New Britain herald., 1929-04-27
S70ICISM AND FEAR
 REVEALED IN COURT

Prisoner Facing Term Behind
 Bars Shows Real Nature
 ll practically every walk Of life. among the most humble and the ioNIost. occasions arise 10 test the mental and spiritual stamina far more often than the physical. put The greatest leveler Of humans an-l the chief trial Of their qualities has o'fen been said to be the atm osphcrv O criminal court room. Here haze strong men trembled like ~Hshtened children, weeping for .rAmseh es or for their families and r 0nas. as they faced the mag slstrate and Jury in whose judgment taN '1aIr fate; here also have speclato" $ felt The thrill Of the triumph Of sood over evil Of the victory of tgalh over fa.sehood.
 The history Of athletic games is rerete with entries written 10 the everlasting glory of men who were game The fighters who, although beaten every inch Of the Nay t1roash gruellins battles, stayr j round alter round and took a beat l0s. giving the spectators their fill or tGe manly art, are never forgot ten where boxing s talked Of. LikN- wise. the staINarls of the baseball field the football griliron. the bas- kelual court, the track and the >ariou, other lines Of sport, are honored for their ganeness, thelr staying powers under fire, long aft er the cold figures Of the scores anl the records of the time they made are lost in the accomplishments ot their successors.
 Graceful Loser a Hero
 The graceful loser in politics and in busnsss-W ho is there who does not stop 10 shake his hand? He may have lost the fight Of his life, falling down as he reached the last hurdle in the race he had train d for throughout long career. bu, the public cares not if he was mTn enough to accept the bitter witl the same grace as he would have claimed the iaurels Of victory. How djd he take it?" everyone asks.
 Not all the men who stand before the magistrate of criminal court have been tested in athletics. poll tlrs. or business. Some O. them un, doubtedly could have toiIed un'L their muscles seemed 10 cry out 'or relief. only to see a ball game fri.- tered away and still not detracl from the glory that went 10 the win ners, and many. too, might haze been possessed Of the sterling quail. ties that are found in the makeup Of the good loser in politics and lr trade. Tn the court room, however the test i. different. although here too, do people ask: How did hs take it?"
 Judges. attorneys, clerks ani other court attaches who have beer present in superior court Of Hart ford county on numerous occasions of the imposing 0, heavy sentences have often remarked on the at mosphere that always makes its"l. felt at the solemn moment that comes al the end O. every important case. There is something abon' such | situation that takes srlL or person. let him be as experi, enced and az hardened as long period Of years under the same con. ditons can make him. IL k felt from the bench to the gallery it cannot be shaken off,
 The Death sentence
 The procurement Of the deatF sentence is, naturally, the most i'm. pressiNe. for no matter what th. picture is. as painted by the la wy~r' and the witnesses throughout tn; days or the trial, everyone withi hearing of the judges voice forge't everything else when "hanged b! the neck until you are dead, an. may God have mercy on your soui' echoes through the room. Th. criminal may have been fouu guilty of the most hldeous Of crin"s He may have been proven unUortb, oS he night 10 minse With society The verdict Of inc jury may ha\, been unqucstiona ply correct frorr every viewpoint, still, there is ar awful something that is alwal; felt though seiIom understood J explained, as the string that attach ed him 10 life i. ordered 10 be cu'
 Men have stood to be sentenced without betray.ng the stmblance 0 emotion, walking away to the prls oners pen with firm step and un Wa. erins mien. Years o' their tim' on earth have been taken iron them. practically. and still they di, not finch. Young men, some hart ly old enough to be Considerr, more than boys. have taken th, rap and aLtcd as though they hl. nothing better in life 10 look for ward 10. One 10 three years, fyt to ten and other stretches" as th.. are sometimes referred to. man. times impress the onookers mo:, effectively than the conyicts.
 Builies sometimes Weep
 There are exceptions, of course in the court room as elsewhere. all. not all who are led .o the mo-. conspicuous position before th' judges bench accept their punish ment with stoicism. Veteran at .taches can tell Of the tears tha flowed and the sob. that went ou from the throats o' tough" van .dals as they heard the jail and pris 'on sentences pronounced. Man who bullied their way through lif, up 10 the time they were present4. in court, have been completei, 'cowed by the mere mention or ron fincment in penal institution Not the days is their cry 10 s' .torneys and judges, anything bi I,x.