The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-13
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ave. ~ Womauu Century club.
while % always seems terrible 20
think % anyone incarceratsd in pris.
on Tor lfr and it "a hard for anyone
20 pass such a decision. Set when The
person Imprisoned q n public mon,
ace I think b "a very dangerous
/ precedent 90 turn them loose.
whether tho crime was committed
thru mental deficiency or criminal
tendency. the fact remains that Ruth
Garrison murdered AN innocent
woman, and believe that anyone
who h.s such capacity for crime
should 10 restrained from further
chance % 30 dolng"
Mrs. h. 4. Pugsisy. 6s0s brooklyn
ave chairman legislation committee,
seattle Council of National Congress
u Mothers and Parentreacher asso.
| citation;
Ny personal opinion Is very len.
lent toward women Ia general I
consider Storrs Infinitely more guilty
than the Garrison girl and. as long
as he is free. why shouldn't she bof
I ~ person makes a mistake AZ the
aEt Of 10 Il o. pretty hard 20 have q
held up before them an the rest %
their lives II she b freed now she
may possibly como hack ana be-
help TO society By reason OF what
she has gone thru"
Mrs. George y. Mclaughlin, go
Summit n. chairman reference com
mltteo woman's Century club;
should Ruth Garrison be frcod7
I don't think she should she
would be a menace 60 society
don't think VIC should permit "a
person 10 cyade the lave thru tho
Iloophole u the Insane wards, shc
was not, Ia ms opinion. insane
at tho time she committed the crime
and think ws want 70 % every.
think We can TO keep her from get
ting her freedom
Ada berg Miller. Alaska Bldg
/ president International Association
OF Public Stonographcru:
"sho should have n chancc---ahso-
I iutoiy. OF course. the law must Be
observed. but personally my heart
always ached for her and think
she should be given another chance
Mrs. Jas. u. kinne, 1915 M1droua
drive, member Seattle Council n.
|C. Of NJ. and p-T-As
Il never did think Ruth was In.
aane-just an cmoiionaily Jealous
girl. equipped with not enough com.
mon sense. whether she IL turned
loose az this time / think shouli
depend lot ON the Eid hcueif
The fact remains she put an end
20 a young woman'a lie, am not
80 strong FOR turning her looa8 on
society az The present time"
Mrs. Bessie lIorcak. 1906 T.. Ward:
''sho has been punished enough.
She should be given her freedom Inn
mcdiateiy. Even II she were guilty,
shs wasn't entirely to blame; there
were others IN tho case and condi-
tons over which she had no control"
Mrs. J. T. TrowbridGe, iiis Madl
son St:
Il feel that Il was q wicked. cruel,
! colo. blooded murder md I should
like 10 know why. at this time. when
they ara testifying az to her insanity.
the testimony Of Senator Potts. who
was warden OF Walia wRiis al tho
I time OF tho crime. and Mrs. Lowell,
who was matron under him. Is not
used again"
Mrs. Gertrude Pnrr. i5l2 Terry ST.;
II believe that II was n terrible
{ thing she did. She wus 70 and should
have known better. But l am a
mother myself and feel that she has
had n good punishment and should
be released under supervision for five
years"
\ Mrs. g. ii. sullivan, 4Tf3 Brooklyn:
81 have never believed that the
girl was insane, and my opinion Is
that the murder vas all planned In
cold blood. and that she Is a heart.
ie~s wretch.
Mrs. VIM. wOodcoek. 1901 Phln.
ney:
II don't know It's hard 10 Judge
but I don't believe that sho was
insane. And that If she were released
she might get some other womhn's
husband In the same way"
Mrs. Lane, 2t7 gard NJ
II am sorry for her in way she
made a big mistake. but don't foel
against her: / feel that II was man
who caused it. I'd help tho girl II
1 could
Not ono woman who was called
believed Ruth Garrison TO be insane.
Many Of them felt emphatically that
the man In the case WIS equally to
blame. Perhaps tho most interesting
thing IS that not ono woman was
found who was not decidedly inter
1 csted
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.