The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-27
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r.do-s q lis prison 70 rey.Te hin,
tEsn piled sith questions again, and
subjected 10 God s,o2e knows What
else, in the administrator o. the
Third degree Later this prisoner
vas found On the aoo- Of his cell
with MS skull crushed II, ard il -zs
stated that be had climbed 70 the TOP
q his cell door and j9np@d 70 the
1o1r. killing himself Whether he
vas murdered Or whether he really
committed suicide ! Do not know,
but this much ! do know, that the
81 eide 0! any man would hardly De
unnatural under s1ch circumstance,
and tia, the treatment accorded him
before conviction. would have been 4
d.szrace 70 our civilization even mad
IL occurred after he hai been tried
and convicted.
This third degree mzthod that is
1rscuced n the north and the east
and the west--less frequently, 7 an
glad 10 say in the so4th-whether
q man be killed during its admin
istrstion. OF whether ne be driven 70
commit suicide, or whether he be tor
tu-ed sometimes into contessing
crimes of which ne MAJ be innocent.
ls 1a-barity in z sneakilg form, IN
der the sanction Of the law. and
those guilty Of pract!clnz l. evidence
a spirit a. mean and contemplate as
the malice which an.mates the mid
night assassin.
Three years ago ! had the pleas
ure Of addressing this conference in
Richmond. Ny remarzs were tele-
graphed throughout the nation, and
was heraided 70 the world a. a chief
executive who advocated mob v.o-
lence do not propose to 20 into
a discussion Of that here; it IS en-
tirely beside the question. Suffice it
for me 10 say that in the south, the
lynching Of man for the UnmentiOn-
able crime Is a protection to our civ
il.zat.on, while the practice Of this
third degree violates the letter of
our constitution at its most vital point
and is a blow 10 the whole spirit Of
our institutions. In the south an
aroused mob is an outraged commun-
ity which carries out the law, but
brushes aside with mighty force the
laws technicalities and delays There
is no hypocritical, sanctncnious vio-
lation Of fundamental rights under
the cloak Of law by those sworn to
uphold the law; the deed is open,
and civilization and justice are vim
dicated And when mobs are no
longer possible, liberty will be dead.
THE chief executive OF a state
has not a more serious duty nor
graver responsibility than the obli-
CATION imposed upon him in dealing
with prisoners-and by prisoners |
mean to include those in Jail await
ing trial.
a state or a nation that allows its
prisoners to suffer cruelties is guilty
of a greater crime than the prison
ers themselves have committed.