, 1879-08-17

ha1tered at nichtfal1, and shall businessmen b,
held responsible for their safe return aI night
| The pleasure OF child-getting should only b,
eclipsed by the responsibility Of culture ant
| care.
The pedestrian has the undisputed right O
! protection, while they who make the streets
their playground assume q place never intended
] for them.
| Would 1t not be far mora sagacious and
| equitable to add to the city revenues bv impos
! children are day after day Permitted to make
the public streets their resort for past+me ane
| playa
| Let each iury, one and all, first fully estab
| lish the rights OF each party before rendering
the verdict, nS did the one In the Peunell case.
Justice to all atIllcts only the guilty. IAao.
Tralnor's Death-Tne Other Slde./
10 the Editor Of The Tribune
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-I read in the morning
press an account OF the death Of tramp, sc
called. As I was acquainted with the " tramp >
referred to, crave your space for few words
that NAV be doing simple justice to the unfor'
tunate victim of the Il brave defenders "-tile
Baldwius-whose testimony 1t seems was gulped
down BY the Coroner's jury with not particle
Of question rs to its reliability or truthfnlness.
Knowing the poor " tramp" fan odious term,
too promiscuously used nowadays) quite well,
feel strong sympathy in his behalf, and cannot
resist the conclusion that there Is something,
worth Investigating in the sbrave ~ conduct
OF young Baldwin. Let me state the case hur-
rledly, and show where the inconsistencies occur
10 the story as told bv the morning papers.
Some weeks ago I had occasion to employ
Tratnor to collect some old claims-deots put
IN nv hands for collection bv various persons.
These we're against parties distributed In nil
quarters OF the CITY and suburbs. He reported
to the from daV to day his progress.
l a1ways found him pleasant, PROMPT, md en-
ergetfc. noticed particularly a peculiar shv
manner he al~ays wore. That Is, a demeanor
posed In hin. He was strictly honest In bis
dealings. I came to regard him With real re-
spect nnd interest, and felt inclined to hello him
all IN nv power as deserving poor fellow, who
was ANXIOUS to earn an honest living. fire.
Quentlr asked him how it was that he appeared
SO shabby. and had got reanced in circa n
stances, US evidenced bv his mean attire and
general un!<em OF APPEARANCE He would reply
in o holfsorrowful, balf-laugh;ng manner that
he had known better times. and that it people
whom he had helped and served would do the
right thing BY him lie would not be wanting for
ANYTHING, ETC., etc.
on record protest to the manner OF ''stt'D-
ping" tramos adopted By tile Bald
oR mR' H2 Who ns0fg IS is SO that bsv nG poor cae
q tramp, and who died dogs death. was at the
Baldwin house on some legitimate call H. e., not
with criminal intent). or maybe asking aims
u crime. indeed. nowadays, for hungry man
to ask crust from the we}i-tu-do and we'll
fedD; that he was Alone and not in the comma
ny OF several Others who ran awav, as alleged
By the Baldwtns; antl that II was later than he-
tween and O'Clock in the morning. Burglars
aud robbers don't, Us rule, rush on to house
like soldiers stormng 4 fort, caotur'ne it By a
coup dc main. Certainly not professional
burglars and hishwaymen don't: they operate
By stealth, generally, and ddn't give warning by
Knocking loudly at doors and windows as a
preliminary to their coming, and aourishng
aggressive puroose~ In the earl; morn ne, I'M
PEELED by hunger, he-this poor "tramo ~
called for bread; that. bring inspired bv
dread Of "tramps," this valiant
cx-so1der, young Baldwin, whom the astute
Coroner's jurs haye commended" !" for his
'bravery," concluded thattramos had no rights
which respectable and well-to do people were
bound to respect and SO concluded to get his
name III the papers as hero second only to
Judge Van Trump, who killed Mosher, the noted
burglar, In New York. and SO, summon'ng his
aged and trust NJ ia her to open the door. dis
covered the tramp-so called-''stand'ng on the
porch some feet away" deliberately ieye!cd his
gun and shot him dead. rs be would mad
dog! The evidence which the fa her and son
give is quite natural aud plausible. It is as
Others With Traiuor. II that sta 'emenr could
not be made, cowardly murder might be
chrooicled instead OF noble, manly act nj
heroism in defending home and fireside,
which SQUADS ~, SO grind in q senss,
have it all their wav! There is
no crass-examinatfon OF the witnesses. The
improbable statements made in spirit Of self
glorifcation evidently are taken as absolute
proof, and the jurv OF six citizens commend the
brn~ cF Raffixcfuf N1w mn
a bold war OF putting it to thus sweep nglv in
sinuate doubt Of the truth Us to the evidence
furnished by ttse Baldwins before the jury.
PROBABLY. as Traiuor was Door, bEosen-down
energy, and the fat OF his hav'ng "lost bis
grtp's will preclude the hone OF what few Oh
scure friends he may have left behind him, that
justice may not be so blind as to overlook the
glarng Inconsistencies which crop out OF the
narrative of the occurrence, nrd the immediate
facts concerning T1ainor Just before his rude
tak kngoG.
The protest which wish to emphasize is, that
a man.. though he wear ragged coat, mar not
be shot down in cold blood by ano her, though
he wear broadcloth and fine linen, without
full Investigation her than by jury sum
moned by the Coroner. A "fheor7" is easily |
foisted upon the credulous public during the ex-
citement occasioned by an occurrence like this
ANY theory almost gains credence provided that |
the doubts are all given io fvor OF the respect
1t appears to me that there is soneth !g else |
that should come to ltcht. There is to my mind |
somett ng brutaIly inhuu1an In the jusno ne-to
a-conclusioa method adopted bv the Coroner's /
iury in this case How would it do to tr7 the |
Baldains hy another jurv for the crime OF muir |
lerl Although the chief element in it might be
.eversed from rtle ordinary one found in mur-
lers; Instead Of malice afoSet thouoht, coward!ce |
1nmitigated; chat Is how it looks to me whea l !
elect uoon the character of 'rralnor IS shown |
" the ordinary tests OF Judgment OF humau
nature. J.O.
The Projected Stfp-CannI.
TO the Edlor Of The Tribune
CHICAGO, Aug 1G.-Grcat bodies move SLOW
Y, and, although the sale Of the 1nreroceanic |
Canal stock has not been so large I'D to date as |
ouli be wished. yet enough has already been
disposed Of to warrant the assumption that
noneyed men will eventually become interested |
d the enterprise. In fact, there seams but III
le doubt, IN apite of reports circulated to the |
outrarr By the railroad interests, that the dream
# Cortez Is to be realized in our day and get1sr-
tIon, and that an interoccanic canal Will soon
ouuect the two seas which wash the shores OF
he American Continents. Fur almost four r'ccn~
uries-since 1918, when Nuuez de Balboa, the
[iscoyorer, gazca. cnrapture3, upon the Pacific
the idra of this great undertaking has occt-