Show AS PLAIN AS A PIKESTAFF IN taking notice of tribune falsehoods 1 one has to be prepared for emanations such as are expected from a certain odoriferous animal that is always shunned when possible and consistent we could not in justice to the dalton murder case refrain from exposing the tribunes falsification of the utah statutes in order to shield ishield the murderer thompson for this we are assailed with its customary virulence and another attempt is made to misstate and muddle question our point was that homicide is not justifiable under the law when committed by an officer in the arrest of a person e r s on charged with a misdemeanor ane a e tribune T abune attempted to prove that an officer is justified in taking life when attempting to arrest a man charged charee cl with an offense punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary etc we showed from the statutes that such a proceeding is justified only when necessarily committed in arresting persons charged with felony and W who ho are aleein fleeing g from justice or resisting arrest the tribune now uses such pet terms and ponderous on derous reasons as skulking kill riar liar and fraud because w we e did n not ot quote other clauses of the law jaw which were not necessary in the argument ment we sot hot only omitted the section it refers to but all the rest of the compiled laws of utah as aa we have riot dot space to waste on irrelevant matter if there is any one on the staff of that paper to touch this subject other than the blackguard who has endeavored to cuver cover up his sophisms sophi sms with a mass of abuse he be can see this point very readily by aid of the compiled laws and the edmunds edmands act unlawful cohabitation is a misdemeanor it is not a felony an officer is excusable for homicide committed re taking persons who have escaped or in arresting persons wao are fleeing from jus tice or resisting arrest when the coarie against them is felony bringing the argument to the question at issue dalton was not charged with felony his alleged offense was a misdemeanor then killing him was not justifiable the law even if he be was escaping from or resisting arrest the matter is plain there is no ened to quibble over it an attempt to make a local definition of an offense f ense not punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary apply to toa united states offence offense chica congress has made so punishable Is the meanest kind of pettifogging but it is characteristic of the cad who when pushed into a corner cor ncr by a fail argument commences to misstate the question and then imitates the ever avoidable creature his hia four footed counterpart whose exhalations exha lations betray its character and make it a thing to be avoided except on a work of necessity even E ven the grand luy who in face of the fudges l protest took look hold of the se of their friend could see that the killing was not justifiable and aa a he very least they could do aou ht in an indictment for bu r iter but what is the use oi 0 u ther dispute the thing is plain enough for any one to admit at once if possessed of if common sense coupled with common honesty of course we do not except such an admission from the what is lt it of the tribune |