Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-03
TERRIBLE CRIME.

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4 TERRIBLE CRIME.
In all the record of crimes which have
ever occarred in st, Paul, EOthing so
appalling has ever been written as the
midnight tragedy ef New Years night,
which so suddenly and shoc&ingly ended
the mortal career of Richard A. Pierce,
the son of proaainent and
estinable citizen. The story of the foul
deed is told elsewhere and does not need to
be here repeated, 1t demonstrates that we
have in cur midst most desperate GRIMM
als,and that unless by legal or other means,
some terrible examples are made,
humen life is worth but lit
tie. 4 crime so fendish arouses
the entire community. and so long as the
desperadoes with whom young Pierce had
his midnight death struggle are undiscov-
cred and UNPUBLISHED, no citizen can feel
the least degree of safety. The proclama-
ton of the mayor offering reward
for the apprehension of the Grim
inals is we'll as far as it goes but it, should
be five thousand instead of five hundred
dollars. No money value can be placed
! upon the Importance of security and pro-
lection for our citizens. A citizens purse
should be raised, if necessary, to enlist the
most eminent detective talent the
country affords to hunt these dastardly
| murde rers down, and found, as little mercy
should be shown towards them as they dis
played towards their victim. The vision
Of that midnight and lonely fight for life
will haunt the city until the wretches are
executed.
The profoundest sympathy goes out to
the family so suddenly and terribly af-
hicted, and regard for them as we'll as pro-
lection for the living demands the detec-
ton and swift punishment of the fiends.
GAMBETTA'S INFLUENCEINE EUROPE.
There is no doubt that there is much JUS
tifcation for the view taken by the Berlin
| press of the effect of the death of Gam
beta. With one accord they allude to it
az q guarantee of the future peace of Eu-
rope-the removal of fre5rand that was
| likely at any moment to light the torch of
war and involve the continent in sanguin-
airy strife.
Gambetta was beIligerent by nature,
| and during his public life existed in an at
| mosphere of contention. His first public
| utterance after Sedan was revolutionary
his whole effort was devoted to the over
turning of the existing order of things
and the formation of a government en-
| tirely at variance with the one in
power before the revolution. To effect his
purposes he pandered to the national pride
of his lowcountrymen and to their
! thirst for revenge for the hurniliations in
ficted upon them during the war of 1870
| II. He took frequent occasion in his pub
lie speeches to urge upon the government
the necessity of being prepared for the in
evitable day of reckoning between the two
countries, when the glory of France should
| be once more established, and her military
prowess recognized by all the world. This
had its influence upon the government in
the formation of the present magnificent
military establishment, for the perfection
of which no appropriations were thought
|
fuence upon the masses of the people by
keeping alive the military spirit and in
tensifying the traditional hatred which the
Gaul has always borne towards
his northern neighbors. For years the
burden of Gambetta's speeches and the
tenor of the press that supported him has
been the necessity for war with Germany
! to retrieve the honor of France II
was perpetual menance to the peace OF
Europe, for a war between these two
countries would inevitably result in in
volving the rest of Europe. Russia would
seize the opportunity to aEenge herself
upon Austria while the latter's ally was
engaged with France; Turkey and Greece
would seek to settle their differences when
there was little danger of interference
from abroad, while every nation having
grievance would embrace the opportu.
nifty to endeavor to effect settlement.
While the death of Gambetta lessons il
does not wholly remove the probability OF
conflict between France and Germany
| There is a feeling of unrest in France that
has never existed before-a feel.
ing of wrongs sustained that can
never be condoned or forgiven
and an anxious looking for the day
to come when revenge may be obtained
In Germaoy there is a feeling of self-satis.
faction akin to gloating, that is extremely
| CALLING to the mercurial French, and NAV
precipitate a conflict at any momeut that
two bodies of the opposing nationaliies
may casually come in contact. The re-
moval of Gambetta has lessened but not
removed this danger, and in this degree
his death may be regarded as a public ben
eft. He will be remembered, however. for
what he has done in the cause of liberty.
whatever motives may have actuated him,
and his memory WILDE respected for his
great abilities, his fearlessness and his de-
Yotion to France.
Appointed to a Supreme Judgeshio