Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-06
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The general q most
ion expressed At first regarding m'
vould.bs assassin, Gittsau. was that No
was amply q crazy-hssded Nihilist, .
Wild. political fanatic. yet everything
,naic.,,s that he was no lunatic. but
.imnlv . human monstrosity. one Of
those b.ines animated BY . wicked
dsslrs to achieve notoristy and some
.hips more for themselves. even though
they have to kill somebody to attain
th.ir end. In fact. they would not hes
itsts to murder the noblsst and best
man In the land a. o sacrifice upon the
altar Of their cruelty selfish ambition.
A telegram Of yesterday says:
aitssau indicates that he firmly believed
Q change In the Presidency would DO cred.
it'd to him and he would receive . reward
for 10. In his dspravity he could not sp..
preciats the feeling OF horror his act wouid
arouse In the breast OF every true man.
He imagined that he would become . great
hero. While his mind Is not sound. those
Who are admitted to zee him do not. - .
rule, consider him insane. II 10 plain tnat
NO Jury here will pronounce him insane.
II tried before the courts here he will I'M
doubtsdly be hsld accountable Tor Ms
crime.
wilkes Booth was Of . similar
style. yet he certainly was not in
sane. and never was considered 20 any
more than his imitator 0ittsau. Booth
met with summary vengeance and an In
glorious death. and 20 should the pres
emit Hendish brute. Such ambitious
dsvilishnsss should bs squarsly and
sasctuslly discouraged BY consignment
to the most dissraceful death that can be
devised. Hanging 10 too Legitimate and
honorable. A privy vault dungeon 10
suggested, with no further outside com.
munlcs,ion for . week. and then cave
and all II In forever. Or give the case
to q committee Of surgeons with orders
for immediate and anal disposal. The
order would bs Enthusiastically obsysd.
With scientific interest and devotion to
the cause Of surgical and anatomical
science.
Even II IL could DO proven that Git
ssau IL simply . Nihilistic political
iuuatio. and not morally responsible for
his internal deed. such human mon
strositiss are dangerous to the whole
community. and are always safer In two
pisoes-wiih their head cut on. for in
stance. They should be dispatched a
p~radsntly and deliberately as We would
rattlssnske. . mad dog. . wild beast.
or q Q our forsfathsrs did the cruel.
blood.thirsty savssss that lurksd about
ihsir frontier homes seeking for scalps.
imprisonment 10 too costly and danger
0rs. Young Pomsrey. the white.
eyed" boy murderer Of Boston. who
eoolly tortured and murdered his play
mates just because he enjoyed the
fun, should have been quietly
disposed Of by the surgeons. instead
Of being placed in the State Prison. H'
10 Q shrswd and cunning brute and has
well nigh made his escape once or twice
He will succeed some day. II be 10 mol
pardopsd out. and Somebody's darling
will Be cruelty butchsrsd by him. And
then his moral responsibility in the mat
ter will Be summarily decided BY . psrsn'
with . shotgun.
But. a. before remarked, Gittsau In nc
lunstic. and will not Be 90 considered
The emotional insanity dodge In hi
case will not work or DO allowed
Whistler the President lives or dies,
human. national justice demands thai
all such ambitious assassins should b
summsrily and conclusivsly disposed oil
in the most effsctual and disgraeeful
manner. as . discourasing result and
warning to all such human monstrositiss.