Arizona citizen., 1878-07-19
FRIDIY,
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Ly uehed.

A disgraceful lynch,ng affair occurred tn Florence on Monday night The ytc. tiu ~as a Pima Indian who nal shst and Killed his father at Sanford on sunday.
 The Indian was arrested in sanfJr,i and brought to Florence Sun.iay evening when lac was heavily ir1ned and placed m i.,il Monday night X lawless mob 6 imposed oI Americans and M-xicans, A majority ol whom we're intoxicated rIughs, oyerpow cred the jailnr. for.ed their way into the jail. took the Indian out and hung hiln to a cottonwood lrmb just below the Jail.
 rneie are instances when Iynchins seems the only recourse by which to rid d community or desperadoes and murder rrs, and In such cases the best citizens are frequently among the vigilantes Such WAS not the case last Monday night The crime was committed in Sanford, the murderer and his victim We're both In iians; there was not The least excitement m Florence regarding Lhe affair; none here had been injured or agrIeve,i; ths criminal was in the hands Of The Iaw; the evidence was clear and his just punish menL was certain, hence there Is no ex cuse or mitigating circumstances l., be ot tered in extenuaIiOn Of the rash deed ' We learn with rt-gret-and we believe ou n OrnAtiUu Is correct that several tax payers were among. and rather leaders iu the mob. When property hol lers-meI who lay claim To deceucy and who prD fess tO be law abiGing ciiizens-l-nd thei Influence and presence to sucn deejs 0 lawlessness and disgrace, what can we ex p-ct 0f that TinerIut element who hay, no interest Tn Florence or in Arizona an. wno pay as little respect tO the Jaws as ] k po>s, be for them tc dc? The act Is de nonced Oy all good citizens la no uncer lain terms, And doubtless many Of th, perpetrators much regret their rsshnes- but they will no doubt have time and oc eaSion for more serious meditation.
 | The crime they have committed is. iI the eyes Of the law, nothing less thar
 murder, and in its commission they dis lturbed the comtoTt and ieoporiIzed tn lives Of peaceful citizeus. IL l., in f'ct, wonder how the jailor escaped deatl when SO many deadly weapons in th hands Of drunken men We're hourish-, about him, the prnmlscuous shOotIn about town caused many to pass a nel vous, sleepless night, while every one wh lveniured out did .t at the peril of gettin in the range of stray bullet. Twice p.s ltoIs were cOcked and held against ih mead Of the jailor. Fortunately no on was injured. but what extreme folly | imperil useful lives in order Ia break tn laws and commit \ crime. These matter should and dOu btless wIIl be property dis posed Of by The next grand jury
 Our peace officers are more or less | blame They knew the lynching va talk of and yet took no precaution ( prevent it. They say Ih -y wholly discrcd liLed the runIor and they have some e1 cuSe in thai, since there was no excite meut and no cause fDr such All act. New lerLn-less il i> their duty upon The slighte- iindi.at:on of lawl-ssnsss to take prOpe precautionary stcp~ lti iiEcsetN" Oiuri "-4 zee shai the ea,ls of JuSt,ce are nOt thwaF' ed. The j.lilor, Mir. Meade. showed gno metal, for single hRnied and alone
 held the mob iD a"-yance lpr nearly a hour, ,nd if two or three well armed me iof equal duck hai been sui8 moned to h' assistance they could have disburssd tw
 such crowds.
 It Is the dnty Of the true Joarnalist | lienounce ev.l m bold and pp>ilive term mo matter how unpi@ssant that duty ID | .l. rendered bv existing circum stance
 We believe We have perform our dut in the present case and nothing nor The sentiments We have expressed Ts D. iii-ve gre these Of the cDfninuuisy gen-l lally. 4 plain statement nf the iacts ithe only apology We can nff.-r to the pub
 .li large. and we trust we shall moi 500 I.,e cs.IIe,i upuh to chronicle another aci ( such lSWlrss and diSg'seeful nature.