| Show I S TECHNICALITIES TO FREE j. j S kj i One of the thc alarming reports from San Francisco is Js isS t S to the effect cited that that Lawyer Delmas has found round a flaw Haw in the S ii f. f indictments Indictment of or and b by which tho the iE arc are certain aln to escape all punishment ent fc r- It II seems is that a as a n result of or f the lire firo of ot April some ome or of c the tho court records Is were destroyed and one of or I i i the tho men who served V. on tho the grand ju jury which indicted fluet and and ana th the L J c rest of ot th the gang had served sen J y on a former grand jUr jury r within two years ears which the law lawI L I socks to prevent pre for a very palpable reason renson f f. f t There la is no question of or this mans man's Integrity nor of oC S tho the abundance of or testimony on which the recent Indict Indict- a meats ments were found There Is no pretense that any just S. S jV t man has been harmed or deprived cd of a single right to r which he may be bo entitled d. d But on tho ho slim technicality I S j f I S S J 5 S that a member of tho the body which voted oled tho the Indictments had sat at on a former grand jury and had done his duty It Ii it believed the tho whole established ca cn cace e against tho the biggest bunch hunch of or since Tweed will wm be bo terminated Government can never nl be bo safe if ff schemes like this prevail Society can never nver bo ho secure If Jr the rights rI oC of honest l people are aro thus trifled trIlled with Justice can never no bo be lone done If Ir on so small a l. l technicality an admitted felon can go free tree And the community which so plays with law antI and Justice Is sowing sowIng- a wind which will certainly be he followed by the whirlwind Years ego ago crime became so flagrant fI in Cincinnati de deserved punishment became so nel nearly impossible impossible im im- im- im possible the rule of corruption and chic chicano chicane ne became so strong that tho the people waked one and dp destroyed court house and Jail and administered summary and severe punishment to a flock fiock of rascals who felt no fear of ot the law so long as men o of their theft l kind had hol Its administration It was a n frightful les lesson on but hut one ono taste tast was enough for Cincinnati The officials learned the tho 4 I lesson son In the San Francisco case matters mallers havo have gone gene to th the place where there thero Is no question of or tho the guilt of tho the accused It has been established b by competent evidence Now if It the tricks of oC a criminal lawyer lawer shall succeed In winning safety for them it may confidently be expected that an nn exasperated people will do directly what technicalities technicalities will not let them do by tw the tho formal processes of or ortho tho the law la And tho the whirlwind of oC a t. t later vl vigilance committee committee com corn will write the war against all nil whomsoever whom whom- er for that town i I It would bo be wisdom for tho the prisoners to tako take the medicine that Is now commended to their lips The They and andall andall andall all rho ho ho defend them aro are like Vo tb o receive Tc a n severer pun pun- |
