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Show I RETURN OF THE BLACKMAILERS. 1 When Martin was sentenced to the penitentiary. Ogden felt as though the reign of the blackmailer had been ended, but was disagreeably disillusioned disil-lusioned last night when the announcement an-nouncement was made that threats against the Eccles family had been renewed and another battle had been fought between blackmailers and the officers of the law. " The Standard has interviewed a number of prominent men and they unanimously agree that the blackmailers black-mailers must be suppressed by the united efforts of this community; that the police force must be given , whatever assistance is required to ! ! trap the plotters, j The men engaged in this work I should realize they are playing a des- I perate game. If they are endeavor ing to get rich quick, their prospects I would be improved by robbing trains, and that, too, is a very dangerous un- dertaklng, the profits of which are swallowed up in the grave. In order to bring this latest outbreak out-break of blackmailing to an early end, the city and county should be blocked off so patrols could be thrown out at the word of command and any I j district combed of all suspicious char- acters. If necessar a thousand arm ed men can be enlisted in this cause of law and order. There Is no need of undue excitement, excite-ment, but the precautions nevertheless neverthe-less should be so thorough as to preclude pre-clude any possibility of the blackmailers black-mailers escaping, once they are located. lo-cated. Our city and county commissioners commission-ers should meet In special session and authorize the chief of police and the sheriff to take all necessary steps to capture the perpetrators of this outrage. The police report that the men give indications of being amateurs, which may prove true, but before they become be-come professionals they should be weighted down with more lead than any amateur can carry with prospects ! of winning in a race with Death. oo |
