"Because I am utterly opposed to the trial, conviction, and punishment of these young men," answered Wheelock, who is said to be a Wall Street broker. "Society itself, which tolerates conditions that breed criminals, should be tried and punished."
"Suppose one of your clerks should steal from you. Would you want him punished?"
"No. I hold that society is the real criminal in such cases. There should be a complete change in the conditions in society."
"This is the most extraordinary statement I have ever heard from a juror," Judge McIntyre said. "If I believed you really knew what you were talking about, I would adjudge you in contempt of court and punish you severely, but you are so illogical and unsound in your views that I am merely going to discharge you from the jury panel for the term. Leave this court room."
SWIFT CAREER IS HALTED
Pittsburgh Boy Was Spending Dollar a Minute Until Detectives Interfered.
Pittsburgh.—Until meddlesome representatives of the police department interfered, John Skovvran, 15, startled other visitors at Westview Park by the lavishness with which he peeled bills off a big roll he carried. But the boy was interrupted by inquisitive detectives working on mysterious robberies of North side business houses. The police say a careful check up on John's expenditures shows he was reducing his wad at the rate of a dollar a minute, and that he had plenty left. 