, 1879-03-09
TIE RATE MHHnTRFR8.

ceiver Of stolen goods is as bad as the thief;
but there is good reason to believe that the
professional receiver of the present day
the ssfence us worse than the thief. It is
certain that II there wero no ''fences, no
places where stolen goods could DO sold Or
pawned, and no questions asked, theft would
be confined mostly to cases Of necessity and
covetousness, where one steals to satisfy hum
ger or crafty desire for possession. More
than this, it has become the custom for the
e fences to plan and organize large robber~
les, to select the men for the job in hand, to
undertake the sale;of the goods, and to allow
the actual thieves q percentage Of the spoils.
This was the case in the JAFFRAT burglary,
in which LAMB, and FREEMAN, and others
were engaged, and which led up to the mur-
der Of Officer RACE, for which LAMB has
just been sentenced to death. According to
the testimony given, FR1EDDERa, the pawn
broker, organized The conspiracy. He sent
for FREEMAN, with whom he had had prevl-
ousdealings, and asked if he FREENAS) could
not recommend some thieves for certain
job whom be TRH HDBEnG) could trust not to
'give him away. It was this cool propo-
sition which led to:sthc combination of LA.1B,
FREEMAN, and four others to break into the
JArFRAY store. The robbery was admirably
planned, and succeeded to the point Of deliv-
cring the goods to FR1EDDEEa, when it was
interrupted by the appearance Of Officer
RACE, who was shot dead at his very first
question as to the nnture Of the goods in the
wagon.
WhenF FREEMAN heard of the verdict against
LAMB, he remarked: ssThe FnEDBERGs are
the guilty parties, aud ought to suffer; if it
had not been for them JAFFrAY's store would
never have been robbed, nor would Officer
RACE have been killed" Nobody who has
followed this case can doubt for a moment
that this statement is literally true, at least
so far rs it applies to the male FR1EDBERG.
Not only is FR1EDnERG, in the light Of the
law, as guilty of the murder of RACE as LAND
is, who is now under sentence, but, morally,
he is more guilty, since it was he who
planned the conspiracy which led up to
that murder. FREEafAN's evidence leaves no
doubt on this point. Besides, FR1EDBEnG
furnished at least one Of the revolVers in the
hands Of the thieves, and, when there was
danger Of the policemans interference. he
suggested murder by the remark, swell,
you hive your gun, haven't you?" No one
who believes the evidence upon which LAMB
WAS convicted can hesitate in the belief that
FnmpnEnG was more guilty Of the murder of
RACE than any one of the thieves whom he
employed for tho commission Of the burg
larry, and to commit any murder that might
be necessary to make the burglary success
FR1EDDEnG has been indicted on the charge
Of burglary, and is out on bail, while LAMB
is under sentence Of death, and FREEMAN
lies in jail to receive ultimately such punish
ment as may be meted out to him for his
share in the crime, tempered by considers
ton for the service lie has dono the State in
furnishing evidence. If DURPHEy, DENNIS,
GRIFFIN, aud Dn1sco1L-tho other thieves
could be apprshcnded, there is no doubt that
they would he held for murder with
out BAIL: It is clear, then, that
FnHDBEEG ought to be arrested on the
charge Of murder, committed without bail,
indicted the very first day the Grand Jury
meets, and brought to trial Us early Us pos
sible. In his present condition, he may es-
cape at any time, if, indeed, be has not
already taken steps to get away. Tie jury
did not find LAnB guilty because they
actually believed that LAMB fired the fatal
shot, FREEMAN did not swear that LAMB did
the shooting, and the testimony of the negro
woman alone, who saw the man but an in
staut, would not lave been enough to remove
au doubt Of LA2D's identity with the man
who shot RACE But the jury brought in
verdict Of ''guilty," because there was no
doubt in the mind of any one Of them that
LAMB was q party to the original conspiracy
for the burglary, and because, undera q we'll
settled and just rule of Inv, he thus became
q party to the greater crime Of murder which
grew out Of that conspiracy. This rule,
which has resulted in q death~sentence to
LAMB. will apply in q stronger degree to
FR1EnDERG, who organized the original con-
spiracy, and who advised murder in case it
should become Necessary to escape detection.
It would be of the ereatest service to this