The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-10-13

The gushing young man who so vigorous
Iy wields the scissors and paste brush in the
Sanctum OF the D-a9arat, has set himselfup
as the champion Of injured innocence"
and rigll; royalty does he defend his virgin
protege Mis- saioam Burset. lie laws
his own character for truth and ycrac;ty a.
well rs that of his paper in the scales and
insists thar it be weighed against that Of the
court, She Jury and number OF sw1r. wit
nes~cs Notwithstanding the fact -ha. DR..
Bruhaker ~wore that there was not tine lcas.
sign that the girl had been badly treated OF
that any lio!cnc. had been done her that
she was unable to identity a single one Of
the men who were charged with the alleged
crime; tina. Jbe Judge took the case from
,he jury. inS.r,,c;ing them 20 return "a vcr
dictof 'no, guilty. without leaving -thc box,
lac viruously insists that she was 'most
cruelty outraged" tina; these circus men
wers lot Of 'lechcr1Us. thieving rascals,
and that # justice had been metcd out ,o
them they would now be receiving their
just deserts in the Western Pcnitentiary.'
If the editor OF the Democrat could have
been witnesses. Judge and jury. we suppose
they would Ia referring 20 an article IN
the HEmLD of the week previous be suy-
His foolish efforts 10 make 70 appear tia,
wc attempted 10 prove the Sheriff Of the
county a rascal, is unworthy of oar notice.
&c" We VIII only quote his own woris
and then let it TO any fair minded man to
judge whether this attem1. was made or
not; The Sheriff bill, which this writer
Is so free to charge the county, is as follows.
Boarding the prisoners, S2l4.10; arrest and
travelling expenses, S10S,75; clothing pris-
ouers, 81, -; scrubbing, etc, $500; beds,
e:c. S9.35 watchman in Jail, $3.50; total
S3s5,lo
Who ever heard Of the like The travel
ing expenses from Greeusburg to Somerset.
for q party Of fourteen 70 nineteen amount
ing TO sI0S.75? The bill may he all right,
We don't know. bat we think the sum suf-
foientIy large TO furnish a palace car for the
prisoners 20 ride in and keep them jolly
drunk on champaign for a week.
The items OF s-rubbinE, beds, ,tg, watch
man in jail, Cor which the county is char5-
eI $500. IS simply ridiculous The very
idea j. absurd. that because these men were
under the charge Of the Sheriff, charged
with one of the most heuious crimes known .
.ociyilizcd society ,iliat they should betreated
as royal princes" Now, when you know
that sheriff Kyle's character d a gentleman. Z
o citizen and public officer wa unaSsaiI- /
able" why dii You attempt to destroy it 10y 4
the above. II would have taken I
you but a moment 10 have calculated the 4
costs, and you could have readily deter I
mined whether or not the sum charged was 1
too high. OF % use your own Language, ,wheth- /
er ii was sufficiently large 70 furnish palace
car for the prisoners 70 ride in and keep I
them Jolly drunk on champaign wine for /
a week OF course, if you were gauging 1
their noodles by your OWE. the champaign
item would have been very light.
Now. we DO not propose 20 further discuss I
.llis question We rciterate cur statement (
r several weeks ago Any citizen Of the +
county. Republican or Democrat, can easily !
dnd Oh, for himself by calling a the Pro- !
Sherif-s and Commissioners 4
1flioc-. that our statement Of the amount Of /
,1sts i true and correct "a every particular. 4
The amount is = Qs5.59.
That General CoiIroth was mainly insrru-
mental in causing this extraordinary ex-
We firmly believe, and think the
people VIII hold him accountable therefor,
That District Attorney scott and Sheriff
K yle did nothing more or less than their
iuty in this matter everybody knows. nor
las the HERALp ever by word OF thought
otherwise and il j. only in keep
ng with the character OF the editor Of the
Bsmocrat to insinuate the contrary a he did
ast week. The one excuse that We can Of
fer foT him Is that he l. young. very young,
md that his uncle Is candidate Tor Con
-reSs.