Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-11
HOOD FOR REFLECTION.

Phoebe has acquired the name of the
..Butchertown of Nevada" 1t is not an
agreeable eognomen to have applied to a
locality; but it cannot be denied that ii
is Justly applied to Phoebe. Notwith-
standing the many who have been killed
in this town within the past eighteen
months. the ares: of the guilty party
has followed in every instance except
one, or else the accused has voluntarily
surrendered. This fact shows that the
officers here are not wanting in vigilance
in arresting men for killing a fellow
being. Within the past eighteen months
one man has been convicted of murder
in the second degree Perry Fuller and
sentenced to imprisonment for life:
Howard, convicted of manslaIshter, is
serving out ten years imprisonment;
Harrington. who was found guilty Of
murder in the second degree, and was
sentenced to ID years Imprisonment,
has appealed his case, and it Is not GER
tain that he viii fail TO get a new trial:
Ferguson, the only man convicted of the
high crime OF murder III the first de-
gree, has been granted 4 new trial, and
he stands now before the county no: as
a condemned murderer, but as one ac-
cused of killing man. The fact that
81 much killing has been done and SO
little punishment inflicted may lead TO
the impression abroad, and also among
the evil-i!isposed class Of the community. |
that human life is not held in high esti-
NATION in Phoebe. and that through a |
lax of public sentiment escape from the !
consequences of taking human life IS an |
easy matter For this state of things |
the people themselves are somewhat to |
blame The masses have not stimulated
a healthy public sentiment, and the
whole community Is suffering the results
Of the bad name which Phoebe has ac-
qUired.
So SAYS the Phoebe Record. This
much of an allusion to the subject
of oft recurring man-killings invites
a discussion of the whole subject in
all its bearings But of course it
can be treated of in superficial
only, through such small
as a daily paper may
attempt to take hold of.
Phoebe is no worse than any other
place within our State limits except
ing as affording more materials upon
which the homicidal spirit exhibits
itself. The prevailing fallacy of
notion, the wrong education which
,e.ds to the killing of men for trivial
rauses is q part of our perverted
code of morals. From Al unnatural
with the idea of extreme
dignity as exemplitied
mongst duellists and persons who
re morbidly tenacious Of the term
gentleman" and from whole mass
# kindred false ideas of {" honor"
very man who is unwilling to be 7
bought anything short Of cheval- $
Ter harbors the conviction, more or G
ess defined, that an indignity to his d
acred person must be wiped out O
nth the blood Of his assailan:. OF !,
purse this is preposterous-but it b
ads to the greater part of these I
ltal encounters, nevertheless. Mix 4
false and excessive notion of per o
,nal sacredness and some borrowed
Ieas of honor with a modicum of the "
ind of potables tina. get served up ,
tine commoner sorts Of saloons .,
te at night and you have a ready al
ade Don Quixote in every camp in "
.e State. We doubt the efficacy of b'
" penalties to correct the evils
rowing out of this absurd state OF
ings. Hanging never did any
,od-except, perhaps. here and -
ere, under the ministrations of a ="
.ngeful vigilance committee. Dor
n life breeds border habits and O,
en- will so armed j; and being 81
med. there are temptations, when to
e wits are out and wine is in, to ~ :,
,e those weapons, and so murders a,
ultiply Doubtless the majority lie
these crimes are traceable to o
hiskey and the hard passions en- II
ndered at the gaming table. Prob q
" tho present generation of no. Ii
adic fighters and niSht-prowlers b
d bar-room frsquenters will have e,
be killed of before these sad hab- ~