire who demands vengeance against this broken man to-
 day has an income greater than the
 combined crowned heads of Europe
 and wields a lscepter mightier than
 czar or emperor. Why? He levies
 each year millions of taxes without
 consulting this court. the legislature
 or any man who walks the earth. He
 does this by q machine for printing
 paper tokens of value called stocks.
 The essence of theft is to take the
 property of another without giving q
 return. 4 green goods man sells
 printed paper for money. This mighty
 man also sells printed paper for
 money. What is the difference? Neither the green goods nor the bogus capital called watered stock represents
 a dollar in real value.
 ''This modern marauder whom we | have eTthroned as our ruler every
 where, from every one. seizes. tears and despoils the fruits of toll. has never added penny to the wealth of
 humanity. And what do we find him doing? In the midst of poverty that means hunger and nakedness, disease and death, we have the shameless Haunting of insane luxury And to what purpose? To challenge the envy
 of the vain and the foolish. to dazzle
 the minds of the poor and inf1ame
 the lusts of the criminal.
 Do we believe that such things are
 the decrees of q just and loving God
 who created this world? These things are not the result of his law, but the results of the viola ton of law The speaker paused, drew close to the judge and then in low, impassioned tones told as if he were talking to d father the story of Woodman's life and the events which drove him to madness on the fatal night Of his crime. In flashes of vivid e!oQuence he described the magnificent ball and drew in som Der, heartbreaking contrast the desola- ton and despair of proud and sensi- tive man made desperate by want and ruin. the man who had given his blood to his country and his daily life in an unselfish ministry to the homeless and friendIess.
 II do not ask of your honor" he cried in ringing tones. the repeal of the law against theft-thou shalt not
 steal! I only ask the suspension of
 its penalty on this heartbroken man
 until we can extend it to his oppressors as well, until it's thunder shall also l echo through the palaces of the rich fho@ shalt not steal.
 -'The man who has fallen was veal k and pcor. The man who demands his life is rich and powerful. ask for a heartbrOken man another chance. ask this court to suspend ali sentence against the poor bruised and bleeding spirit that lies in tears at our feet today
 The judge wheeled in his armchair, cleared his throat and looked out of the window to hide from the crowd a tear that had stolen down his furrowed cheek.
 He turned at length to Bivens' law yers and quietly asked:
 tThe state insists on the enforcement of sentence without mercy?'' Gro Be Continued) SATISFACTION COAL