Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-09-25 | Page 1 | Law Must be Respected

LAW MUST BE RESPECTED Booker T Washington Talks of the Assassination of McKinley Tuokegee AIaf Sept 21Booker T Washington has given out a statement In reference to the assassination of President Presi-dent McKinlcy in which he fUl sIn s-In nil sincerity I want to nsk Io Czolgosz alone guilty Has not the entire en-tire Nation had a part in this greatest crlmo of the century What is anarchy but a defiance of law and bus not tHo Nation reaped what it has been sowing According to records 251C persons have been lynched l In the United States during dur-ing the unfit sixteen years ThorO are or have been engaged In this actroclty of lynching nearly 12S00 persons Mr Washington asks that to check tho present tendency all classes unltoto bring all criminals to Justice and sets that each secures a fair trial quoting President Presi-dent McKlnleys words when ho was shot 1 hope ho will be treated with fairness