Show Dangerous Legal Procedure ITH prosecuting attorneys s in various various parts of the I V VV V country displaying a woeful contempt for capital and compromising their states and themselves them them- selves elves with dastardly crimes the American people are aro r going to lose loso much of their respect for the tho law as interpreted inter inter- in this vacillating period Only a day or so ago agoa a II man nan with the blood of eight ht women on his hands went into nto a California court pleaded guilty and escaped with n It sentence e tence of life lifo imprisonment Justice was outraged I a despicable precedent established when Bluebeard Watson Vatson alias Harvey was treated with more judicial respect than is generally accorded a 1 Now ow a as if to damn the tho entire prosecuting system of the country North Dakota contributes a parallel caso case by giving a a. Washburn farmer a life sentence for murdering a n family of seven and their chore boy a n youth of 13 ears vears Is it Strange that lynch law finds spasmodic expression cx- cx pr in some sections of the country when prosecuting ing ng officers are arc so prone to i ignore ore the public trust placed in them Here is a man who shot in m the Ule back hack the father father father fa fa- fa- fa ther of five growing children He murdered the mother and ind nd the chore boy when they were without means of defence defense de de- de- de fence find and finall in is fiendish kill killed the u 1 kiddies while hile they pleaded for mer mercy What That kind of an nn attorney is ho who would consent I In Th compromised penalty What deterrent to crime is there to be when fiends aro are treated with so 60 much mercy nd consideration 7 What respect can tho the law abiding citizenry have for its rules of government when prose prose- become so 50 lax Under the tho system em which now seems oms to be in vogue am among Dg prosecutors tho the maniac who killed a 0 retired banker in n Los Angeles a few days ago ngo will probably receive a n gold medal duly autographed by y Jh prosecuting officer I It is time tho the legal profession of the countr country did Something to drive shysters out of the public offices entrusted en en- trusted to its members They are not only a disgrace to the states tates they represent but an nn insult to th the sion Elon on Founded on tho the great grent principles of justice the legal fra fraternity mity should see seo to it that its public representatives do not treat those principles as chattels with which to drive vicious bargains with those who run mn afoul foul of the law |