Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-02-23 | Page 16 | Bowing to Criminals

I Bowing to Criminals W I the tho aid of or the warden of or the Ut Utah h sl state te prison rison or tho the state board of or pardon pardon- but in spite spit of their opposition the confession of Joseph II H. Martin blackmailer and inmate of or the penitentiary has become put The full confession serves only to cloud the deal by which Martin i was to be granted immunity from publio opinion in return for a confession the b mess of or which is a matter of doubt iN No No o doubt the confession is convincing in in some re- re rc- rc spas i iS chief among which is is the guilt of the man con- con vii cd and md this was faid fairly well established in his trial trin why state officials should be inclined to pander to toIs Is whims is b beyond ond the thc comprehension of the thc average h individual di Martin was in ini jail for a good long term tenn Head He lie lieI h I J wd rId been fairly convicted and only a n. few maudlin sympathizers sympathizers sym sym- held to belief Martin h however heYer eYer would not confess if his statements were tare ere to be made public and the warden obligingly su submitted sub sub- to his will or 01 temperament if blackmailers have temperament Only the fact that Martin attempted to fasten the crime crimo on a dead man prevented pre the warden from fulfilling his bis part of the agreement We Ye hold no brief for Tom Jones the man who bo Martin says was his Ins partner in crime came but we would not stand sil silently nUy aside j while Martin was allowed to blacken the memory of a n i dead man without corroborative evidence c Whether i ilc it I be lc c Tom Jones or Bill Smith we would not indorse a n public pub pub- pUb pUb-I lie lic statement of a man with Martins Martin's Js reputation It n l n. n uL P. P as I U LL il L Ut U 4 11 some U I Why did Mal Martin tin want the public to know only so se much and nothing more 7 Why did he lie fasten the crime on a dead man and refuse to permit the public to hear henI the full confession 7 Why should the warden of the Utah prison permit hims himself lf to be made n a party to a n aslander aslander slander on a n d dead man 7 These are questions which naturally creep into the mind when we consider the new turn in the Martin case Perhaps l Martins Martin's confession confession confession confes confes- sion concerning Jones is true truc bu but it is not convincing con His Bis cousin Henry Martin has hns always been regarded as his accomplice and has hns been a n fugitive from justice ever since Martin was arrested Is 15 this the effort of a drowning drowning- man to save his kin by hy fastening the crime on on one beyond the pale pule of the l law The dead man mans man's Js relatives cs are entitled to a complete investigation in Justice Jus Jus- hice tice forbids that they be damned on the word of a blackmailer and a crook alliances with custodians of 01 property to the contrary Who is minister to France To England 7 Now children dont don't all nil speak at once Pa R 1 to Pa h Anxious reader Deserving ing g Democrat is not an Individual it is an institution 1 7 r r pa pa a In Several Se local men have already rec received i e telegrams io to Come to Detroit on business PS A Pa r Pa h A chance for the let Chautauqua let Taft and Bor all argue argine it out Pa Pa pa