Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-14
DON'T PARDON HIM.

We extract the following with a
hearty commentator from yester.
days White Pine News. The petition
referred to was circulated here and re-
ceived a few signatures of those who
were uniformed of the facts; but it
was soon blown upon and the circula-
ton ceased. We do not believe a sin
gle nalne was aft ed To it understand.
ingly. At least three members of the
Board OF Pardons are thoroughly in
formed of the facts, and we do not
think there is any danger that the
prayer Of the petition will be granted.
But 1t may be as well to notify the
powers in Carson that the entire peo-
pie OF Eureka indorse the following ex-
preston of sentiment of their Hamil.
ton neighbors:
A petition has been circulated in
Hamilton during the week for the par
don of Alexander Cohen, who, a little
less than three years ago WAS charged
with setting the town of Hamilton on
fire, and who was indicted by a grand
jury, tried and convicted by the Dis
trict Court, and sentenced 10 seven
and a half years in the State Prison.
And now a few friends Of this wretch
ask that he may be pardoned out Of
prison, before he has served out half
of the sentence allotted to him as a
punishment for the dastardly act he
committed. Do the friends of this
criminal imagine that our citizens have
so soon forgotten the great injury in
fiicted upon. them by this man? We
think not. 1t was he who caused the
best portion of Hamilton, including
all but Two business houses, to he a
mass OF smoldering ruins, ard the
loss to this community was cOmput-
ed to be not less than $500, 900, which
estimate did not includea large moun
OF valuable personal property, and
lhere are persons in Hamalton to-day
who are still laboring to retrieve losses
caused by the hand of this mar Cohn.
1t was he who caused the blight upon
the prosperity Of this town, from
which it has never fully recovered;
it was lie who was the first cause of
the death of Logan Birch, a respecta-
BILE colored man, and numerous 9TH
er casualties and accidents that oc.
Cured at the time of the confiagra-
ton, all Of which this incendiary
fiend Cohn was the cause of. The
friends of Cohn need not ask this
community for the benefit of one DAYS
pardon, for they will not receive it.
We understand that the petition was
signed by some half dozen persons.
Had the petition stated that its pur-
pose was to hang Cohn,a very large
majority of our people would have
signed it most willingly. Probably
there is Tot another community on the
Pacific coast that would have allowed
Cobn to 90 to prison; knowing all the
facts in the case they would have hung
him Immediately. His intention to
burn the town was premeditated, and
his motive for committing the act was
to gain a few thousand dollars OF in
surance money, which he never sue
ceeded in getting. The petitions being
sent to the Board of Pardons will not
amount to much. as it is familiar with
all the facts in the case, and would
have but little weight with the board.
However, in the event that Cohn
should he pardoned, or should chance
to make his escape from prison, we
would advise him beforehand that this
would he the most short-lived climate
that he could possibly live in, and
that he had better choose some more
congenial residence.