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4 _ Waterloo Chronicte, Wodncsa;ay, February 14, 1973 Carnivores eat meat. Herâ€" bivores eat herbs. A few speâ€" cies like to vary the diet with some nice. ripe carrion. But man will eat anything that grows,. walks. swims or flhes. including himself. if he‘s hungry enough. Thus we have a proliferaâ€" tion of such delicacies as seal flippers, cod‘s tongue. canned snake. fried grassâ€" hoppers. frogs legs,. bees and ants in chocolate. What As many a sage has reâ€" marked. man is a curious animal. He is the only speâ€" cies that will kill others of his own type in either hot or cold blood. And he is the onâ€" ly animal. including the muchâ€"maligned hog. that will eat anyting and drink practically anything. Editors Note: Richard Hobson is a lawyer practising in But now "bad‘" was dead. It seems to me, 20 years afâ€" Waterioo. ter the event, that the slow methodical process of killing By Richard J. Hobson Suchan at the demand of society was more horrifying than In the past month, in three separate incidents, two TOTâ€" the quickness of the gun he fired in fear and desperation onto policemen have been murdered and a third has been _ ,,, Sgt. of Det. Edmund Tong. The slow mechanical proâ€" wounded. Feeling in the community seems to be running _ cess of justice leading to the hangman‘s scaffold was not strongly in favor of retention of the death penalty. There _ ang is not a spiritually enriching experience. In fact, it‘s is an interesting comparison between these recent murâ€" quite the opposite. At best it is an acknowledgment of ders and events of 20 years ago. _ _ Dll . L ; Society‘s failures. j Suchan and Jackson eventually died for their crimes, hanging by a rope on a scaffold in the Don jail. I recall a sense of satisfaction that justice had been done. To my impressionable young mind Suchan had become an archâ€" type, probably part of the fascination we all seem to have with the contest between "black and white"", and "good and bad". By Richard J. Hobson In the past month, in three separate incidents, two Torâ€" onto policemen have been murdered and a third has been wounded. Feeling in the community seems to be running strongly in favor of retention of the death penalty. There is an interesting comparison between these recent murâ€" ders and events of 20 years ago. Between November, 1951 and September, 1952 the Boyd gang was terrorizing Ontario residents. Led by Edwin Alonzo Boyd they were a bold gang of desperados. They robbed banks escaped jail. hid out in barns, had shootouts with the police and were eventually apprehended. They escaped again from Toronto‘s Don Jail and were finally recaptured and brought to justice. Two of their number, Steven Suchan and Leonard Jackson were sentenced to die for the murder of Sgt. of Det., Edmund Tong, a Toronâ€" to policeman. The other five members of this gang were sentenced to life imprisonment for armed robbery. It was a frightening episode of crime, pursuit and punâ€" ishment. The papers were full of the drama day after day. Suchan, Boyd and Jackson became the archvillains. Picâ€" tured as the personification of evil they were the most hated citizens of this fair province during those months. People feared them. They locked their doors in the evening and joined together on Sundays ah Church to pray for their recapture. All Ontario breathed a sigh of relief when the gang was recaptured on September 16th, 1952. A recent study by the Consumers Associaâ€" tion of Canada confirmed what many of us had suspected for some time â€" that without strinâ€" gent regulations, the consumer gets taken every time. A fast shopper is always a loser The article said the potato content was so high the product should be renamed "~"potato stew~. One brand. Valiant, had 35 per cent potatoes. It is an unfortunate fact that the wise conâ€" sumer must also be a wary one. He must know quality and packaging. examine labels and be able to do a rapid translation from pounds to grams in some cases, to compare the prices of similar articles. A case in point is the revelation that of 12 brands of beef stews tested by the association, the main solid ingredient was potatoes in all brands except one, Bonty. The average working person hoping to breeze in and out of a supermarket doesn‘t stand a chance. If he doesn‘t have the time or the inâ€" clination to scrutinize the articles in his shopâ€" ping cart. he can expect to pay more for less â€" everyvtime. Lawyer speaks out on capital punishment What a piece of work inâ€" deed‘ Man will eat anyâ€" thing from guts to nuts For many. there‘s nothing tastier than fried liver, bakâ€" ed stuffed heart. kidney pie and â€" almost unbelievable other species could stomach birds‘ nest soup or yearâ€" old eggs? Not to mention haggis. Prince Hamlet said: "What a prece of work is man! