Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-18
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and with ne noise ana III tic ieat
watches az the night, under the cold
CLEANS Of the waning and coIaiOrt:ess
moon. The excitement, Of tile day. it.
self also SgIbiued was profound and IN
tense. What shall we say q. this stern
&c. Of self-de:enss against the constant
menace # a brazen outlaws 5 presence
What should be the comments al a
newspaper whose Professions have al
was been IL i'ehalf Of the majesty {!
The law and the observance of It's man
dates These are no light questions.
Within the hooks and recesses Of the
law there are, necessarily. 1t seems,
places where ro9ues may screen them
selves from their just deserts. The Vi
eious old maxim, Set thief 70 catch
q thief. has its Interpretation III favor
even o: professional scounarelism. If
the unwrit.sn statutes o. Judge Lyrch
have any admissible time anu place of
application j; IS when and where their
executives ferret out those hooks ard
recesses and chase their si1g,ihing occu-
pants to justice. II - understand the
case which We are now considering.
here is IN instance where Lynch law
vas the only lar that could reach man
whose presence i'll the community was
4 constant and alarming danger-for,
Seli-confessed. this Tom Bur. was 4
criminal, worse than vagran:. an asso-
ciaie and counsellor with thieves and
incendiGries. and bold, bad NAN.
Sometimes in the course of the life of
the most peaceabie and law-abidiDG of
men the emergencies &c self preserva-
lion demand the taking OF the law IN
the hands OF individuals. Every man
has right 10 protect his life. the life
and honor of his family and his prop
erty. Iii iustiiable homicide even in
the ewes of the law for the citizen TO
slay the robber who demands his purse.
the burglar who breaks into his dwell
ing or the incendiary who fires his prop
erty-if these acts can be prevented by
so taking human life. The scoundIeI
who turns States evidence agains; his
pals secures for his guilty self immunity
from punishment at the hands of tie
outraged law. lie may be known TO be
= cut:hroa., 4 highvaymnn and an in
rendiary but the law, unavoidabiy in
some instances, is on its honor with
him and must hold hi. person inviola- !
bic and exempt from arrest until Lew
crimes are proved against him. He
may. by his presence, fling contempt in
the eyes of peaeeabls. industrious eiti-
zens, point to himself as the sacred |
ward of the Law. and, by his example.
lend aid and encouragement to all With |
whom he is brought in contact. If be |
turns his attention to the infamous bu- |
sinsss of q professional informer and |
stool pigeon. he is stimulated to the |
promotion Of crime, for he is interested |
in reaping such rewards as may be in |
store for the conviction OF criminals. |
In short. such men IS This dead scouu- |
drel. Burt, are terror to peace-lovins |
. direful example to the ur-
Of the schools of roEesry |
. promoter of crime for crimes sake,
I'd an unbearable pest aud danger to the
whom they curse with their /
practices. The theory OF the laws pun
ishmenis il the strength of example.
Legal examples are weak compared With |
The fore. of such summary work as this
Of yest rday 1 orning. Judge Lynch
does two thin; by hang ing, by mystic
rious hards. IN ne dead waste Of night, |
such villain 9. this fellow Burt-rids
the community Of Nuisance and a
danger and frightens evildoers into |
seKexiie.
Upon the broad and well-arounded |
principle Of self preservation. then, We
cannot condemn this act of the midnight |
whose awful sign and footprint |
is "6Ol." For more than two months |
Carson City has been At the mercy of a
band Of villains whose ringleadsr AMI
betrayer-thi- man was.
Now that he is dead, mothers will feel
that they mny lie Gown ut night with
less Of feverish apprehension
u, Al eh<,r f,,,tx. one, r,.X ho huvuaH tn |