Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-19

Tar pAucoAsr LApcmy CASk.-Th's
case was brought before Police Asg's'f:''
Blood this morning. Proceedings were IN
stitutsd against the accused BY ". G. WHI
riner, Edwin Smith and A. r. Mast. Inc
other parties from whom this william had
stolen property to the amount Of hundreds
Of dollars, did not appear against him. ,o'
reasons We shall presently give. The de-
fendant, through his eousel, D. L. Shorey'
Esq, waived and examination on these co'n-
plants an the Justice held him to bail 10
the sum Of $500 each, making in oil u ,ooV
and Tor for want Of bail the prisoner vas
remsnded to jail. This bail, it is fair TO
presume, will be furnished in less than ~
hours, and more probably befor this ar''cie
reaches the eyes Of our readers.
Il will be asked, Of course, Why otner
parties interested, did not appear and pros
ccute, and thus increase his bail to sucn .
point ~ would make it impossible to OBTAIN
bonds, and thus bring to condign punish
ment first class scoundrel-as invetera'e
thief Is ever cursed community.
The answer is this. Many Of the owners
Of these goods were fearful that If they went
to trial they could never recover their prop
erty OF the goods stolen probably not two
percent could have been identified in man.
ner that would be held strictly legal-at
least such VAS the supposition upon which
their non.action was based: and further
still doubts were entertained whether they
could identify enough goods in lesa!
mancr to make the crime other than petty lar:
s,ny; so, in that view Of the case the pr's
Ter would get of and retain the goods
also, while if they used little diplomacy IL
the matter they could recover the'i
property without much diff :ulty.-
Acting upon this principle, whether good
or bad, they stood aloof, and by ARRANGE
ment' the. stolen property was delivered
over to the claimants and each loser is nov
in possession Of his goods.
No question could have arisen as to the
moral right Of the parties to the goods the,
claimed, but as the law made it obligatory
upon them to prove ownership bcyon,
doubt, they chose rather to let the bail res
at the point it might reach through the three
complaints.
AS matter of immediate interest the,
have oil done WE'LL Whether they have dis
charged their duty in aiding in bringing
s:oundrel to justice-in making health.
example Of him, is another question alto
,ther, to be discus sed by those who fee
sufficient interest to raise it. Had ther
been chance-and on that point lawyer
differ in opinion-to have sent the accuses
to the place he is so eminentIy fitted to fiji
the State Penitcntiary--surely it ough
to have been done-goods Or no goods. Blu
it is hard to ovcrrule self-intcrcst-it is q
old as the creation Of man, and has Away
asserted rigid supremacy.
There was large crowd in attendance a
court this morning, and no 1.-THE indignation
was expressed at the manner in which mat
ters turned. Mrs. Pancoast Was with he
husband during the time be was in court
and. Of course, created much sympathy.
Thus ends the three days wonder, An
once more will Pancoast have his liberty
Two roads are open before him. 1t is to b
hoped that he will take care not to travel Q
the one he seems to know best. May thi
serve to keep him forever in the path Of ret
titude,