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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1912
Page
3
Thomas H Rooney a leading figure of the old Bonanza days and uncle to Mrs William K Vanderbilt and Mrs Herman Oelrichs died of heart disease in San Francisco. Born in New York in 1846 he came to the Pacific Coast as a child and survived the Comstock mining era.
Readers weigh commutation to life imprisonment after Richeson crime. Some call for the harshest punishment while others cite family insanity and mitigating factors. The Post invites more letters to Capital Punishment Editor in Boston.
Boston letter writer rebukes debate over abolishing the death penalty in Massachusetts. He argues against executive clemency delaying a lawfully imposed sentence for Clarence V. J. Richeson, a confessed murderer, saying public sentiment and legislative decisions must stand. He asserts the law applies retroactively only by proper statutory process and condemns political interference by influential officials.
A Letter to the Post denounces Richeson’s crime as the most cowardly in Massachusetts history and urges Governor Foss not to commute his sentence. It recalls Storti as Massachusetts first electrocution and argues for making an example of Richeson for betraying and murdering a girl trusted to him as a minister.
A letter to the editor argues Richeson should be executed by electric chair as the only fitting punishment for murder in Massachusetts. The writer claims Richeson confessed to save himself and warns against mercy scenes if youths expect pardons, urging law change rather than clemency.
Eleanor Ruth Colburn a Chicago artist has left her wealthy husband Dr Joseph E Colburn and will devote herself entirely to art. She is staying in New Rochelle with her mother and daughter Eleanor at Rochelle Park Colony Mrs B F Haughton confirms the separation and denies elopement rumors.
Letter argues against electrocution of Clarence V. T. Richeson urging Massachusetts to set an example of legal charity. Writer notes public morality, questions capital punishment, envisions future civilization choosing mercy and treatment over vengeance. Calls on Governor and council to commute sentence.
A reader from Jamaica Plain argues that lifelong imprisonment for Richeson serves justice better than death, claiming punishment should deter and protect the public. The writer believes Richeson’s education and virtues heighten the torment of his fall and prefers life in prison to execution.
The piece argues law seeks justice not vengeance for Richeson, noting public wrath and calls to kill him. It recalls his charitable acts as a minister and questions whether mercy should balance his one misstep toward rectitude.
Boston letter writer urges replacing the death sentence with life imprisonment at Charlestown to avoid public spectacle. He argues the case has plagued the papers and should be buried quietly to forget the crime.
An old advertisement promotes Quinine as a worldwide cold and grip remedy. It claims to remove the cause and urges readers to call for the full name and look for a signature FE. W. Grove.
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