Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1908 — Let Malefactors Begin. [ARTICLE]

Let Malefactors Begin.

A witty Frenchman was asked if he did not think it was high time to stop putting men to death. “Yea,” he answered, "but let the murderers be the gentlemen to begin.” The same rule applies to all phases of the warfare between criminals and society.