The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-08
Murder
XIII Those Who Kill
Presumably 10 Deters
Yes, Yes, Presumably"
May God Pity Us All
ny FRED l. BoaLT

PORTLAND. July s.--Th~y
hanged Rathi. and Kirby nj rar
lem yesterday.
Ills exceiiency the governor
invited m. 10 attend the double
hanging. but sreiined.
Once IL enough. Eight years
ago I saw four men handxed af
SaieuL
a. that time organized society
In Oregon was Of the opinion
that, " we hanged murderer.
potential nfurderer~ would heal.
tate 10 kill. 40 We hanged four
all al ono time.
We made a neat ;ob Of Il. The
ropes we're strong Tho knots we're
cceureiy tied under the right ears.
The traps worked perfectly.
one moment there were four live
men or the galiows. The next. four
corpsss dangIed. Topping like be-
headed chickens. at the ends of ropes.
their necks broken. Very workman.
like, There have been many hang.
ingn when ropes broke. or knots were
bunRifnxiy tied. and the condemned
chung 20 life and died slowly and un.
pleasantly.
SOCIETY SAW 1T
As GOOD WORK
Now" said organized society I'm
Oregon, with a sigh of relief. sther~
wont he 40 many murders. Surely.
men with hate IN their hearts with
pause and think twice before they
Xiii their feliowsmen-
There were Just as many murders.
or more. and organized society IN or.
egon began 70 wonder II hanging.
after all. IL a ~dsterrans. The vot
ers wiIlcti TO abolish hanging.
Then came the cIar~Fuont tavern
murders. and the voters changed
their minds again. They again made
death the penalty for murder In tho
first degree.
Did II deter Neil Hart. the half
witt They hanged Hart. Did II sds-
ter Rathie and Kirby. who went
Friday prumfteldy Smart man.
nsumfIetd. he figured the police
would never get HIM. Did u deter"
Hecker. who slew Bowkrr and was
sentenced wednesday nj oregon city
10 hang by his neck until dead--so
help him Cod
pld II deter Evans. who, at Tho
Daiiea. killed Bis feIlow.workman for
his money!
IT DID NOT
STOP THEM'
or Pete Beed~. who bumped of his
employer at Albany and buried tho
body in a shallow gravef
or Henderson. who killed his wife
In Muitnomah county,
or Anderson. who dashed out his
old wife's brains ITO put her out or
her misery
Or Bruno. who murdered his ship
mate on the Canyon road7
Or Dan Casey. the yeRg. who killed
a railroad detective In a gun fiRht7
or Tony T.otosi. who shot his Eng
Iifh war hrideY
or purdin, who did for" his for.
mer wifi. and her sweetheart7
or Hustled walters. the cx.soiiier.
who murdered officer Palmer in
portiand7
or Weir. the feeble minded. who
killed his mother7
Or Ed Breshears. who killed In an.
ger over deal involving the sale OF
few apples7
or Joe Hill. who shot down Jerry
Powers In the latter's pool hail on
Washington st7
or Norman Bouchet. who killed his
sweetheart
Or pocschei. who murdered Attor
ney schnahei2
Did II cause Toy ChonR and Harry
Chin. tongmen. to ponder before
they sproyed their enemies with an.
somatics7 Lin Kce and Kim Lee.
now awaiting trial--did they pause
and say to themselves: "Hofdr' n I
kill my enemies. organized society
will XIII me"7
do not doubt yesterdays hang
inRs were as admirably conducted as
we're the four saw at Salem eight
years ago.
Rathie and Kirby killed n rood
man and died n shameful death. May
God have mercy on their souls---and
ours. who obey the Mosaic iawi