Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-05-22
After the Omcers.

EDS. HERALD:
Sir, happened up town on last Sabbath
morning, about O'Clock, when my at
tentiOn was attracted to quite crowd in
and about DIR. Bonsieur's Office. My GU
riosity led me to investigate the cause of
the excitement. I made my way through
the surging throng into the inner Office,
where beheld poor, unfortunate man
reclining in a chair, with blood streaming
and oozing from half dozen ugly, ragged
wounds, while the doctor was carefully
and tenderly examining the nature and
extent of the injuries the poor man had
received. 1 inquired how he had been
hurt, and was informed by one of the by
standers that Henry White, most noto-
rious character, had done the deed, in a
low den on one of our back streets, using
as his weapon pOtatO-masher.
1t seems that this poor man whose name
learned was James, had been inveigled
into a room occupied by man by the
name of Draise, where the aforesaid
White, during Saturday night, stayed
with him. When he awoke in the morn
ing he missed his money and watch, both
of which he had when he went there.
He accused White of stealing them, and
this mild accusation aroused Whites in
dignatiOR, and the pounding above de-
/ scribed was the result.
The Mayor came over from his board
| ing-hoase, looked at the bleeding speci-
men of humanity and turned away.
The Marshal came struUting over from
across the street, in his nice blue uniform
with big, brass buttons, a nice fragrant
boquet in his button-hole, looking as i'm
portant as a general commanding the
Russian army. He soon found out thu
cause of the trouble; but, instead of tax
ing his mace in his hand and going out t.
make the arrest of the man who commit
ted this most foul deed, he too, turned a
unconeerned away as though nothing hat
happened.
Now, be it remembered, this deed wa
committed in the broad light of day, OF
a quiet Sabbath morning, under the nose
of the guardians of the peace of GU
town, by one of the most notorious char
acters that ever infested our town; VIII
was tried and found guilty of burglar!
| Dy Twelve gOO0 men, at Lne last term O
court, and but for the interference o
Judge Steele, who set the verdict aside
and set this nuisance at liberty, we nov
would have been we'll rid of one of tn
most dangerous characters in our midst
But, instead of being locked up in jail
as he should have been, he walked on
streets all last Sabbath, and every da,
since, in the presence of the peace off
GERS, unmolested and defiant.
Why, in the name of good government
is this permitted? Have we no officers o
whom we can depend for protection =? Ar
we to be over-run with men known to b
common thieves who should be locked up
as vagrants, having no visible mean
, of support? In any well-goVerned cit
this class of gentry would soon find thei
place among the vilest Of criminals.
/ ask the questions Haze qge no prQtectio
from such chdracters9
We suggest, that if our guardians of tn
peace cannot do their duty, in these mo!
fagrant cases, we had better ask them
resign, and give place to men who wi
do their duty without fear, favor or affe
ton. OBSERVER.