The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-09-22
MOB VENGEANCE

We are proud 10 sec the growing
sentiment against mob Justice or rather
mob phrensy, wbish is lnanifesting
itself in every respectable ne ighbofhocd
in the state, and upon every occasion
where the mob spirit gives new
impetus to the loathings OF the law
abiding and peacefully disposed people.
The recent killing OF the Green boys in
Coryeile county is au indellibie blot on
the state, and a lasting disgrace to the
ueighborhood in which il occurred.
They may have been, ant probably
were, bad men. We do not know how
this is, nor is il pertinent 10 the subject
70 decide whether they were or were
not. The safety of society rests alone
in reverence, respect and obedience. to
law. Bat when a Whole neighbor~
hood, ins defiance Of aw. pity
and that charity which even
savages sometimes show, eondemn
without trial and execute without
mercy. harbarously and furio, .ly--every
sentiment upon which IS founded the
respect and reverence which gives force
and effect to law is violated, secuted
and insultetl Can good come to u com
nnnity by and through such means
We do not believe there is Que sane
man on earth who thinks so II would
be illogical and unreasonable 10 expect
1t. What then follows No other CON
elusion is possible than that a spirit of
barberous aud savage revenge lurl<ed at
the bottom Of the move, and procured
the death of these men under their
burning roof, with their wives, sister
and mother. elinging in terrified am
guish to them, and mad crowd of en-
ragged demons surging and hooting with.
out. Had these boys been the most
bloodstained murderers and thieyes on
earth, their death by such means. and
under such circumstance. should have
been an utter impossibility a chris
than and civilized country.
The scene within the burning home
OF the Greens must have been enough
to have melted heart OF stone The
brave but misguided Bil, calmly stating
his business matters to the agonized
wife. telling her whom he owed and
who was indebted to him. Enjoining
his broken>hearted wife to pay what he
owed, and alter hurriedIy arranging his
earthly business, taking his trembling
sister-with whom he had prayed as
chhd-by the hand Come Belle. let
us pray as we did when We were chil-
dren, Tine hands of the aged mother
treurblingly snatehing the straw, with
which the house is to be burn sd away.
Was ever picture more graphic, was
ever death more tragie7 After uttering
his prayer, Bill grasped his tn, sted gun,
stepped to the door and fronted his
foes, and before yielding up his own life,
sent the death-dealing lead to the heart
of one OF them
Texas vii! never be known rs law
abiding state while such scenes are
transporting within her bord ars, while
such mob can work murder, and get
of scot free. The full strength of the
state constabulary and military should
never rest until this foul blot has been
washed out by the arrest and punish
ment Of the perpetrators. We CONS
mend the matter TO the governor and
to those directly charged with the arrest
and detention of the yiolatoFs Of law.
In another place to-day we give the
account taken from the Gatesville .Spa,
!. a pepper published on the ground, and
do not doubt, for a moment, the cor
rectness OF the report,