Daily Republican., 1881-04-30
Yesterdays Murder.

Yesterdays Murder.
With the full evidence ofthe coroner'S
inquest and the facts of yesterday $
murder fully reported the public can
see and judge for themselves of the
enormity of the crime. Viewed all IN
all there was 10 proyocation whatever
for the commission of the bloody deed
Watchmen are necessarily clothed with
considerable authority, and for that rea-
son should be cool, dispassionate, brave
men, who will never resort to ueedS OF
violence except as a last resort. mat
Carberry had courage could not he dis
mted. and those who know him best
know that he was unusually intelligent
and a well informed man, but there his
qualifications for the important posi-
ton which he held, ceased
He lacked self-control, that element
of character so important i'll every man
who to the least extent has power en-
trusted to his hands. The fact that
Carberry was watchman in the EN-
ploy of a large manufacturing company
and entrusted with the protection OF
property and certain special interests in
yolyed which he was to guard with
Jealous care, will of course be used to-
mitigate his crime, but at the same time
as was stated by Mr.. Davis in his evil
dence such extreme action WAS entirely
uncalled for and Inaccessible, and
stamped Carberry as totally unfit for
the position he held.
Though We do not specially desire to.
censure the foreman of the particular
department OF the works where the
murder took place, yet it does seem IT,
markably strange that lie could not dur
ing the whole tina. in which the deed fl
violence was transacted have presence
of mind enough to even speak a word to
Carberry, and tell him that Adams was
in that mill under his direction at that
time. 1t is natural fer some people un
der such circumstances to lose presence
Of mind and to be riyited to the spot
without the power Of remonstrance or
even speech, and the case Of McCatfer-
ty is remarkable instance of it, He
testified himself that from five to ten
inmates elapsed from the commence
ment of the attack Of Carberry on
Adams, until the fatal shot was fired |
which &!most instantly killed the lat |
ter We know how easy it is for per |
sons to be mistaken in regard to time
during SUCH an exciting period, but |
even if only two minutes had elapsed,
there was sufficient time for Mr. Nc
Catferty to have said "Hold on Mr,
Carberry, ] ordered Adams in here to
do some work" This much would
have been sufficient to have checked
such reckless and impuIAive man as
Carberry.
OF course full allowance must be
made for Mr.. McCatferty. He nor no
other person who witnessed the deed of
violence which terminated in murder,
had any thought we presume that Car
berry would shoot, even though he
several times t1ouriShed hispistol which
was heavily loaded, in Adams face.
Still most of men, especially bosses of
shops, would have intertered to protect
a workman acting under his orders. 1t
may be that tiourishing pistols in
the face Of workman was frequent ,
occurrence and created no surprise, but
we are inclined to think that discrimi {
mating public will say that after man :.
has deliberately cooked his pistol using
both hands in doing so, as Mr.. McCat- {
ferty testified Carberry did, and then
flourish it in the face Of another man
with such expressions as, 10y Jesus
Christ you will 60 out of this" it was
high time that somebody should inter
fere, either to put the Objectionable man !
out without allowing him to be shot, or t
induce the unfortunate man with the
pistol to giveup his weapon. 1t is very =
unfortunate for the poor man that was i
murdered, for Carberry, and for Mr.. y
McCatferty, that the latter did not speak L
the word in time that would have saved
the life of human being, saved Car
berry from the crime Of murder and
himself from the unpleasant reflection Il
that he lacked presence of mind just at
time when a single word would have y
averted the crime which followed O