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Show THE BLACKMAIL MAX. Shylock told them he couldn't explain why he huted tho merchant, but he added In h sort of illuminating wav that Some men there ar love not a gaping pin. Some, that are mad If they behold a Ht, t Whv he can not abide, a gaping pig, Noi he a harmless necssnry cot, So 1 can gle no reason nor will 1 not. And maybe mankind feels that way about the blackmallcMS Certainly the sentiment with which they are regarded Is a mixture of all tho germs of reprobation of hatred, of contempt, of feor, of anger, of lust 'for punlshme) t beyond tlm failed Into llfo by any othor violation of the laws. Why thoy place tho blackmailer, the blackhand letter wrltor, boyond tMo pale thoy can not explain. But they do. Thoy rosorve for that assailant of society the very bitterest of all their deepest detestation. Of course theio Is only one tiling to do with tho blackhand, tho blackmailer. First catch him, then put the punishment beyond the measure of the damage dono. Society will have to forget Itself to savo itself. Because the blow of the blackhand may fall on women and on children, the caitiff who waflld compel a money contribution contribu-tion by that dark method must be taught that his punlahment will fit tho crime and that without with-out tho slightest regard to what tho books may say. This recent extension of tho Ogden blackmailer enterprise to tho fatter fields of Salt Lake Is Interesting In-teresting because the criminal called on a Ilalloran to carry his money; to leave It at a certain gate; to preserve silence on pain of death to loved ones. There probably Isn't a man In Utah less likely to bow under such a mandate than W. J. ITalloran. Maybe the blackmalelr knew tho nature of that square cltiaon, and walled till ho was far, far away. But there must be something in a name, after all, for the tempt, of the elder man inspired the oimger, and the thief dared not visit tho spot he himself had indicated dared not go there M for the mone ho demanded of a Ilalloran. M This demand for money on pain of reprisal on M women and children is so dastardly, so combln- M ing cowardice with cupidity, so hissing hot with M tho losh of fear, so startling to every sentiment jH of security of home, of love, of careful keoping, H that evory attribute of general self defense demands jH a constant readiness, an Instant rallying of all to jH any point assailed and the grim and ghastly H punishment at which a fiend mtist falter. H |