| Show CM oan THE TEE conspirators RE BE PUNISHED THE T impunity with which assassins can organize in this thia country for the purpose of carrying out their murderous schemes in another la Is causing much discussion in both hemispheres the revelations of lynch atlas allas norman korman in regard to tto the dynamite conspirators arrested in london show that the plot piot was hatched in new now york where a society exists in active operation for the concocting concoct ing of deeds of darkness to be executed in england the tho bare word of an informer may not amount to dreams e evidence v corroborates the testimony of lynch and it Is scarcely denied that odonovan who has added rossa to his proper name with other americanized irishmen of cf the same ilk is concerned in urie urle dynamite doings which have startled great britain from one end to the otner kotlier there is a great defect in international law or such diabolical schemes would not be permitted in one country at the expense of ord another england has been the asylum for political exiles from continental europe just as the united states now give shelter to irish and other escaped plotters torb tors rs against the government but this Is ia no excuse for the tacit encouragement of the dynamite blende flenda in this country who on the plea that ireland is ia opp oppressed reseed would blow up buildings in london and destroy individual property and the lives of unoffending persons persona the new york herald merald draws attention to that th 11 it part pait of the it he penal code of the state which relates to conspiracies it provides pr avides that it if one or more persons con conspire spiro to commit a crime each of them is guilty ot a misdemeanor and liable to a maximum penalty of one yeara years 1 imprisonment and a fine of five hundred dollars nothing howe however vers is ia sald said in ia the law in regard to the locality of the crime whether 0 or not it must musi be committed within t the he state to render the conspirators liable it is quite likely that the law jaw may be so eo construed as to cover the case of the dynamite conspirators the conspiracy is made the crime not the execution of the plot therefore when odonovan and his fellow collectors of cash from irish servants aud laborers meet in the state of new york and plan to send men like lynch and gallagher to lon lion don to mow up houses e with dyna mite although the deed is to bs ba done in england the conspiracy takes place in new york and for that they may be arrested and punished this looks like good law and it is certainly common Jus justuce justice those who make infernal machines in this country for the express purpose of criminal work in another are equally guilty in principle with those who carry the contraband or start the explosion and ought to be equally amenable to the law if this proves to be legally as well as morally sound bound something may be done on this thia side of the atlantic to stop the d diabolical fabo labo lical schemes of pretended maintain the honor of the nation and relieve americans from the reproach which is now be being in g c cast as t V upon pon them in Euro europe jpe |
