Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18

In the opinion of many Of the news
papers of the country, Earl Carroll,
the theatrical producer convicted of
perjury in connection with his cham.
payne bathtub party, is where he
ought to be, now that Attorney Gen
eral Sargent has interrupted Carroll's
invalidism and sent him to the At.
sentence of a year and day.
From the city in which the offense
was committed and the case was tried
comes this summary by the New York
Herald Tribune: Attorney General
Sargent's decision in the case of Earl
Carroll will meet with general APP
proval. He promptly sent physicians
to Greenville, where Carroll was taken
from the train, suffering from an ILL.,
ness which appeared shortly after he
left New York. These physicians
disagreed with the opinion Of the
physicians employed by Carrolls
family that sending him to the Federal
penitentiary would endanger his life.
Invalid prisoners can be treated while
serving out their terms. No prison
official would be permitted to- deny
them medical attention. Mr.. Sargent
has been neither brutal nor hard
boiled He has merely done the only
thing that could be done under the
circumstances"
The belief of many that Carroll's
wealth and influence would enable
him to defeat justice is referred to by
the Charleston Evening Post, which
observes that ''for once public skep-
ticism has been disappointed, in the
taking of Earl Carroll to Jail, after
two months in the Greenville Hospi-
tai, in a state Of nervous prostration,
supposed to be in consequence Of re-
vulsion against the prospect of term
in prison. So often has retribution for
offenses against the law been averted
from rich and influential individuals
in this country" adds the Charleston
paper, that 1t was probably the gen.
eral expectation that Carroll would be
paroled or pardoned before he had set
foot in the Federal penitentiary."
The Baltimore Sun sees the cause
of justice poorly served when i'll
health IL made an easy road to par
don for we'll known convicts," and is
inclined to think that in this case
humanity may be served along with
velopments in the prisoners condi.
ton"
To the Springfield Daily Republican
the case is Reminiscent Of the sue.
cessful effort Of Charles Morse, who
was released from the Atlanta Peni-
Tertiary by President Taft on the Off
cial assurance of physicians that he
| would die If left in confinement.
Morse" the Republican recalls, twas
at once restored to health by his re-
lease, and lived for years in aff1u-
ence."
AS several charges were made
against Carroll at the time of his trial,
| the Lynchburg Daily Advance thinks
| it we'll to remember that Earl Carroll
| is not being punished either for his
bathtub party or for violation of the
| prohibition laws. Carroll was found
guilty Of perjury. 1t is for that he is
| being punished. He deserves no sym
pathy."
The Albany Evening News declares
that Perjury cannot go unpublished,
and adds, IF the law against perjury
Is not enforced, then courts might as
we'll cease, for the whole fabric of
justice is based on regard for an
oath" And the Pittsburgh Gazette
Times believes that due regard for
| the oath can be compelled only by
severely penalizing it's willful viola
| ton" The latter Journal considers
| that "the focusing Of public attention
| on his case has served Importantly In
| impressing on the popular mind the
nature and quality Of his crime"
| X X
| As to the illness that seized Carol
| the Elmira Star-Gazette does not recall
that the particular malady has beer
diagnosed and named" and the Ports
mouth Daily Times. recording thu
hearty breakfast and luncheon eater
by Carroll the first day in prison
thinks there Is always some hope fo
patient who can eat like that.
Though it is not convinced as to thu
seriousness of CAROLS illness, thu
Syracuse Herald holds, however, tina
"the court has not sentenced Carol
to DEATH" and that "if 1t can be shown
that incarceration in Atlanta for