The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-04


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WON VeiHH believe Ess illooslL y bt.u-
rllly murdered
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dare have ifs LEi4ILJl1 and bftHsl Eif1li-
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o. meHi19li han That o. hyer syl.1
have been, ny l0i s0fi 10
ppits u iht Governor i0f permitting
lht execution ofk man whom hey khow
ssf convicted AID condemned upon prtjl,
dec, AID The testimony u the batesi ~.
uusl ufgmieiuI wretch Hnd ,i.lall llai ever
be.chel iorl biz venom. bs malice, and BIZ
perjury Do q culH " justice. The execution
~ Ayvn Wi.. be ssilherng, b.ghlng blast
ne, burning shame ard Stain % the escuIh.
con Of Teias % me end u time. All that csn
10 tAid And published VII not stib aShy the
foul stain " Judicial murder which Aat beel
committed .n our very midst And Ac
grsyeil eVof Cover ~ Roberts ever commit
vi was IN iei4ubg - commlN BIZ ielpnce
ard fpafe ~ Innocent .iir. While we aye
ioli that tie sIince W Myers should have
been c0mmuied. SCI, .le Governor commit.
bsd hiAl mistake IN committing The death
sentences Of C0ssfl, LalLgu, ard o,hers.
We deny the charge Ard appeal 20 The record
and The facts y sustain " Il i row quite
geu,fa.Iy believed that C0aAfd % uOi guilty
The ,e,umOry upon which Doe va cciyiopd
va u doubtful md unreliable character;
while be proved by several reliable ai'lessas
Rat be wat msuy mile, ctunl from To-
'ccre Of murder n! DE time d occurred, and
hence, cOu 3 not have participated iI h. TIE
accommodation f0r ihe communication q b.
se' t'ncc came from he mos, pfomiucit AID
influential ciizsns who sefe scqusilt.d with
the facts. IL hlsy included -syefA' officers %!
the court who tried and condemned bin. To-
day, no good and reliable citizen Of the c0un-
~ in which Coaari wss convicted and con.
demned 70 death, could be found who would
,igl prtlI0n pkug ,Aat be- be- bow put w
death. Time hss fully y.n1ic4iet Governor
Robert. In inst Communication, 81 u Hill 10 a.!
others, ard more, had be seen proper 70 CON.
mute them.
TIE case Of young Lanham, q San An
tonic, for the cymmga.iou Of wLuse sentence,
the Governor has BEEN 60 Oleily ceDsured,
is another one that deserved, ~ Il received,
executive elsmency He gAs mere youth,
and the unfortunate woman whOiE he killed,
by reason Of her dtbsuchery snd lewdne.s.
Jed the waywari Young man from tue kind
and gentle teachings Of his mother, AID
caused bin 10 take her life. She was the cause
Of bis becoming besstly intoxicated, and while
in such condition hurled him into q difficulty
that resulted in The sacrifice Of her life,
While we sympathize with the dead and lost,
we should not forget our obligations 70 the
living. The killing constituted murder 10
the second degree, under our law, ~ every
member Of the legal profession knows. On
amount Of the vas. prejudice naturally srls-
ing from the fact that the person killed vas
woman, aud upon testimony Of the most
dangerous character--ihat Of euemies-he
was convicted Of murder In the first degree
and his punishment, assessed at death. The
communication Of his sentence was recon-
mended By the officers Of the court who tried
him, and who knew the degree Of the crime
but. together with many of the most promi
nent citizens of the city where the killing
was done, who knew better than they the ex-
tent OF punishment that should be inflicted.
Who knew and understood better than they
the facts Of that sad occurrence. Yet they
recommended the communication, and the
Governor acted upon their recommendation.
Who. with the facts laid before him, would
have done otherwise Had Governor Rob
erts refused 10 commute the sentence Of Ian.
ham, upon such recommendations, he would
have shown himself monster in human
form" But il remains for country newspa-
per editors, in the most remote parts Of the
State, and who are ignorant Of the facts, 10
SET in Judgment and condemn the Governor
for performing the most difficult and trying
duties Of bis office. As well try
to fix the value Of q lost and ruined soul IN
hell as to estimate the amount Of glazing ig-
norance displayed by certain persons who
are disposed TO be the keepers Of the Gov
ernor's conscience and the dictators Of how
he shall perform the duties Of the office
which be honors so highly, and the duties of
which he discharges 50 we'll
In concluding this article, We will not omit
mention of the case in which, Of all others,
he was denounced most bitterly and burnt in
effigy. We allude TO the negro convicted of
rape at Houston. We say sudden, speedy
and certain death TO all fendish mons ters
who commit such a crime. II is one Of the
few offences for which there should be no
paIiation or mercy on earth, or forgiveness
hereafter. But before We commence hang
ing for such offences most certainly there
should be a case for which TO punish. How
stood the one at Houston' The woman
whose person the defendant was charged
with violating sent a recommendation 10 the
Governor, asking that the sentence be com
muted. He was convicted and condemned
to death almost solely upon her evidence
Who knew better than she the truthfuluess
of the charge? Who knew bettnr than she