Saturday, June 13, 2026

Forty Four Lives for One

 

When young, stupid Jack Gilbert Graham 1932-1957) decided to do something radical about his money situation, he obviously forgot to think - or he just didn't care because he was what Jeffrey Epstein said about Donald tRump: "He has no moral compass." 

Without a moral compass the death, not only of one's mother, but also of 43 strangers who had neither offended nor harmed him in any way. They were totally innocent in something like that, but still, he didn't stop to think that by killing his mother for money, he also robbed these people of their lives. No moral compass really is a serious "affliction" which turns some people positively dangerous. When one thinks about it, it's obvious that moral is a necessity in all human societies. I, for one, would rely more upon morals in my neighbors and anyone else than e.g. religion ....

As to his relationship with his mother, it was strained after she left him at an orphanage for several years. This was in The Depression, and the money was low after the death of Jack's father. At that time she was a poor widow who was to be married to husband No. 3. When he also died, she became a successful businesswoman and may have struck Jack as very rich. After being separated for several years they didn't really know each other. Not that that is an excuse, but still it may explain some of his callousness. 

Jack, who was married and the father of two young children, was only 23 years old when he was sentenced to, and met his well-deserved death, in the gas chamber. Most of his victims were older than that, but all of them had a life they were robbed of because of his greed and resentment of his mother.


https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?

 

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