Evening star., 1924-06-13
ALL-WOMAN JURIES
URGED IN CHICAGO
Beautiful Lady Slayers Now Sure
OF Acquittal, Prosecutors
Clain.
TWO RECENT EXAMPLES
Both Killers Admitted Guilt. But
Went Unpunished.
WO RECENT EXAMPLES
BY Consolidated Press

BY Consolidated Press.
CHICAGO, June 13.-The aIl-woman
jury 10 try woman slayers is being
urged by Chicago criminologists as 2
counter to the all woman defensa
which has sprung up in Chicago "a
Gently 10 further compl!cate the task
Vi ootalning convictions of fair killers.
CUT mere where males are sacrificed
rlgnt and left TO the whims of the
oeadlier sex masculine Jurors have
nao every opportunity to revenge
thelr slain brethren. IL was hard
enough 70 get conviction even be-
lore the advent of the alI-uoman de-
tense But now that fair woman at
torneys. full Of feminine wil4s have
oeen added to the equation. conviction
or pretty lady killers are hardly even
hoped for.
Only Illinois statutes. which still
par women from places on murder
experiments. Prosecutors who now
may almost be certain that pretty
defendants will go free, would jumn
1t the trial of all-woman juries II
Inly the law would permit Means
1oW are being sought of letting down
he bars which exclude feminitv from
'he jury box.
Might Judge Harsher.
Just let woman judge another of.
ner sex who has glibly removed an
sifglble man from this world. argue
me prosecutors. and she Will be a
say, tender feminine hearts could not
free higher proportion of defend
ants than do the supposedly hard
boiled males
Male juries lately have about brok-
an the limit in generosity. They cam.
ace TO face with the direct problem
'ere twice in the past two weeks
ana each time gave brilliant eXhi-
hition of gallantry. Two beautiful
oilers, Mrs Beulah AMMAN and Mrs
Relva Gaertner were completely
'leared of crime-let off with not as
much punishment as they would have
received for shooting a neghbor's
cat-although they had previously
admitted shooting to dispose of men.
Drunk When She Fired.
Mrs. Gaertner advised the jury that
she was too befuddled by drink to
remember whether or not she killed
the young man who sold her an auto
mobile-and then commenced making
owe. After the killing she said that
she killed him when he expressed 4
md baby-but later explained that
she was still under the influence nf.
liquor when she said that.
The jurors were handpicked by the
pretty Mrs Gaertner herself. H.
attorneys were so sure they would
understand" that they didn't SO much
as call a witness for the defense. or
make an argument to the jury.
Once free. Mrs. Gacrtner announced
that she would Immediately remarry
the rich husband she had divorced
and travel in Europe on a new honey
moon. Little Mrs Walter Law, the
victims youthful widow meantime is
destitute with a young baby TO care
for-the real victim of the killing.
Pleaded Self Defense.
Mrs. Amman. dubbed Cook county's
most beautiful slayer, pleaded self
defense and gained her freedom after
admitting that she slew Harry kol-
Sadt. visitor in her apartment.
In neither of these latest demon
strations Of the power of pulchritudc
was d penalty of any sort breathed
# by the man jurors. Their action
was comforting to those ladies who
may contemplate killing some de-
fenselesS male But first let the
young women assure themselves that
they will attract the masculine eye.
Otherwise there may be trouble. as is
shown by recent trials of unbeautifuI
slayers and accomplices TO Staying.
The latest example is Katherine Ka-
LUX Malm, the wolf girl" who had
the misfortune to be with d man,
when he killed another during a rob-
berry. She received life Imprisonment.
Her mistake was in being hard
boiled" and none too good looking.