Show To irand Juiic nles A tragedy was emcted within the imiLs of our city on Saturday eel ing that humus Chocked the inhabitants Into si > ccchles horror The par icilars swill be fuund elcwhere in this Ire of the Saitvicl I Is scarcely two months ago since Far Icy McFarlane was sent home I > 3 the grndju of Irovo who eloise t ignore a well siilttinlnled charge of assault with intent to kill Whether i vas proeluceil lire f l-ire the grand Jury or not evl enca was not licking to prove that he had conteniplaled the Ire hf our quiet i amid unassuming jet raveintl Y It Counl3 Sficnir Jens P Larsen prior to the eve nllg on which he th shoot him while the olllccr was trying to irret him for breaking a cit3 crJinanci That McFarhne did not kill Larsen was simply got luck The loll utered the left shoulder at a point wherh a slight variation in one dIrection would hive mised Mr jreen altogether amid as little dif erencc on the other sjde would have caused instant ilcitli After the gm man had timcto obcrup he said himself that he thought new n-ew years behind the prison l bars 1 would perhaps do him good and had certainly made up his ailed tory Pay the penalty of his eriminal attempt ry tempt and he eecmcd to be as much surprised as anybody when he was set at liberty There was a strong fueling of indignation among the citizens of Macli alt time opinion ins openly I expressed tint private nil ue nee and money had been used II I his behalf but it vt as leer made mte clear as to whom the money wa given orwhoc influence was isjKjnsilile for reluming the reek less shooter to Month I that man hives who u ed his influence lo suih an endIf there Is an j one who took moneor prostituted hl olcil trust to pnvate favor w ilk up gentle nen t the City Hal and lookujon sour handIwork There lyIng sill and stark arc the bodies of the Ie tInts of a cowardly and brutal a murder as ever disgraced an infidel mining camp Jttest are thit b ye one or twelve you will notstanJ guiltless befure the judgment bar of God Because of the strong public condemnation of the nesnsaet and the course the grand jury less taken lu the mater te < < ncfwassiIent not desiring to fan into a flame lie smouldering feelings I of illfh il J agcre vebnvidoon theone side gf7 Jury and Injustice on the other eeming it best in this case to fub nit t the decree In silence though bitterly unjust The man McFarlane I not utterly ut-terly devoid of good and we hoped sell his friend that the hop would b sufficiently vivid t pre ent such outbreaks in future but isped as tlicsequcl proved in vaIn The shooting of a Mormon officer was not much of a sin in the eyes of thor tw elve good men and true but since his second escapade has been the shooting of two employee of a powerful corporation we feel 1 H ssumi that he will salter the full penalty the I law Better would It have been for his worse than wid owe wife his worse inn orphaned children his gray haired honorable father for the criminal himself if the law had dealt jusll3 by the p Ile and punished Pre McFarlane for Icl the July altcmpt Jonfo Senti i |