South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-16
JURIST ADVOCATES
USE OF WHIPPING
POST FOR FELONS
Brooklyn ] ud z e Believes
Crime Could BE Checked
Bv Time Worn Method.

By International News Service
NEW YORK May 15.-IAy the
lasn upon the felon's back.
Administer sharp physical pain
ami thereby purge the criminal Of
his desire for evil deeds and protect
innocent cltizenry against his dep
relations,
4 cure FOR crime-s0 Old that it's
new suggested by Lewis l. Faw-
cett. or the supreme court OF Brook
lyni
The remedy-novel enough in
these days-w0ul bring back the old
Institution OF the whipping post. the
cat-o'-nlue-tails and perhaps the
stocks
'stone wallis do not prison
make" observed an old poet. and
likewise has Judge Fewcett repeated
the familiar line in connection with
his radical recommendation
And let 10 be known here that
Judge Fawceu has been widely ex-
tolied for his clemency and often
called the man who wears his heart
upon his lapel" Hence the startling
aspect OF his cure for crime.
For Whipping Post.
Long prison terms do not deter or
prevent crime. declares the Justice.
who. several days ago. after passing
sentence upon a man convicted of a
hold--up announced himself Ia IA
vor OF the whipping post. combined
with a shorter period Of punishment
In Jail.
81 would recommend the use of
tho lash upon certain types Of GRIM
inals." the judge said today. For
robbery. burglary. blackhand and
white-slaye crimes. let the sheriff
lash or hire huskies TO whip these
especially grave offenders"
The personal opinions Of the Judge
upon crime and punishment are not
prompted by lack of sympathy for
transgressors. or a belief that ven
geanco constitutes justice.
Nor does he go 10 the sentimental
extreme Of saying that TO sentence
feion 20 a whipping would pain
the court more than it would the
csiminal
Belief that nowadays we do not
vent II. has prompted Justice Faw-
cett 70 advocate publicly the return
10 the last as a means Of promoting
protection for normal. peaceful
people
Have Minds of Children.
THE criminals state OF minds.
said the Judge. els quite that of the
child caught at the jam JAR II he
is taken early enough and given "a
punishment h9 won't forget. he is
apt 20 stay away from the JAR II
not. he will become holder and more
complacent over his crimes.
Men go TO Sing Sing and come
out time after time with feeling
not that they have paid for crime.
tut that they have merely obtained
asylum for a while.
Bed and board at the expense Of
he taxpayers form the only risk
that confrOnts the hold-uo man or
wbite-slaver in the pursuit OF his
career.
IF he is caught he goes back
again. relieved OF the strain of
work enjoys the comparatively
pleasant existence in our modern
penitentiary and suffers no punish
mont.
THE number Of old offenders that
crops up continually proves prisons
do not reform. Then there is
something wrong in the method Of
punishment.
"Instead OF giving a fourth offend
er Iife-always his fate would
recommend six months in jail with
a flashing every thirty days. the first
strokes 10 fan previous 20 incarcer-
alton
Never Come Back.
Let him be stripped 20 the waist
and given ten welts with the lash.
His skin may be broken. so let IL be
washed with a salt water solution
to prevent Infection.
He will suffer more or less agony.
The wounds will heal in twenty-five
dave. normally. and he will be free
from pain about the time he is
ready for his next whipping.
At the end OF his six months inn
prisonment. when ne gets the last
lashing he viii leave the Jail in
pain If he wishes TO continue as
4 wrong-doer he Will very likely
leave the state where such severe
penalties await him.
HE will never come back for
more.
"He viii not blackjack any more