| Show THE LAWS DELAY tie sluggishness of justice in america hae has long been a cause of complaint to it may be attributed many ol 01 the evils evile by which the law abiding class is harassed Of fanders ara are disposed to ran greater riika risks than if the certainty cartal nty of swift punishment bang hung over them they take chances chanes on the losa loss of public inter eat set in the r crime as time weana away probable absence of witnesses wit etc on the other othor hand the commission of a par atly atrocious crima crime renders readers its per pitra patra or more liable to illegal ment without tha the firms of law the community whose are 0 outraged u t and whose passions are 1 iq ir famed by the crime renumbering m amny kny instances of the tardiness nesri of justice are easily incited to riot and violence lence and not infrequently a lynching lunching lyn ching C casts eta its horrid blot upon the fair name of the state it is not always the community however that has the sole cause for complaint men are arrested for alleged violations of law ia and confined sometimes for months la io penitentiaries aries and jails because they are so unfortunate as to be without friends to give bail ball for them or 0 r are without the money or influence to secure legal assistance asBie tance worse still ins instances lances have occurred where the prosecute n has bad had the case continued from time to time tor fr th the e v very ery reason that if the de defendant fe nd were given a bearing hearing ha be would surely bt b acquitted such treatment of persons who are really innocent though indeed the law presumes every one to be innocent until the contrary la Is proven is an indignity a all I 1 the more conspicuous tor for that it Is commit committed in the laws name an Inci incident deat that occurred in a new york court a few days ago has bas given this question fresh prominence in the field of criticism ad discussion A man who has suffered a tedious confinement asked to be taken into court and when there he pleaded guilty though pro pr lesting bis big innocence far for the reason that he be wae wile unwilling to wait any longer for a trial he ile bad been confined confine 1 in the tombs thirteen mon months ibson on a charge he ile was tried once when the jary jury disagreed he grew tired ot of the tombs and preferred going to sing sing ander a definite penalty to waiting an indefinite time for the chance of an acquittal it may be doubted that a consciously innocent man would have taken this course but even if be were a villain double commentary furnished bythe by the motive of his big plea is one that should not be flippantly ignored A wrong Is not less a wrong because it is committed against a 06 criminal tim AGED lady in maine who remained wrape in prayer for an hour and then passed abruptly from the life she was tired of unto auto the death she besau besought bes aught glit will ec scarcely arcely be cited by people I 1 in the pinea tree free detate in their next edition of boom literature the creditable circum circumstance bance that ebe ehe reached the ripe age of is exactly phat was the matter in her despair she be could understand what she bad had done that she should have been doomed to live so 0 o long in maine KAISER WiLiiE Lna rebuke to the army 0 officers in stettin who invited him to an elaborate and expensive luncheon might have been considerably y further without great cuenco to ib be e common conception of average german arm army y appetite ile II 11 knocked off the menu all the yit pate de d foi grai grat champagn champa gnp etc leaving only soup mutton and beer it if it been for making two bites at a cherry he be might have dispensed ateo also with the soap soup and the mutton consumption cure care a diet of dog meat is finding considerable favor wherever itle it is being tried the curative powers are not yet thoroughly demonstrated I 1 st st rated but there is no kind klod of doubt that it is an excellent use ure to make of the dog |
