Arizona republican., 1915-09-17

number fortytwo completed their sentence, that is. died in the penitentiory. These forty-two men months each. One lfe-termer escaped, two transferred to the insane asylum, four were Hber ated by the courts, and ninety-four granted clemency by the
 pr. Afford explains why it is easy to pardons for the brutal murderers. The feeling of popular horror crime is not constant After two three years have passed, it a simple friends of murderer to secure his free dom, regarding which the people" have become apathetc; it be sympathy for his family; may be political influences may be the in fuenee of a single with the governor. Any the murderer is turned loose
 Dr. AXford has shown what becomes of life respect sentences. He proceeds to show what becomes of them after they have been pardoned. He introduces ten
 First White man, twenty-sevcn years old. reared by ndulgent parents, but seemed to have determination to be bad vicious, and tackled his mother with a pistol. only missed hitting a murder then by poor marksmanship was married timid. trusting little woman whom he abused when he had driven when she was in delicate condition, he found her hiding place. called her the through strategy. and shot her. The struggles un born babe told of by witnesses serving eight years he secured a pardon through the efforts of q prominent Methodist divine who had married the murderer's sister. This later returned to the same prison charge of larceny.
 Second: White man, twerty-two years old. vic drunkard and generally bad. After the death of his father, he squanGered his and his mothers inheritance, then set about to get hold of his sisters property. She refused give up inheritance, and avenge this wrong he O the barn and the tongue from his sisters e saddle horse. Later he entered his sisters at night and choked her to death with his hands This young pardoned by Kansas gover- after serving the ridiculously short time of four years and months. He had a bad after leaving prison. The hero in the securing this pardon was also a Methodist minister.
 The next seven much like these. Most of the pardoned convicts back, either the Kansas other penitentiary for later crimes. Here the sixth
 Sixth: White man, thirty -four years old drunk trifling loafer, beat his aged father to give him more money to squander This served six years. The prison chaplain largely responsible for his release
 And here is the sickenng tenth:
 boy. sixteen years old ravished his little eleven NearOld niece. crushed her skull and threw her abandoned well She was found in day two. dead. but dying. He served ten years
 It is in Kansas alone that these things hap pen. Early a worthless cur murdered a good Globe She was trying reform him. but yet ready marry him. It transpired that he patdoned from Flor ence, where he had been sentenced for killing a man Douglas from ambush. is on record that a large number of the persons convicted in this pardoned raroled.
 This is against the system pardons and paroles $ against judgment of the men who recommend them mistake mercy for reform. is be expected that human judg- ment should be Unerring, may be expected that faults should be less numerous and glarng