The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-12
H|RE EXECUTIONS
 RIVER MURDERS
.....v.,n. Futrell Tells Why He ......,d Not Commute Schumann's neath Sentence-FickleneSs
 of Human Nature.

1oOulu, Jull6 l'- " Allc OoN- Faltrell, who is spending seV- Lays here and in the country E after his farming interests, ,aid that he had thoroughly .,b his mind that Clarence A. m nm was not insane at the s1 killed his wife, and that he not commute the sentence, ls nevertheless, besieged with a,ns from Hot Springs Sun nd Monday asking that ex- I clemency be extended. After ,e of the execution, he gave ae following statement:
 ! Thought of human life being
 in any other way than rh natural means awakens Emotion of sympathy. The .st fckleness of humna nature played in the emotions.
 of Human Nature. uill be remembered that after uann had taken the life of his zs wife under the most revolt ad shocking circumstances, it 6ought proper to take him to Rock for safekeeping. This one, and it is presumed that uthorities acted wisely. The in the case have not changed. upare the stains of the public {6en with that of today, when id that a large majority of sople of Hot Springs earnestly rpmmutation of the sentence b0mann.
 dne course of time Schumann 1bught to trial before a jury
 beers, presided over by a &lected from the same cit
 A fair and impartial trial
 The defense was insanity. lounded with the presump- T innocence. with a criminal 11re favorable throughout to Iendant, and after thorough XbaustiVe trial, an impartial annd him guilty of the crime, Balls for the seVerest penalty ed by our law. The verdict of Irors involved their finding He defendant was not insane Hfime the crime was commit Fhe trial court refused to dis khe verdict of the jury, and anced the judgment which nann answered.
 ! case was appealed to the @preme court, when a com nnscript was laid before that |8|, which, after due consider Fl every question presented, a the judgment of the lower 1r a careful consideration of IEbrd and other matters pre- E and after some inVestlga- made in my own way. l con- #that the final judgment Of |uftS is fully justified.
 Mblic Welfare at Stake. welfare in this mat Rell as in all others, touch |a duties of the governor, EDot be overlooked. The only n upon the murderer is fear which is proportion E Severity and enforcement. E n either fails to yield to the Ihat protection to which 1t Ded.
 many times the murderer
 n stimulated to action by
 scarriage of justice is spec
 but when we are reminded #fact that in Arkansas more
 are committed annually
 the whole of the British
 Notwithstanding our popula-
 a mere handful in cOmpari-
 ,hould at once awaken to Filing fact that something Is
 wrong somewhere.
 insanity as a Defense.
 ale years the frequency of Ne Necssful insanity plea all over mntry presents a matter for
 st serious consideration. If hs of temporary insanity re-
 rIom jealousy, love, or from
 oi whisky morphine or oth-
 s, shall become a defense
 the most atrocious crime,
 Inc will have lost the guar
 personal safety made ln
 stitution. That form of in- 'Nhlch has its first subStan- Rnllestation in the destruc-
 human life is to be much
 mporary insanity from the hlsky or morphine, as a de-
 becomes a fixed principle of
 precedence, the murderer
 ply gain his defense in ad-
 his crime; for instance, by
 quantities of morphine at
 S. and acting strangely at
 me times, the plea will have
 preacted.
 patton and vicious indulg-
 ould not be encouraged by ng a defense against the most
 and atrocious crimes.
 commission of murder. un-
 umStances which make it a
 onense, is a most foolish act.
 a sane act. This is true in
 instance, yet as such pleas epted, human life will be- nuch cheaper in Arkansas.
 e sentence of Schumann had ohmuted, then capital pun
 should in no instance be
 Ihls mode of punishment
 oVlSlon of our law. and it is