The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-12
Boy of II Is Facing Gallows; Can
He Haze Fair Trial, Is Question
Law Says Yes, But Science Says
No in Case of Indiana Young.
ster; What Do You Think?

y,ur-uld boy goes from ora to trial
tor first degree murder next month.
II convicted he faces death by
hanging
The case IS without parallel In
Indiana history
The question ugitauug the state
Be-. can Cecil EIrkott be given a fair
trial."
For 10, law gives "a prisoner the
right OF trial by u jury at ms peers
strictly interpreted. that would
moan trial hy BOYS of his ~ q
But M, saline law requires that jur-
pr~' o." adults.
Or Harold y. Meyer. former com
missioner Of health tor Chicago
q leading alicuos' ~ tho middle west,
hus examined cecil
Or Meyer Is e., % kindly. snrowd
old man with the experience ~ many
years spent Boz latls and prisons courts
aud mtdhuus'S. studying tho d'ti-
Client. th, iusluc-ill the twists aud
turns ~ human brains, young ANA
old
He spent four hours cNaming Cocii.
weighing not legal advice but th"
brain of the hoy, the soul uf III" hoy
all his life from the cradle and tn"
lives NJ his parents and grandparents
u, put him through IN" stanford
revision uf th, Biuct-Simon test. by
which his mental development could
Ice nspyrttin'd He found him To- Doe
/ normal. without Unborn traits OF
monnn,ss. cruelty or orlmiuulty.
law and Science
Could this hoy comedy, "a murder
plot
,,,iJ "a. ri,, ,.,.u., ,,,i,st ,
pIpym,i. ,nti,c nina within range
of ms nm, and then shoot and Lili
him iu cold blood
Gould h, then invent n complicated
| A.. nnd afi,k to II against the most
skilled ,ro-s-,Naminaiiou
Th,s. ARE the questions that n
sur, OF mis- pc.rs must answer in
the cas-. ~ cecil purk-tt
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mental pr.,..s.s lila mn.ryos and his
a.,s
9.''l,' "s,'l I'm "'''"'~ NV
hey '' mes lhlhIH
'Hdlil"hh' '''N''ii OF HlN''''N.
Cecil BE- 20 h"tur here under 10000
bail Tor ID" fiIs' degree UIri"r Of
B,uui" Sltyin, tho seven y'ar-pl i--uu
uf 70 nciEhhor OF tho Burkct' family
Allowing hail was q sp'uiul dispense
iluu.
Ita "a real child murder mystery
because tho dead hoy thu ar.us,I Ipr
! and th, p]rin,ipnI wun.sg,S nlr ar,
children.
The killing of U,uuy SItylu DUYur..
cd lnst Tnanksrtvine It had been
erner,Iy accented in tho Village of
| ora NJ an accidental shooting uurn
the rraud jury IN, other day Iu-
diut.d cecil
Here are two accounts uf the Kill
Ing. ts they vii o., told Co tho jury
Prosecutors story
Prosecution Attorney james \
Iilts who directed proceedings that
ted 10 the indictment SAYS
We believe that thrrr wIl had
feeling between the $50 lads.
cecil. his brother Alfred. who Is
Min, ,,a t.,,t.rt.L Z.G.,,.,, ,I,
ID s.,.n. wcr, pl,,tug Am tbr Bursc,t
backward
"u,uni, Sl,yiu and his stsi,r rI,rn
wcr, I'M IN. ndtniutnr yarf
HCn,u called U,uul. into his ward
| Bonnie at first nbio,trd Then C,.,r
hold ,ut Lt,. and t,rpt,I u,,pi,
an "A, npplIy crossed he limo
~ tL,t ...I r.nr,n,d a.. ,L,
.qu,hbl. md I'm cold blood shot Tho
A. ,rt IA.