The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-15
Hangmen Scarce, Exc
cution Postponed
If Automatic Scat
fold Were Used,
Would Culprit Be a
Suicide Marriages
of MOnarchs-MOr-
ais of Movie Stars.

Nova Scotia willing to spring the
trap at the hanging of Bonnie
Swim, who was to die at Wood
stock today. The sheriff was
too nervous" The execution is
postponed until Oct. s. Presently
they may arrange in Woodstock
a scaffold which will work it
self, when the prisoner steps
under the moose. Some say that
this Is suicide. It isn't, because
the cu1prit has no intent to kill
himself. he wants to live.
Intent is essence of the act.
If men became suicide merely
because they perform acts which
result in their premature taking
off, those who drink bootleg and
home brew would be suicides.
They kill themselves, but not of
purpose. They don't know any
better. They are not suicides.
1t might be wise to give up
capital punishment in a COM
munity where the idea is so re-
pulsive that nobody is willing to
carry out the mandate of Justice.
The poor, old former Kaiser,
has no dignity. Always
creature of impulse, he proposes
to a widow with five children,
who is much younger than him
self, within six days after they
meet, to the scandal of his re-
&: 1atives. 1t WOULD have been a
mistake to hang him In captivity
he is a horrible example of the
sort of ruler which monarchy
ultimately produces. The institu-
tim has improved.
Henry VIII married many
times. When he got tired of a
wife he made himself a widower
by cuttiIS her head off. Killing
the lady was a favorite method
in the old days, when crowned
heads wanted to marry again.
French monarchs let their
wives live. but they made their
favorites into real queens
Madame Montespan and DuBarry
outqueened the queens OF France
in their times. History makes
famous Nell Gwynne. favorite of
Charles I.
The American Legion has in
vited Lloyd George. premier of
Great Britain, to attend its fourth
annual convention, which opens
in New Orleans, Oct. s. George
Is certain of a. welcome in
America He Is the greatest con-
c!liator OF the age, the greatest
man. perhaps, all things con-
sfdered, brought into world
prominence by the war. Not quite
the equal of Woodrow Wilson,
in determination to produce a
world brotherhood, the pre-
n1ier is his superior in getting
end holding the cooperation of
other men. George is strong,
but he Is humble He is de-
.termined, but he is winning. In
him the instinct of friendlfness
is developed to its highest human
power.
Mrs. William S. Hart, will sue
the famous screen star for di-
vorce. The screen business
needs a new outlook. The per-
sons who get into and who get
out of 1t, seem to lack the nor
NAL quantity of self-control.
The impression is conveyed that
they are like inferior sort of
persons who has been lifted
suddenly to more success than
he is fitted to endure. The mo-
vie actors are mostly seen, but
not heard. Ideals are thought
of in words. Perhaps the linn
tied word forms available to the
screen heroes ad heroines rep
resent a sccantiness inside their
heads.
The morning papers have de-
tailed accounts of punching
matches whirh took place be-
tween two human tumble bugs
last night. Doubtless S1e able
sporting editor of this newspa.
per has provided its readers with
something of the same kind.
seems that one gentleman gave
the ether zone of the wors
beatings in his experience
knocking him down in the first
third, fourth and tenth rounds
Does this news fill some rea
human want, carried over from
creatures that fought in tn
primal slime, or is it merely
species of habit. like splitting OF
the sidewalk?
Probably habit In othe
countries they get up the sam
interest over killing a bull, owe
fight between two ROSTERS O