Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-01-10
JUSTICE sJsTAlxED.

Within The memory Of the present gcner;
tian dealIs even BIZ nataral cause, occarrin,
inassommnnity was xthe dread signal III
inotifning. sorrow aid ia,ncIliation. Not !,
to-day. We have b..en SO fainiIiarizts
throughout thi, broaa land with The inan~st
sh:oiid and psal. that the extinction OF I'M
isl:i'l life IL spoken OF only as Il commonplace
thing. II this were Tho result OF Christian
thought. o. the reasonable acceptance OF Tic
allotted end 1t ali, COMMUNICATION, and not
eetsilic. would he deserved. Bit. alas the
ways Of Providence scetnalmost thwartcel b.
desperation, vickedllcss and atrocty Of Tie
Human heart. aud its reprellensible devices.
lie Mosaic law. IAN eye for AIN eye.n anti
CHRISTIAN as It now appears. is wholly eclipsed
fy the practical vengeance taken by one man
sgaihst smother. and the Justification thereof
\ 10y courts and juries. The latt however.
are solely responsible for The grevious wrongs
by which the veal of the country is invaded.
sss Our late dispatches iufarm us Of the result
OF an important criminal trial in the city of
New York in Which that great commons
wealth was plaiIlfif and Stokes defendant
The facts lrclieyed from the network and
eiitangiing surroundings woven by profess
s'oIal tai .ilt) NE few and Of easy coinpre-
hensio9. Stokes the defendant. when poor.
obscure and needy, WAS the object of friend
~ consideration by Fisk. TIE deceased. and
j Tor whose murder he Is now under sentence
giol DEATH The latter saw In the fer,ner many
manly and commendabe elements. assisted. |
encouraged and accompanied him in the
paths OF commerce, cnteryrisc and wealth.
success resulted. in worldly sense IN many
OF tlietr business undertakings assumed by
Stokes, and soon the great trick ster, financier
and fraud saw his hopes for, aud opinion OF
his protege developed and verified. soon
however. the newly-formed confidence ex-
tended from the counting house to the
haunts OF wee and the purlicus OF profiigacy
SO saagrai'tiy, and in total disregard OF de-
cency, morality and public opinion, -patro,,-
iZcd and sustained By the unfortunate Fisk.
LII ms after sphere the ulpri. ceased 10 be
the Instrument Of lis fiien,I, aud with si,,gu-
lar rapldify and success became the parlci.
pant Of Fisk's iiltliy iiaisaon, And in this.
more fhaniii all other causes, is found why
mat Jas. Fisk lies to-day in Ii ) untimely
grave. and stokes in feIoi's cell awaifiny
TIE hang'naii's final act inthc tragedy. What
may be dome by appeals Il matter of spec
ulafion, Int that ,.Justicc is Sustained, bv
Inc verdict rendered none can Or will denv. /
ninrder is now the means Of arbilranlcnt
aseu ~ Inc great and accalMy for mythical /
" supposed wrongs, aud tho ilnpunity with .
Which 1T is committed has increased the {
2 me ant einbolslened the blomlhissty to it,
'arpepratioi, While the man less favored u
wealth. Social life. or education who raises
good right arm to defend himself from ~. 0
deserved aud unjustifiable assault il deemed e
worthy only Of the galIous or lifelong in Il
.arcerations Difference la position. society y
wealth and WORTH seems incyit:,i,ie u v
ind We call have no reasonable objection, z
hereto. bit il there be. q spot on Gods foot 9
1901 where equality should be demonstrated II
! Is before the legal tribunals 81 the country Il
nd nd in their dealing impartial justice to ali el
he execution of such man as Stokes. the
Of Fisk, or the candign punish ~.
of So b 4 ficnd as Laura ID. Fair the h,
li'iideress Of the crriny yet grcatand iamcnt- o,
u Crltfendon, would, IN addition to tile all hi
tract justice done, be productive OF mere ia
God. through terror Of Just law. than all the z,
aoral suasion that can be practically an til
fcsl 70 such people. cl
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