New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-25

ton. He mixes on terms of equality witt
tne county families and, though his paw i
not large; he is as readily received in sOcie
ty as the ensign or lieutenant of a MARCHING
regiment; He wears 2 smart uniform, il
employed II a semi-miiitarv force, and
must De an educated man. The conception
OF such a crime by such a person is rare in
most cOuntries-very rare in Ireland and
the anteeedent improbability must be al
lowed IN favor of the theory of Mr.. Mont
gOnery5 innocence. There nave been az
many presentations for agrarian causes in
ireland that we hardly ever recognize how
l~nirequent are ordinary murders.
comparatively few instances have oc-
CURED arising from domestic strife ar from
mere lust of gold. 1t is strange enough
that this crime, among the most remark
able known in the country for years, should
be attributed to a member of the one force
that reflects the greatest credit on the
irish race. There is nothing of which orr
Celtic cOUntrymen may be so justly proud
as the royal Irish c~Oustabulary, to which
Sub-InspectOr Montgomery belonged. The
private constables are all of the peasant
class, but faithful to their salt and superior
to the taintest suspicion of mutiny. They
are Roman Catholics, and exposed, Ike
others OF their creed, to the influence of
priests; yet we have never had the least diff
hcuIty on that score. Their bravery has been
proved, not only at the time of the paltry
tenlan revolt, but IL many a PERSONAL en-
counter, when at fairs and markets and on
lonely hill sides they faced serious perils
and great odds, and came off with success.
Everybody must regret the incidental assO-
clatlOn-even though it does not extend
beyond bare susplCiOn-Of such a body of
men with one of the fOulest crimes in our
modern records. This midday murder sur-
gests many others which ended in the inn
punity Of the criminal, aud the case of Mr..
Little, some years ago, in Dublin, has been
mentioned as one IN point. That event Was
marvelOusly like the NewtOn-Stewart out
rage. The victim was a cashier, the motive
robbery, the scene a railway station, after
oftlce hours, and it was evident that the
criminal was one acquainted with the place
and the habits OF the clerks. The person
charged IN that case was acquitted, the
only witness against him being his wife.
whose evidence could not be received: but
nobody had any moral doubt of his guilt.
the police Immediately examined all
the men employed at the terminus, thew
would have detected this very individual;
they omitted the p~recautiOn, and were !
atterward indebted to his wife for a use
less disclosure.
In all such cases prompt and separate ex-
animation of everybody connected, how
ever remotely, with the premises is the first
uuCy OF the ponce. 1t was Mr.. MOntgOm-
ery's omission to make such inquiries that
first turned suspicion on himself. But after
all, if every inspector or s~ub-inspector of
police who closes his head when confront
suddenly with the facts OF a horrible
homicide is to be suspected of the murder
himself, we fear that the number of aC-
3used policemen Will be greatly increased.
As this ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in any case-is
10 be tried again, it is only fair to recall
everything that bears on the possibility of
lis innocence. In Ireland there has been.
We regret to observe, much partisanship
about the Casa painful characteristic of
public opinion there, not now noticed for
he first time.