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Show oi rim i. lou.r An nuuTAi.m. A t'MytK aiiectarle of ofllclal momttoilly wa wllnceaed at tha Uuiaha dlca itatlon a few day " A little girl aeven year ot I, chargiol by an old man wllh Healing rllly dollar, had lan arreatad ti)ti A warrant for grand larceny, and placed In one of the criminal cell of the tlly jail. HUuld ngriatmany people camo to are thl eahlblllon of a baby tr-hind tr-hind the bar. Homof.lt angry about Il and lii'ulred Into the motive of the iwllco whoerTecled lliearrrtt. Hlranga to tay, the partloilar nfllcvr who performed per-formed tho grand act wa not on the grutinl to twelve Ihe plaudit of the pcoph-, but wa found by a newipapff nun, when he eiplalned Hiatal! he knetr alioul tha alTalr wa Hint Ihe warrant given him for the child' arrrat lead Ilka all othera: "You are hereby cominan led lo bring the aald Alllerthuiler Into court Wfore Iha llce Judge of ld court." He ill I think A little itratigely of th matter but the law commanded and i A Ktvant of the peoi le lit only duly wa to obey. What a aeaaa of confidence and le-curlly le-curlly thl atatetneat of the roe mn.t have awaktmil In the bourn of the law and order loving people of Omaha! How their rout mint liavo awellid within them In the reeenceof Ihli ahuoat preternatural cihlblllon of olllclal lldellt)! We would not prcaumo lo apeak In audi a cat for the cltiiena of Omaha. The law-worhllngchu there may liavo A more riallcd Idi a of ofllclal duly than Ii common to general humanity. Hut there ale people who are tolerably clvlllicd thai would look uponlheolllcertfr officer rrponlbl for thl action a having about a cltar aeenaeof clvlllnllon or thadutle of hla cilice aa a munled grlrily. Aa rrioitcd, Ihe caae w well begun lu lnt of legal formality, wa carried rail on tho annie brutal plan, and Ihe child waa kept In Ihe criminal' cage under the gate of the curloua crowd till It mother wat notified and enured tha rriulrad Ull for II releaee. Till Ii altogether a moat flagrant exatuple of official tulllty. II It an rajcaltloii of the doctrine of official non-dlicrelloii carried to a mon-itrou mon-itrou ratremlly. The Idea that A acrrantof tbelaw bat no human dl. en lion In the dlMharge of hla duly I theonllrally I reiteroua, and executed exe-cuted agaluet women and children I turtly brutal. |