Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-07-29
SUGGESTIVE CONTRAST.


SUGGESTIVE CONTRAST.
Two weeks, have nearly passed since
the murder and train robbery took
place near Cameron in this state. Hav-
ing committed the robbery the train
robbers rode away and disappeared al
most as completely as if the earth had
opened and swallowed them up. After
ten days of waiting Gov. Crittenden
turns up in St. Louis, whittier he had
summoned the railroad superintend-
ehts for consultation" In answer to
an inquiry as to the object of the meet
ing, Governor Crittenden, for the time
being the executive and embodiment OF
the authority of the great and ''sover-
eign" state OF Missouri, says: Il have
called this meeting for the purpose of
expressing to the railroads my sympa-
thy and hearty cooperation with any
movement tending to secure the capture
Of the train robbers. and TO receive
whatever suggestions they have to Of
fer in return" Consoling, very. and
comforting also, to he thus assured OF
the sympathy" of the governor of
Missouri. Otherwise the railroads and
public might have been in doubt wheth-
er the railroad or the robbers were en-
titled to sympathy-but this fixes it.
In explanation of the reasons why the
state has made so little effort. the gov
ernor says that under the law he is
comparatively helpless This is a
strange state of affairs indeed. The
idea has generally been held that gov
ernments were instituted. taxes paid
and services rendered for some sort of
an equivalent in the way of protection
from thieves. robbers and bandits.
We Eow turn to a picture which Of
fers marked contrast. A few years
ago some of these same gentlemen of
the road iniudiciously ventured away
from their Missouri home, and tried
the game of murder and robbery at
Northfeld. Minnesota. No lenient
governor, hampered like ours. hastened
to assure the bank of his sympathy and
regrets; neither were there terrorized
or sympathetic county officials, and
neighborhoods to which they could fly
for sympathy and protection. The au-
thorities turned out and hunted the
criminals down, and speedily put a
quietus to their further depredations.
Since that time these ''chiyalric" gen.
tlemen have given Minnesota wide
birth. But bringing the contrast
down later, we have but to quote the
following, no later tina n the present
week to make the contrast still more
striking. A murder recently occurred
in Wisconsin and dispatch from
st. Paul, Minnesota, dated July 25th
says:
THE hunt for the Durant outlaws
will take an aggressive character this
week. \ general advance along the
line of skirmishers has been ordered
and new camp has been already es-
tabhshed. The troops will move
through the woods where the murder
ers are expected to be, and will search
as carefully as the character of the
country viii allow. A company OF
state militia, the Ludington Guards,
and company of cavalry have Joined
in the search. 1t is stated by some
that the fugitiyes have escaped. 1t is
thought they are still in the woods, and
a vigorous attempt to bring them to
bay will be made at once. The nature
of the mission of the pursuers is kept a
secret, but 1t Is expected that some
thing definite will be speedily develop
ed.
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