Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-11-30

In Europe legal retributon would
seen to follow crime much more speedily
sad effectively that il does In America.
The ~spesdisst justice. in this country. is
notoriossly rendered through the sum
mary and generally correct decisions OF
Judge Lynch. The assassins OF the Car
were hanged a. soon as their identity
and guilt could be establishsd-in less
than q month from the date Of the crime.
Guiteau's case. in Russia. would have
been decided and properly finished up
with q halter in about Q week. Even in
England q similarly c~ommsndabls degree
Of promptnsss and decision Is frequently
noticeable. LEROY, the brutal. msrcs-
nary wretch who murdered Mr.. Gold on
. railway train near London last June.
was hanged yesterday. It took some
little time to convict him. all the evil
dsncs against him being purely ciroum.
stantial; but he was convicted. A few
days ago the missing link in the svi.
dsncs. the pistol. was found. and day be-
fere yesterday Jeffrey confessed not only
the murder Of Mr.. Gold, but also that
Of IN army Lieutenant. whom he assas.
sinated in Chatham barracks some time
ago. It will therefore be perceived that
he was not hanged unjustly, or any too
soon. A letter from Londsn, which We
end in the Reno Gazette Of the 25th in
slant. makes spportuns mention Of this
tragedy. which We extract as fellows:
On the 27th OF June last. the express
train from London Bridge to Brighton,
on arriving ut q station outside the latter
place, where the tickets are delivered up,
was found to contain q frst'class car.
rage. in which was one passenger only,
who had evidently been . party In q des-
perate struggle Of some kind. The man
afterwards found to be Jeffrey. o sort OF
Ioafer about town, describing himself as
o ~journalist) gave . confused account OF
q light with two passengers, during which
q pistol was fred, when he became in.
sensible and remained 80 until the train
stopped. After making this statement
at the Town Hall OF Brighton. and hav-
ing his wounds dressed. he was allowed
to 90 home by railway. but accompanied
BY Q policeman. Meanwhile the dead
body Of an elderly gentleman was found
in one OF the long, dark tunnels OF the
Brighton railway, bearing shocking
marks Of violence. The body was alter
wards recognized as that Of Mr.. Fred.
erick Isaac Gold. . retired tradssman.
residing in one Of the suburbs OF
Brighton, whose custom II was to make
tho Journey to London once o week, In
order to collect money due him in the
city.
Connecting the two circumstances to-
gether the authorities telegraphed to the
policeman who had gone home with
Lsiroy. directing him to dstain the man
until inquiries were made. The astute
official, however, had allowed LEROY to
escape, and for weeks he managed to
eluds the grip Of justice. A government
reward OF GOO. however. sharpened the
intsilects OF the police. aud others, and
the accused was found at last In an OBJ
scurs lodging in one Of the poorer dis
tricts OF London.
have never trod American soil, but
an informed that the commission OF this
kind Of crime would be impossible in the
United States. The construction OF rail-
way carriages with you. / am told, allow
free communication between passenger
and passenger. and between the pas
sspgers and the officials Of the train
Here our train is divided into first, sec.
oud and third class. and each class IL
subdividsd into carriages with Eve seats
ON each side. and with NO communiea.
ton between carriage and carriage. A
desperate struggle for life may 60 on
while the train IL flying ct express speed,
and no one but the murderer and his
victim are any the wiser.