Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-16

From the Indianola Texas) Bulletin. Nov. o.
Quite lively sensation was created
in our city last Sunday night, caused by
the appearance Of man calling himself
Jack Helm. Some Of the folks actually
believed it was the redoubtable Jack,
whose recent career and active partici-
patton in the numbering Of citizens OF
Texas has created so much apprehension
among large portion Of them. The
man alluded to above, whether drunk or
crazy-probably the former-carried out
the hoax to perfection, pretending to
arrest persons, and threatening them
with death by hanging. When asked by
what authority he acted, he pressed his
hand on his six-shooter, and SAID that
was his anthority!" in fact, no doubt,
acted the character of Jack Helm out to
the letter..
The man was recognized by some per
son present as one Crawford, and was
arrested by the City Marshal and lodged
in Jail until the following morning, when
he was brought before the Police Court
fined, and bound over to the District
Court to answer for his outrageous con-
duet.
This was carrying the joke too far, and
had he not been arrested it is most prob
able that he would have lost the num-
Der of his mess; or, in other words,
somebody would have shot him.
Now, here comes perfect stranger in
our midst, and represents himself to be
Jack Helm, the Government assassin,
man chosen by the Executive to arrest
suspected parties without the least show
of legality, in defiance of the laws of the
country, and, as matter of course, his
supposed presence, and the bullying &C
tons of the man, created quite a sensa-
ton, which was fast ripening into an in
dignation that would have proved rather
bad for the pretended Jack Helm had he
not been arrested as soon as he was.
Comment is almost unnecessary, but
we cannot pass this circumstance over
without few words in condemnation of
the Helm dynasty. II is time that this
Jack Helm farce was over Recent events
have proved that the countenancing of
this man and his posse by governmental
authority is only encouraging the graft
fication of private revenge, and the muir
der of citizens, without one shadow of
suspicion against them of any kind,
A man is arrested for what, he does
not know; carried off from his home at
the dead hour of night, and the next
thing heard of him he is found shot
murdered-for what? for attempting
to escape" Such is the verdict rendered
by the Helmites.
Now we do say that Jack Helm, by
his acts, has rendered himself an out
law, and is consequently subject to the
penalties imposed on an outlaw. There
is no law to justify such conduct even if
sanctioned by the State Government,
and if the latter is the case it is time
that all such governmental officials be
impeached and hurled from their posi-
tions as law makers, and law executors,
and then punished as malefactors; as
advocates of assassination and violence,
and be dealt with according to law
We have laws, we have judges, we
have juries, then let the laws be en-
forced strictly, and there will be no oc-
casion to employ regulating gangs in
a civilized country, TO carry terror and
CONSERVATION among the people.
If Radical State administration,
under the so-caled reconstruction acts,
is not capable to govern the State, whose
laws are all sufficient if promptly exc
cuted, it most certainly shows the utter
want of talent and capacity in those who
have been placed in power through the
agency Of negro and carpet-bag votes,
TO the total exclusion and disfranchise-
menf of the true citizens of the State