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Show . - j , Go After the Scoundrels. ! A stroll of ten minutes on Eastj j iemple street will convince anyobser-j : vaut person thai thU city is a ien- dezvous fur more than its proportion j of bad men. Thieves, garroters, robbers and blacklegs of every firado are here by the dozens. They usually usu-ally wear the brands on their countenances counte-nances that tell their profession; and j takiDg these brands, placed tliere by the never erriug hand of nature, as indicators Ot charaater, we would say that few towns no larger than Salt Lake are curstd with so many of earth's wicked men. And what is worse for the community the ranks of this horde are being daily augmented 1 by arrivals from the surround. ng camps and neighboring Territories. So formidable a band have they become be-come that it behooves the honest portion por-tion of the community to keep the strictest watch over their property, and if it can be done legally adopt some measure for driving these leeches leech-es out of the country, or into the penitentiary. The daring robbery of Wednesday evening indicates plainly rrhat we will have to contend with the coming winter. Garrotiugs, bur glaries, robberies and even murders may be expected to ba of frequent occurrence unites this band of plunderers plund-erers are placed under luck and key, or are forced to gainer their burglars' kits and garroting npplianoes and leave the town. The public call upon the orhcers of law, the niaiiutrues, policemen, sheriff;, marshals and judges, to Lake this matter in hand and work with a delenijinatiuq to root out the scoundrels and bring them to justice. If" the ulliuiuji will do their sworn duly f. aiK'j!- and inanailly, and the .courts will sustain them, they can soon increase the temperature of the atmosphere of Salt Lake to such a uVgnti; ih-tMhe scoundrels who now prey upon the uGnmmuity w:il be glad t. give the town a wide berth. |