Show AN astonishing tim THE verdict of the jury kiy in the infamous shurtliff case at provo wll will cause great surprise sur and ana indignation the testimony both before the justices court and the first district court cobit was overwhelming against the defendant the evi evidence denze of alss aliss adams tile the outraged victim of the s brutal passion was clear and damning and was not shaken in the least by four hours ri ard id cross exam examination ignatiou ina tiou all the endeavors on the part p ait of the defense to blacken the girls character charac tei signally failed the strongest point made by the defense was the testimony of martha lunceford luncef 01 el now clark we girl who bhore balom the jus lice that phe he was violated by list ira alark du at the bacue tune the offense wah by george shurtliff upon mary atai adams having hagim been married to the villain allain who committed the aud and made friends with tae ane other scoundrel she bhe came into court anti and lave evidence tending to impy abat mibs aliss adorns adaris was unwilling victim to tiie the wiles of almi thus dekief I 1 v what hat she swore to in the lower court and n I 1 exhibited e a boldness and shamelessness that was dl di gustiaf to hear anabe und behold the prisoner was defended bavery able counsel who used all the ingenuity anti and tactic of lawyers to rescue their client from the eliw dangerous position in which h bad 1 d himself him the chame charge I 1 of the budge judge seems impartial and lair t but the ury appear to haye given the ae defendant not only the f full u benefit of every doubt but of tile the thin testimony evidently arranged to sern tc ren him hira and int ini jure his victim the ury aury may justify themselves as to their verdi verdict et of ac acquittal quit tal on the ground that A t was possible there was some de degree alree of consent on the part of the outraged girl but the public will not look upon it in that 11 light ht N ahe the effect of the evidence on the minds of the masses is that george shurtliff should have been put where he could commit no more such beastly crimes for at least ten years chev do not doubt his bis guilt gallt for fora a wor nent the believe the evidence that while his wife was absent on a visit lie he and his viv vil companion dark clark drugged and outraged two girls giris who fell into their power the efforts made to bribe the skirls giris into silence the marriage of the lunceford Lunce tord girl to dark clark to cover up his iniquity and all the circumstances I 1 of the case go to corroborate i the direct statements made as to the crime shurtliff could not follow the example of if dark clark for he was already married but he could and did induce his wile wife to offer miss adams the deed of ef a house to close her mouth against his villainy there is only one adequate penalty penal for such an outrage as s that inflicted upon miss adams aud and that is the death of the brute who has ruined herfor life the law does not noc permit penult this as it ought to do and the jury that tried him seem to have been more lenient than just of course it must be remembered that the hound shurtliff was not accused of the lesser offense he was charged with rape and the jury had either to convict him or acquit ii if they were not satisfied that he was guilty of the capital crime they had no alternative but to hod find the verdict which they returned but when the public is satisfied from all the evidence and circumstances cu cum r stances that an offense has been committe committed d and there is no justice to be had in the co courts arts it is not surprising that there are threats of popular vio violence leace and that in other communities such an outcome to a trial is not jiff followed by a lawless execution in a law abiding community like ours suan things are not to be expected they are contrary to good government and to the faith and teachings in r odthe religion wIl which c 11 guides guide s the lives of the large lar e maj majority orlLy mob law lany Js to be mated on all occasions it is to be frowned down iu instance but the ris who have exposed their true ch arbeter ai acher evan giving them the ben benefit allt ot ina small doubts which se seep to have actuated the jury jarv have jhc shown to ta all decent becent people people that they are tot totally ilav unfit for social recognition and ana ought to he be shunned as ano moral ral lepers by every decent inaz who they may meet the otery aw is mated bv their presence andia and ri they have any sense of shame they wil rid we the scene of their delyra vity ot of their looth and most unwelcome pr presence 1 senca if this sh shocking locking vase case does not prove a lesson to itil t n r N we N do not know of anything M X cie take effect if miss adams and her companion had bad not flirted with those chea 6 teth tures iu the shape of m men en sat up late andi played cards with tg drinkwine drank wine and placed themselves in a position to he be tampered with alt all the sorrow and shame that ensued might have been avoided wise counsel is often treated with dis dils dam dain but the path of safety is within tile lines of good advice but notwithstanding the folly of the girls gills in their familiarity with the miscreants who effected their ruin the diabolism of the deed if in the least and there shore are no words that pen ca can write which would fitly describe the turpitude of those hell deserving scoundrels |