The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-07-07
REMEMBER ESCHBACH

We take the following from the
Sun, and propose TO use it as the text
of little sermon
We congratulate Bro. Pope, the lawyer
and prosecuting attorney for this county,
on the certificate of qualification, etc.
furnished by Tng BULLETIN this morn
ing Companions are said, somewhere,
to be odIous, but we don believe u, ana
vet the idea that Judge Mulkey and one
or two other able lawyers can turn Pope
down when Pope swings clear of all Ten
,angling allisnces" is simply preposterous'
The seeming implication that Mr.. Pope
il not jury lawyer 10 UNJUST 10 that gem
tleman. Indeed it seems TO US that the
whole article is not in keeping with the
intimate relations VIII ch we supposed the
editor and lawyer sustained each to the
other. II Pope IS in the arms Of the edi-
tor the latter seems 10 have funny
way of showing his affection but then
probably ho chasiens much because he
loves much.
We say Mr.. Pope is no: as
good lawyer as Mulkey, aud is not a
jury orator. Mr.. Pope is an able man,
but Judge Mulkey, the counsel of
Gupton the murderer of Eschbach, is a
"singe cat in case in court. Not
many of the lawyers Of Southern Hi.
nois are anxious to lock horns with
him, and Mr.. Pope does not profess to
be his equal at the bar.
But however this may be, Mr.. Pope
will now have nothing to do with the
case. 1t has been removed to John.
son county, and the states attorney of
that county will have charge Of the
prosecution. He is said to be an able
gentleman, and an excellent lawyer,
but still we insist he should have the
assistance of other counsel 1t will
not do to say that the case Is a plain
one and all that Is necessary to do is
to offer evidence to prove that Gupton
shot and killed Eschbach. Judge
hulkey is not going IN .h-~w awav
any chance TO secure a verdict oil not
guilty. He is already absolutely GER
tain 10 his own mind, that Gupton shot
Eschbach undn- swat Provocation; he
will in little while be conviH'ea 'hat
Gupton has not zen OF SOUND MIND
from his youth up; and before he is
through he will firmly believe that his
client is a man entitled to the symps-
thy of everybody. Every able lawyer
makes his clients cause his own, and
Mulkey is up in the great lawyer s
niche; and when a really able lawyer
has convinced himself that his client
is not guilty, even if the client is as
guilty as Lucifer, he is sure to make
somebody else share his opinion.
While Judge Nulkey will be growing
intensely interested in his client-be
working night aud day in his cause
il the friends Of Eschbach become cold
and say: 20, well, let it go; the case
is III the courts, is it likely the state 3
attorney of Johnson county will day
after day grow more aud more anxious
to hang Gupton-that he will, to the
neglect Of his other duties, give hi.
time aud spend his money to gather
up aud digest the evidence against the
prisoner? In defense the sympathie'
arc aroused; IN prosecution only 4
stern sense Of duty arouses an Officer
to demand the life of q prisoner
Wherefore We believe and have said
the friends Of Eschbach, and the citi.
Leus oI cairo who wish TO have the Law
vindicated, should raise money ant
employ counsel TO assist in the prose
cution Of Gupton. We said to certain
gentlemen who were trying to get int,
the court house yard, expressing de
termination TO lynch Gupton, "Yol
can have the law yindicated if 70,
wish. If the law is not enforced il
this community the fault is with th
people. You are now anxious to han.
this man. In two weeks you viii
have cooled off; in month you vii
have forgotten that such a man a
Eschbach lived; in three months 20,
will not care whether Gupton is hung
or not. If you really want the Law
enforced, take an interest n ITS en-
forcement, and show that YOU are a
willing to spend your money as to un
lawfully spill this mans blood"
And now what do we see? Tn
mobbers are as cold as ice. The,
are no longer very indignant. No
one OF them seems to take any furthe
interest in the matter, and some o
them are endeavoring to find an excus,
to not contribute money,if they shout,
be asked to do soin order to vipdicat