Show b ff- ff And Law I The Murder And e eITH ITH fTH the acq acquittal itt i of Andrew charged with the murder of William Villiam H. H Scott cott m in a loc local l hotel hote and with evince evi- evi c rice ence nce submitted being at the trial th that t Jim a Greek k ho hp has as since left the county country cO y committed the crime crim the question i as to what steps step will n now nV V b be taken Jo to bring R b before t ic e bar of justice Wh Whether th r Ka rake in t fact t shot shot Scott ott to death o or rw whether hether v he hei I i J. J l innocent is beside the question shon ion at present p resent upon th the Born testimony of witnesses is ac accused used of the murder murders jt r rt t a The fact that the man is a Greek or the fact that heis he is a sub sub- j set c cf t of an any y country other than the United States affords no- no nobar b bar bar- barer bari barc reri r- r i ier eri ert why he should not be b brought rought to trial The one decisive ci iv point t hat lot cannot be ignored is that the crime calling for capital punish punish- J i len lent leht- leht t occurred in this commonwealth I. I Those charged with the duties of seeing that t justice i is admin admin- tend have one and only one direct action a to to take That acion aco ac ac- ion o on nis is that regardless of expense the suspected assassin must face 1 court which has jurisdiction over the territory in ch murder murder tas as as committed i L A question might arise as as' as to the possibility of extraditing an lien hen particularly from fromi his native land b but t iI inasmuch thaS as Am Americans ho have been suspected of murder murder in in inot ot other er lands h have ve been r re re- re for trial there is no reason to believe 4 pr procedure night light ii ht not be put into oper operation tion her here y 1 t V 1 s The demand of justice rings out clear dear and cold J It demands q hat at the officers charged with carrying out th the l law d do their d duty dutye ty J h e last st possible limit t. t t. t G t The e case ase at issue is not a petty one A mans man's life has been d ed c on the altar of assassination The crime was was a 3 heinous n me ne irrespective of the sordid details Further the crime is the oas t. t to appear as a record upon the police blotter V t f T r To o take Make into consideration the cost of f extradition adit on would be oily olty 4 Negligence egli ence or the exercise of contempt that the case would lot ot warrant tr I r the expense cannot be ent entertained f ih The p people of this country whether or not rio they respect the here and now and nd Win in in Utah of aw sl should be afforded the opportunity now calling that justice will not be thwarted The case in point cannot be considered on any economic orth orth Neither can sentimental humbug be entertained There is principle at stake which is worth more than a kings king's ransom to etain tain If ju justice tice is not slowed to tot take ake its its- toll in iq t this is case then the eople ople of f this state will consider that justice has has' has has' been outraged nd humiliated h Respect for the law law will w ll be nothing but b t a term f f speech The foundation of Am Americas America's ricas rica's prosperity to a large extent rests pon legislation Unless the respect for forthe the law is adhered to to the will crumble and with it will crash to earth all the prini prin- prin i les upon which a countr country has attained greatness ss 1 n r nTo To allow an ass assassin to s ape when there is a chan chance to tap tap- capure cap cap- ore ure or to extradite it him hirn would wo A mean the the placing of mt murder rr above above y bo aw The conscience of true rue Americanism demands that at luJ ti be aI the ere cd r- r I i IF |