The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-01

Is this justice Qf lac or rerenge OF
society
There is bit Of a question that a
crippled boy and brokeH-hedrted
mother are turning Orer and Oper ~
their minds, seeking IN rain for an
dRSCeT.
The state Of Michigan says: An eye
for an eye and tooth for a tooth
The state of Michigan says; You
hare diSobeged mn ldlCS. you must sur
Ter punishment. and il those yOa lOre
and those lChO need yOa SHHer also.
ne cannot help it,
There are q thousand mothers ana
thousand icireS iChO echo that plea
VI need and stretch out hopeless. help
less hands ut the bars that guard the
; prisons For the sake Of society al
cannot De dHStUered ~ mercy. but
here is one case iH the great state Of
Michigan in iChich IL could seem thar
the call Of Lac and Justice, is ereh
more insiStent than the stern UOice
~ the tutes. retributi0H.
This is the case Of LEROY EdSticoOd,
irho, fer ioeekS ago, heard the hot
low cldRg OF prison gates az Jackson
and ioho, for the FIRST time. faced the
grim Shdddl0ed fortress that the lac.
says is 10 be his mOckerg OF home for
tire gears
At the same hour. a lrhitefdced boy
on a hospital bed. heard the grim sen
tence Of liring death from the lips Of
the hospital doctor. While EdStic0od.
brother OF LEROY. must lire hopeless
cripple for the years that stretch into
me future, unmarked on aim or am
bition.
An d0ed tOOman. iCith the silper OF
Jears her one loedlth, lifted totl-eorH
hands aud ioondered II they icere
etron1 enough to carry this burden OF
sorrou and physical need Tor me Hoe
,1ears For the iron heel OF the 'dW
around deepest into her heart ana M
TO her Hfe.
Detroiters knoic the story OF me
Eastwood boys in part. They k"o'c
NAT on one cold lcinter night as
Dolice officer ~ discharge OF ms aut'es
satered a store building. the door OF
-,rbicb he had found open. ttcO ShddoUS
noped in the gray gloom Of me pace
ana that the officer sent q bulief cTdsh-
mo into the body Of one ana hetd me
Thor .ntil aid came Detroiters khoo
tbot the t,co prOlclerS OF me Hlght
proved to be the Edsf0ood oogS ." ~,
Leroy 1aS found guilty ana Seh'eHIea
= 10 fUe years IN Jackson pFlSOn' ~,
Wilhe tuiH De cripple fof ne uHu
mat because OF that, tAe c"ufVo
11ainst him has been ictthdFd0H'
But there are some facts mar ne.
troiters and the great pabhc 40 "o'
eHolo. ~. de.
There are circumstances Wdl de
nond that Leroy EdStlcood be IFeea
rom Jackson prison under parote u"u
b.. o1Io,red 10 stake up the bhrdeH "
erietence nolp borne by me IdH
shoulders Of his mother 80, 90
The tcorld. in its oHtcdrd mar" 80.
trard the H0ht. hos reached thd' po'Ht
,rhere ldtr is recognized as Weut""
IN protect the iCedk ana PRISONS 10
Mace to reform and make dheo-"v ~.
ne a tcedpon for rerenge. fhdt U"t,"
. rim result in the greatest good IS ue
erred Read this story ~ me haS'-
,rood hons consider the future for thiS
tnnni1v and their past and theh oectde
rho needs Leroy Eastwood the more
societ,J and the state as a conuict' or
humanity and his mother dHu o.. .s,p -
brother, as protector ana oeu'' ="
the burdeng
The Eastwood home was hO' ma
American home six months ago: a..
A widowed mother relgheu ~ 10
peace and comfort ana t"o yo~ ri,
men. the sons, went about theI W. 80 -
day by day, and brought I
SfNemsy