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Show STILL EXCITED. ! The city continues to be excited over i : the Collin-McMurrin affair. Great indig- j nation is expressed against Marshal Ire land because he did not surrender Collin ; ' ; up when the warrant for his arrest was served upon him. By many it is held . ; ! that the Marshal was justified in holding ) Collin because Collin was already in the custody of the law, he having surrendered 1 1 himself to the Marshal. This opinion is i entertained by man- members of the bar, . j and is probably correct. That Collin will i . be produced at t he time of trial no one St doubts. ' ij Consequent upon the excitement there l u have been many rumors, and the rumors ' have been more wild than the excite- I 1 ment. It it possible there may have ! been threats of lj-nching Collins, but we do not believe the threats Avere very ex-x ex-x tensive. Another minor that became current yesterday, and which received t some credence, was that the city author- ities had determined to take Collin from the Marshal, on the warrant which Mar- i ji shal Ireland refused to obey, cost what it ; might. This same rumor said that for f : ; the purpose of accomplishing the arrest : of Collin large jtosses of . men were r sworn in, and that bodies of armed men ' ; : were coming in from the country to assist the officers. And rumor assigned this I '. as the cause for the removal of Collin to I ! . - Fort Douglas. So far as we were able to ' ! learn, these rumors are without founda- ; tion. Very likely the city authorities feel i that Marshal Ireland was wrong and that I he had no authority for his proceeding, i ; I but they would scarcely be so foolish and $ . : i , utterly devoid of common sense as to un- ) i dertake a forcible rescue of Collin from I ' the United States Marshal. If they in- I -j ' " tended to take Collin, in all probability f they would have gone before the District ij . Court and tested the validity of the war- f J , rant f arrest and the right of the Mar-. ( i Bhal to hold Collin in defiance of the war- ; : rant. We do not believe there was the tl' least necessity in the world for taking j Collin to Fort Douglas, although it I is plainly the duty of the Marshal to (.:.;; protect his prisoner. The taking of Col- ; ; ' hn to a military post for safe keeping f seems to us to border ujnjn the sensa- ' ' tional and alarmist. We trust there were better grounds for taking him there than ; 1 ; auy we have been able to discover. i ! The manner in. which some of the local ""I papers have spoken of the affair merits the severest condemnation, for their 1 J language is calculated to inflame men's j " worst passions, and to make bad matters f ' il worse. The Xewt of last nicht. in itn it i editorial columns, speaks of the affair in a ; most disgraceful and incendiary manner, " : and ends its articles with these words, i 1 "And of course the assassin is to be I i !i screened from arrest and lied out of , 1 : !j trouble. How much more will the jeo- I ! ! pie here have to bear with patience?" ? Such language is decidedly out of place under the circumstances, and its only re- i f suit can be evil. ';':! TJiis whole affair sliould be thoroughly J ' i . sifted, and no guilty man be allowed to 1 , escape, no matter who he is or . -whence he came. 1 j ; " In conclusion, we would suggest tliat I . ! ' I .United States Attorney Dickson and City 1 1 Attorney Richards visit the wounded I l man with a magistrate authorized to take ; t ' depositions, and take another aate-mor- 5 '' deposition, for now young McMurrin .' is in a better condition to make one. As I . : tue affair has assumed almost a political j j importance, it might be well to have the I ' " Governor and Mayor present on the oe- j I ".. ; casion of again taking a deposition. |