, 1879-02-03

cripple, or negroes who },ayc committed sons
petty theft, rnthcr than to cndauxcr their tivta
by tFytnR 70 arseat tic really bad rncu who
Tht. is 't,e re,sou why si0.txyl va. spent nj tic
last term of Court in tunylcs!ny small D,tuIl,cr
O hog snl-cnttlc thieves, ono DcDut v.t1arstla1
Tor mlsappropriattnE n.o'ler, ami two MURDER
the Court by the Greek authorities, m,nl tic
other stumbled Into their hands through, biz
own htupf'itr.
Our friends In Arksuss 9 and Texas viii ba
surnriac,i to fearu TINT they arc so fsr behind
constitutes good citfxens.
In the Cherokee Indian Nation tlleru hAve
been 100 murders committed IN two years, md
~ nt one OF tbe perpetrators has 1ecn arrrstetl.
Tiers have twelve 0,hcr murders committed in
the aArnc Nation. wherein The parties hare been
arrcstcd md tried; but, in tile former ca.cs,
tlcrc tas been M effort to aErcst the nurtlcrcrs
In the other Nations the ratio has beet, alout
quiet nrtl law.abldfnR Of Alive ran count
abol1t eighty murders commlttef in two bears,
n1nl but one arrest has bccn tns,lc, ant In TINT
case The party was arrcstcd tn Missouri, nni It
Fort Smith could bo Induced to semi fur the
murderer: anil. lad it not been for part!eA ut
Ca.iIo paying The expense necessary TO send
witnesses from here to Missouri, Stcsart would
havc t,ecu released.
80 far an L.ocal Courts are couccrnci, ,au. two OF
ttree parties falvt been convicted Of murder III
them fnr ycAes. although, tu tic Eunicdato
nelghtorliool Of cadllo, ]. T.. young Indian
st,ot Sut1dav-sttoot teacher coming cut OF
church, In the presence Of Ills vile Afnl friends.
lie was arrested, taken before the Local Court,
aud admitted obaI. In 4 few months he wns
tried nn1 acquitted. In soo,e few lnslances
castls-antl,hvg tl!'syes sre convicted niul
whipped: but an Indian eau kill another With
perfect ltnpuntty.
The rcasun why more white men are tried at
Fort Smith than Indians ls, TINT white men arc
capaht, but Indians almost siwast easily rs-
J. D. Jones ID III tic Nation. md Is seen frc.
aucntly; yct no attempt has been made to
capture him BY the terry Efficient Marshats Of
Judge parkcs'a Court
IN Arkansas. the Law Is we'll enforced. md
In IcxaA. almost olf the eritnes arc committed
in tho thnly-seetied districts, where II Is very
hnra to capture the oGennets, uwinx 10 tile
humber of officials TO the large scupc OF ter
ritory.
assert, without fear OF successful contradfc-
ttnn that thrrc are more murders committed
every month In the Indian Territory than III Ri.y
Ave statcs OF tho Union; u!,'l that there sre
and .pu,Hl.cd for their crimes, as each scsstun
Of the Courts, than have ever been convicted In
this Territory aimee tho Indians occupied It..
Nine out Of ten tnurdcfcfs cscape tIere, while IN
ss ,,. surrogn.l.nF ROY States seven OUT OF ten are
The taets arc, that = perfect reign Of terror
exists here, aud iiaa for year. The only par-
tea nt<resxl IL keeping this state Of affairs qulet
are tile officials at Fort Smith, Is the very exist
enee Of flsl' more than usecas Court dcpcnds
upnn their ability to convince the Department
Of Justice tflat they aru doing wonders 1n sup
pressing crime and clviltzIng tic lndlans.
What Il rcolly needed is Territorial Govern
,ncnt, and United States Court Ia the Tori
tory. 10 that the officials Of The two mar co-opc
rate lth,eacll other for the security of life and
property. TERiTAs.