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how ltke an angel, in apprehension how like a god‘! the beauty of the world! the paragon of an: mais!" â€" _ tripe, that exotic dish made from the lining of a cow‘s stomach. It‘s not hard to figure out where the exâ€" No â€" selfâ€"respecting â€" goat would eat and drink some of the things the "paragon of animals" stuffs into his quivering. _ reluctant _ stoâ€" mach. Dill pickles, kippered herring. cold tongue. hot curry. Never mind the juice of fermented grapes. and cheese crawling with magâ€" gots. No wonder we smell peculiar to other animals Ever noticed how dogs and cats sniff us and walk away with a disgusted look? Those are just a few cateâ€" gories in the guts departâ€" ment. At the other end of the scale, among the nuts. are such things as hickory. haâ€" zel. chest. wal,. pea and sweetbreads. pression ‘‘That‘s a lot of tripe" came from. As a lawyer practising in the Courts I have never repreâ€" sented a man charged with capital murder. It is not a prospect I would relish. There is no greater responsibility resting on défence counsel and in fact on the whole judiâ€" cial system. It makes it easier to talk about "system" rather than "people". The lawyer can escape by "just presenting the facts". The Judge escapes by the mechaniâ€" cal process of ‘"applying the law to the facts‘"‘. The jailer, the priest, the guard, the witness, the executioner are all ‘‘doing their job". The gate opens, the rope stretches, a body falls heavily, twitches, for a few minutes and is dead. Only you and I as citizens have no excuse for this killing. The active participants do their job, no more, no less. We the passive participants must accept all the resâ€" ponsibility on our collective shoulders. Only we can change the law through our elective representatives. Is that what we want? Whenever I ask myself that question I remind myself of the story Arthur Maloney told me years after the Suchan affair. Arthur Maloney is an outâ€" standing criminal lawyer, and a former Member of Parâ€" liament. I don‘t know how many people he has representâ€" ed who have been charged with capital murder. He did represent Steven Suchan and was deeply affected by his death. Since then he has been an outspoken advocate aâ€" gainst capital punishment. Suchan was raised on a farm in Northern Ontario and How revolting can man get? Breakfast. What a way to start a day‘ A glass of icy orange juice. followed by scalding coffee. Then some cereal, the rougher the betâ€" ter. Then a few slices off a pig‘s bum, accompanied by a couple of hens‘ chilâ€" dren. Toss in a couple of vitamin â€" pills. with dearâ€" onlyâ€"knows what poisons in them. and we‘re ready to face the world. No wonâ€" der the world looks pretty grim How cavalierly we treat those _ longâ€"suffering _ stoâ€" machs. of which we are isâ€" sued only one for the duraâ€" tion. 4 This may all seem irreâ€" levant to the great issues of the day. and it is. But it‘s a lot deeper than it seems at Published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Record Ltd. 30 Queen St.. N., Kitchener Ontario Address correspondence to Waterloo Square Watâ€" erloo Ont. Telephone 744â€"6364. â€" I began thinking of man as guts when somebody told me a chap had spent 32 days or something in a cabin up north and had survived by eating mice. It was ar intriâ€" guing thought. first glance When I ask myself about the death penalty I remember Steve Suchan even though his story of reformation is unâ€" usual. To me the important issue is our collective assumpâ€" tion of responsibility over life and death. I could not release that trap door. I couldn‘t even stand near the scaffold. Despite all the arguments about punishment and the proâ€" tection of society I cannot accept that we have the right to kill our criminals or anyone else for that matter. _ Can‘t you see him sitting there. drooling, as he turned An amazing transformation came over Steve Suchan during his stay in death row. Under the guidance of a young priest Suchan learned about Christ. He accepted Christ so totally that he began to see himself as a Christâ€" like person. He insisted on knowing all the details of Christ‘s death over and over again. The night before he died he asked to be served the same meal that his Saviour had eaten as his last meal. I‘d far prefer to punish murderers by long jail terms or even with the lash or other physical punishment. Even the recent tragic deaths of two Toronto policemen at the hands of gunmen cannot persuade me otherwise. Let‘s protect our policemen by severe punishment but let‘s not degrade ourselves by engaging in legalized murder. came to Toronto to study violin. Less than successful in that enterprise he obtained employment as a hotel doorâ€" man before he joined the Boyd gang. Hardened by his life in crime and in prison, few were sorry when he was sentenced to hang and after the Appeal Courts had reâ€" fused to interfere, Suchan prepared himself as best he could. & Of course no one knew what that might have been and I don‘t remember enough of the story to tell you what he was served. All I remember is my total fascination lisâ€" tening to Arthur Maloney tell me how the archvillain had become a passionate Christian during his weeks in death row. The total transformation of a man preparing to die â€" slowly. In Canada : one year $8 :; in United States and Foreign countries: one year $10 SUBSCRIPTION RATES ESTABLISHED 1854 Wendy Herman, editor a mouse on a spit? Can you understand him deciding to have a cold lunch of haunch of mouse, with a salad of pine needles and cedar buds., served n birch bark? s , Can you see him munchâ€" ing a mouse drumstick for a bedâ€"time snack? SyN Prnbicave