Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-19
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SATURDAY., APRIL I9, 1894

TUESDAY Joe Casey paid the penalty cf the law for the crime of murder. There is a difference of opinion among people as to the righteousness of capital pun ishment, but in practice, States that have abolished 1t at times have gladly returned to it. It seems to be the only way to Geal with Eigh-handed criminals. Desperate diseases require desperate remedies. Public sentiment is undoubt- edly in favor of hanging murderers by the neck until dead. If the law val. .not do it, Judge Lynch sits in judgment, no matter what the morale of the cOmmun- ity is. Arizona has made wonderful ad- vGnce5 tho past three years. IL was once a lawless country the highwaymen, assassin and murderer held high carnival throughout the territory. They reIgued supreme and their power was felt in our courts Of justice There is 8 great change. To tell how t has come about and who to give the credit to would be 8 difficult task Each and every good citizen is entitled to credit; some more than others. Gradually by wise and determined acts upon tine part of the law abiding people the lawless begin to feel their weakness. Many of them have bit the dust or died between heaven and earth. It is true the law was lax but the people were desperate ana the majesty of tEe law was utterly disregarde3. Occasionally, at such time, ihe people would Eot rest quiet when there was fear Of the escape of q man who had committed great crime. and took inc law into thcic hands. But this thi--t for swift and unlawful justice is being appoase3. Criminals are promptly arrested by officers oi the law. jurors have uo longer a fear Of personal violence, and tho criminal class are no longer jurors, and a man who commits crime is promptly indicted: he E tried and the people have confidence in the judge that sis cn tue bench; the result is satisfactory; II murder in the first degree, be is convicted, in aImost every case, and hanged as Joe. Casey was hanged today It is our purpose to impress the fact upon the country at large that Arizona to-day is as free from crime as any State or Territory In the Union, and we believe there is not a State or Territory in tue Union that can compare with her in sDlltnus- Of justice This man Ca-sy was in jail for robbery. From iha time he attempted to escape and killed Jailor Hol5look. the evidence which would have been de dueei, had Le been tried for that crime
 we l.a-n from the District Attorney, cauid hot have convicted LIm, and in a ltl- while Eo would have been a free man. But doing what he dil, leads one to believe Le must have been guilty; i1 not guilty, then tine depravity of the man was almost beyond compare, and sympathy for him IS misplaced. A man like General DeitZIer, brave, noble, gen es5us, is sGl5caly killed; the first news k shocking; that is all; three days after Le is killed and his dad body is borne to fine cars to be sent to the be1eayeJ family, only little handful of men fcI- low #. To-day & murderer, G criminal of the highest order is executed, and there is a morbid. sentimental sympathy exhibited that is unaccoul5able. Hun dreds of people crowd about tLe streets and jail, knowing full well they eau sec nothing, all eager to haar aa, word ,lat may fail from the murd5rec's lips. Such are borne upon the air as trophie- to be cherished fondly and handed down 10 posterity. Why should there be such sympathy publicly expressed for Casey and so little for General Deitzler? No one will acknowledge h9 admires Casey. while every one speaks warm words of praise for the General; suu crowds flock around the gallows Of a murderer, and only a corporars guard about the coffin of brave, good man suddenly stricken in death.