The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-10-26
JUSTICE WHITE has all the vanity of a

JUSTICE WHITE has all the vanity OF q
boy for newspaper notorie.y, and has his
illusions published simultaneously in two
of the city papers He seems to enjoy
being switched through the papers just
for the pleasure of seeing ''himself in
print. The maturity of sense that is SO
pleased with literary production as to
have it published in two languages, in
two different papers, is usually measured
by an age whose maximum is 16. But
that is 'sCharley's" affair and has come,
doubtless, from the exquisite sense of
propriety inculcated by the society" in
which he moves, as does, doubtless, the
chaste form of expression 'sfalse as hell"
and .san internal liar" to which he is SO
addicted in his little essays designed for
two nations, in fact for two great divis-
ions of the Aryan branch, the English aud
the German speaking people. s'Char-
ley" the temptation is strong to have some
fun with you, oh, SO strong that we can
hardly resist it even at the risk of squeez-
ing out of you spawn such as you uttered
last week, the product of teachings in
that school of refinement" in which you
were SO fortunate as to receive training.
And, Charley, so far as the ethics Of mon
ey making is concerned, viii you allow
your exalted mind purified of all gross
conceptions in that splendid school of
'srefnement') to shed little light on
the following? Ignoring. for the present,
refinement" and considering the ques-
ton in the aspect of honesty, of which
should man be more ashamed, to earn
money as teacher of an ga B G school
in the back woods" or through attempted
manipulation of trust funds in the capa-
city of administrator of the estate of de-
ceased persona The question may not be
pntso explicitly as to come within the COM
prehension of refined mind, but it is
subject to more minute particulariza-
ton on request. And, "Charley, if any
more instances of deviation from the
straight line of rectitude in the srefined"
manner of money making are needed,
they are so near at hand as to be clamor-
ing for publicity.
This matter is somewhat foreign TO the
subject but is just as german as ''what
Hussey said" Charley, you have enough
to do TO defend your acts without appear
ing as the champion of anything that
"Hussey says" And to show you that
such is the fact, allow little recapitula-
ton:
LIST. You took the body of a woman
out of the house which was her home
when alive, to hold an inquest upon it,
knowing that an inquest was commenced,
because the district attorney had so in
formed you the evening previous.
End. You left that body by the road
side until dray could be secured, half
an hour lady says, near whose house
the body was placed, who saw it there
and who characterized the act as can
outrage only equaled by the crucifxion
of Christ" You say five minutes. You
have an object in concealing the truth;
she has none.
Bird. In the post norton examination
conducted under your direction, the wo-
mans abdomen was cut open and her
womb taken out to search for cut in the
head. And the public were not excluded
from this spectacle.
4th. You issued warrant to get Rath-
sack from the possession of the sheriff in
order that you might have the job of ex-
aiming him, notwithstanding that he
was so injured as to be hardly conscious.
9th. You kept the mother of Rath-
sack dancing attendance on you as wit
ness during your attempt to bull-doze
the sheriff and get possession of his
prisoner. Even with the feeling that the
old woman had been unkind to her
daughter-in-law the sympathy of any
person could not but go out to the lily
clad, ignorant, old woman who crouched
all day on the door steps Of your Office,
picture of friendlessness, desolation, woe
and misery, whom even thoughtless boys
pitied, while the only thought you enter
tanned was how to gain possession of the
wretched woman's son, and the probable
number of folios of testimony you might
get from her, the bill to be footed by the
county.
Now, Mr.. White, don't think people
will set this arraignment aside because
the person who makes it has spent his
life in Manitowoc county. That argu-
ment is SO utterly silly that it indicates
as deplorable lack of sense as your in,
quest did of humanity and decency. The
Pilot was not the only paper that gave
you merited castigation. The Milwau-
kee Sentinel, The Chicago Tribune and
even the N. Y. Tribune and the n. Y.
Herald, thought your action was so afro
cious, SO despicable, so far beyond the
limit OF petty meanness, as to call for
editorial structure.
No person capable of manly sentiment
would defend an action against which
every fiber of a mans soul utters pro-
test. You tried to absolve yourself from
responsibility by appealing to national
and again to divert indignation
toward the doctors. Both efforts are
futile.
MARRrEn