New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1928, Page 7

WHIPPING POST IS AGAIN ADVOCATED 0. 5. Judge Says It Is a Deter- rent o Crime Philadelphia, April 6. —@— Judge Joseph Buffington, of the United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals, yesterday suggested a return to the whipping post as a means of breaking up erime waves. Judge Buffington’s statcment, i sued from his chambers in the Fed- eral building, pr conference today of 200 jud of Pennsylvania courts to consider means of meeting lawlessness. The meeting was called by Robert von Moscsizker, state su- preme court justice, “Of course, heing on the federal benen, T am not a member of t converMon of judges meeting tod: or attending its sc said Judge Buflington, “but as a citizen 1 am deeply interested in such a gather- ing. Whip Law Scarves Criminals « T am not so much interested in what causes the crime wave as in steps that might be taken to stop it. My position in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals I or less closcly into the judicial tem of the three states compri the third circuit, namely, New Je ey, Delaware and Pennsylvania, and T am<mpresscd with the comparative freeness of Delaware, as compared with New Jerscy and Pennsylvania trom prevalent crime wave and especially from hold-ups, highway robbery, bank breaking, bank rob- bery, paymaster hold-ups and the like which have become so prevalent. | “The professional bandits form a distinct class, ma a study of the territory where they operate, and if the place is not encouraging for their business they keep away from it. Do you know what keeps them away from sturdy little Delaware— why she has so few hold-ups down that way? Do you know why you don’t hear of men robbing payn ers or going into banks and terrori ing the offices and robbing them 3 “It is simply this: The state of Delaware provides that a person who is ‘guilty of thesc robberics, on or ¢ | not abused. In the cavsed | me from time to time to look more | near highways or in dwelling houses, is, in addition to imprisonment, whipped in some cases with forty and in some cases with twenty lashes, Wants Flog Post Extended “I see no reason why the adop- tion of the whipping lash to crimes of this character should not be ex- tended to other states besides Dela- | war i “Naturally the human mind re- | volts from a species of punishment which is in our minds largely con- | nected with slavery days, but 1 see no reason why such punishment, if it act a deterrent, as it scems to do in Delaware, should not be ex- tended to thesg heautless, hardened | criminals who, without any il will, nal grudge or feeling inst othier people provide them- Ives with revolvers, sawed-off shotguns and the like and shoot | down innocent men.” | “The whip g of an i c whipping of 4 man is a pun- | ishment that he dreads more than imprisonment. i “The punishment in Delaware is meted out in such a way that it is | first place any man whese physical condition, whose | | age, make it unwise or dangerous to | have him punished by the lash can {be relieved of that punishment on | proper medical proof. | “The lash is not made a public | spectacle. It is carried on in prison | ¥ards, but with the provision that a rtain number of representatives of | the public shall be present to see | that no improper methods are fol- lowed.” {Husband Wouldn't Work, | Wife Granted Divorce The petition of Barbara Arnold | Desormicr for a divorce with permis. |sion to resume her maiden name was | | granted by Judge Arthur I, Ells in | the superior court at Hartford yes- | |terday. Mrs. Desormier testified that | | she left her husband, Henry Desor- | | mier, in Waterbury on December 18, | because he would not work. They were married on June 12 of | I'that year. Attorney Albert A Green- | | berg represented the plaintiff. | FPOUND AFTER 42 YEARS { Lunn, April 6 (UP)—Miss- | Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford were given irived today on the steamship Ma- {them.” |guarded opinion on the recent an. . NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, %“ HENRY FORD ARRIVES IN Will Study Business Conditions | There—Objects to Closeup Pho- tograph Being Taken. Southampton, Eng., April 6 UP— an informal reception when they ar- Jestic. The mayor of Southampton hap- | pened to be aboard to meet a Hun. garian delegation and took the op- portunity to welcome the American manufacturer and Mrs, Ford. Mr. Ford consented to be photo- graphed, but when camera men at- | tempted to take a close-up his wite objected, saying: “We know what close-ups are and we don't like! Press interviewers were not for- tunate when they endeavored to get Mr. Ford to answer a rapid fire of questiona although he did give a nouncement of Premier Baldwin concerning the removal of rubber export restrictions beginning Nov. 1, 1928. 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