The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-23
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az have no idea said Mr.. Thompson,
that the boy thought that he would be
even arrested though it was deliberate
attempt to kill, and for nothing whatever, In
Texas, When men shoot each other, nothing
is done about it, John e. Thompson. Mr.
Thompsons son was shot at West Point by u
| boy from Dallas Texas. lie has the SYM
patty of the untry in his trouble. The
wiah is universal that his boy may r cover
But Mr.. Thompsons trouble affords little
reason why he should make himself SO con-
spicuous an ass, not to apply any harsher
epithet to him. Arrests are made as promptly
in Dallas, Texas, as they are in Columbus,
Ohio. SO far from it being true that men
kill in Texas with impunity, thu past few
weeks have witnessed numerous hangngs. A
killing in Marshall a few days since consigned
very prominent citizen to jai whence he
can only emerge under the action of the law.
The assertion of Mr.. Thompson is mischlev-
Gus and slanderous." The preceding brave,
true words are from the st. Louis Times. The
people of Texas, and especially ALA,
where young Beaumont Buck IS SO well
known, sympahize with Mr.. Thompson's
son. and sincerely trust that he may recover
to become ulster and more sensible man
than the father seems to be. 1t is but
natural that Mr.. Thompson, in his anxiety
about his son, should feel indignation toward
the young man who shot him, but is that any
rea son why he should SANDER whole peo-
pie, and say harsh, unjust, I'M
truthful things of Texas! The
occurrence, on young Bucks and young
Thompson's account, is to be deplored and
deeply regretted, but young Thompson
brought it on himself Thompson should
never have go insuted Buck as he did at
table and elsewhere when he presented him
fork with which to eat To insult new fell
low, or "plebe," as they call them at West
Point, and to haze are two different things,
and the cadet who voluntarily insults another
on the ground of hazing, is boor unworthy
to wear the shoulder straps of United States
army officer. Mr.. Thompson will probably
be candidate for the position of sergeant
alarms of the next house of representatives,
at which time, with the estimate he has of the
people of Texas, he can hardly hope to COM
mand the support and influence of the
Texas delegation. AS the Times says, law
and order prevail - as ! Ugh degree in
Texas as they do anywhere. The law is re-
spected quite as much and is indicated
when outraged, quite as promptly in this
state as it is in Ohio where Mr.. Thompson re-
sides. The number of men hanged and
sentenced to be hanged in Texas this year IS
evidence sufficient to show the law Is vindl-
Gated and notable feature in all these cases
is that none of them are PARTICLES, fratr-
cidea, or ,uxoricides, except one, the negro
hung at Houston for killing his wife. There
is also man awaiting trial for the murder OF
woman, but that man is an Ohioan. lie
was citizen of Ohio when he committed the
murder. These outrageous crimes mentioned
above, including infanticide, are very COM
mon in Ohio if the newspapers of the cCun-
try and the associated press dispatches speak
truthfully. Yet Mr.. Thompson ignores this
fact to spelk harshly of q people he knows
nothing of, apeople who never harmed him,
people whose hearts went out in sympathy
to him in his trouble when his boy was un'
fortunately shot.