4.6 ANDREW J. SHIPMAN MEMORIAL 



firmed by the Captain-General of Cataluna on October lo, 

 and it was afterward approved by the ministry. The law it- 

 self, under Article 238, fixed the penalty therefore as death, 

 and this penalty was carried out on October 13, 1909. 



In view of all the circumstances involved in the Ferrer case, 

 we think the matter should be considered in a similar light to 

 cases occurring in our own country, for thereby we can obtain 

 a fairer and more unprejudiced view of the situation. 



He had a trial, and there was evidence produced against 

 him, and, moreover, the evidence was of substantially the 

 same nature as that for which we ourselves sent seven men 

 to death for a like crime. The law under which he was 

 tried was framed by the anti-clerical party, while his daily 

 associates furnished the principal evidence against him. The 

 case should therefore be judged upon the actual facts involved, 

 and not upon prejudice and hostility. 



