| Show EXIT XIT MR BELL With the surreptitiousness of oC men who are doing something of which they desire desire the public to know as lit little little little tle as as possible po District Attorney Loofbourow and County Co nt Attorney Hanson Thursday afternoon effected the release of ot the th bunco and criminal W y W Yo St S1 Clair alias Bell from custody St Clair or Bell as he ha was known in the McWhirter case was taken taken into court after 5 at an hour when the greatest secrecy Is possible and allowed to plead guilty guilt to a charge of conspiracy Then at the suggestion of ot the district attorney he was Sentenced to serve sene ten months in jail the term being dated back to May lay 15 1907 1901 when Bell was brought back here from rom Omaha It seems to us that the prosecuting officials treated Bell Ben very er badly in indeed indeed deed deeds In compelling him to serve sene eleven days more than his sentence ct In this they permitted a frightful miscarriage of ot Justice Bell should certainly have been remunerated handsomely for overtime and we suggest that Loofbourow and nd Hanson be required to make a monetary settlement set settlement settlement with him if they have not air al alady already ready ady done so Nothing more inhuman Inhuman inhuman man has come under our attention In recent years We Ve are moved almost tt la tears when we think of or the unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate Bell Ben languishing in a prison cell deprived of liberty and the pur pursuit pursuit pursuit suit of happiness ss for eleven weary wear days das longer than his legal term tern of oC I Imprisonment i Seriously the release of Bell is an outrage This Thin man min was Confessedly guilty guilt of ot participation participation In the Mc McWhirter McWhirter Ic robbery rob ery He swore on tho witness stand that he received part of or the money He also testified that he was w present when the fictitious ar arrests arrests arrests rests were made that he knew the en entire entire entire tire proceeding was a rotten swindle and that he subsequently assisted In j hustling the victims out of or the Ithe city If It ever eor a man deserved a penitentiary sentence that man was St Clair alias allai Bell And yet he Is 11 i permitted by b complainant attorneys attorney to go practically ally any scot free At the time of ot the Sheets trial the 1 attorneys for the Defense squarely charged that Bell Bel was In the employ I II j I of of the prosecution and that he would I not be punished for his part in the l I robbery The accusation as vigor vigorously vigorously resented by Mr Loofbourow j and by Mr Hanson Now there Is abundant prima facie evidence to i ih show show h w that there was a deal between I IBell Bell and prosecutors the pros that he was promised immunity In return for his testimony In the light of this circum circumstance circumstance circumstance stance the of either Loofbourow or Hanson for the offices they able hold will be absolutely inexcusable Inexcusable I I I II |
