Show THE URBANA LYNCHING I Chicago TimesHerald In any case whatever may have been the causes of this deplorable affair the Urbana lych I ing the duty of the state government is clear The men who took part in the i lynching are known Their crime is murder and for murder they should be I punished Only thus can repetitions of I such Intolerable assaults upon the law be prevented St Louts Republic People living south I of the Mason and DIxons line ami wet of the Mississippi river will refrain from pointing the linger of scorn at the state I of Ohio The tragic outbreak of lawlessness lawless-ness at Urbana which resulted in the i killing or two men the wounding of eight I others and tho lynching of a negro brute I rht r10e tn et is r serIous I f A3 too nciJUUO ll UtlltlllllLJ dnelfJo severe a reflection upon our clvilzutlon to be regarded with any sentiment but that of profound regret Chicago Inter Ocean The lynching in Ohio is t be deplored the more so that Urbana which Is the scene of the outrage out-rage is in the center of one of the mot J 4 cultured and prosperous districts of the I state The action of the mob though wholly unjustifiable may be taken a evidence that 2 years of Imprisonment Is I not sufficient punishment for the offense whereof the dead man was charged and I whereto he pleaded guilty but no plea in mitigation absolves the city of Urbana I Ur-bana from the disgrace of the lynching II I I St Louis GlobeDemocrat The lynching I lynch-ing of Mitchell the Ohio negro assailant 1 of the whlto woman was a bad affair 1 but the crime for which he was punished was hideous In condemning f ep mob for I taking the law into its own hands let us I not forget the provocation which it had Sonic crimes are so horrible and revolting I that in dealing with them the ordinary processes of the law appear to many law abiding men to be too slow and uncertain Mitchells was one of that class of crimes I Denver Post The lynching of a negro I In Ohio is a horror of considerable magnitude magni-tude but in the south well thats different dif-ferent I Omaha Bee So far a the authorities at Ubana are concerned they seem to I have done nothing more than their dub I The firIng into the crowd by the militia Was done only rer warning and when 1 it seemed absolutely necessary In order to check the Infuriated mob determined at I all hazards that Mitchell should answer for his brutal crime with his life He paid the penalty but I was at a terrible cost And who can say that the example may not do much greater harm than good Had the soldiers fired the second time they would doubtless have repelled the assault as-sault again And abhorrent a I seems to sacrifice the lives of decent but in furiated citizens to save that of a scoundrel it is by such harsh tactics alone that lynching can be put down and the supremacy of the law maintained If the people of Ohio do not approve of I statutory penalties for certain crimes let them amendthe laws making them more severe But then by all means let them I stand by the laws and require their officers to protect the lives of prisoners I |