The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-02
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Society Must Protect 1t..,r
Against the Lawless.
WHITE HALL. June q. 1884.

WHITE HALL, June q. 1894
Editor Butte MINER: A'of'
seems that the history ofMontana ia blr,rro,
ana biackened just now with the criminal on,
atfocious acts of horse thieves. Early vo.to,a..
morning eleven men well e~quipped with tha =:
struments of war cam to White Han ,new."
us 'na' q oand OF lawless men whose glory +
'Ane ano whose only ambition is to steal. HAD
succeeded In procuring q large band of horse,
numbering about sixty on the Lower Boulder
orlving them into the mountains living betwoor
nouiocr river and White Tail creek. and after 9
general assortment made in a corral of rono,
they liberated the widest and most inferior .nd
neo' 70 parts unknown with the remainder T,
seems hat these thieves and socia, a..a.s;rs
had been taking items in the above named vi;
clhlty Tor some time. While the honorable and
upright citizens Of that place were engaged IN
the roundup the horse thieves went from
MUSE 10 mouse making inquiries about the men
VINO were gatherlng together their stock. and
when INFORMED they were on the other side of
the Boulder river, near Bridgeville. the villain.
GUS band took the horses and fed. Fourteen of
us yesterday searched the range of mountains
above mentioned and found no indications
~SON 1CI ulSCOvorV. A n1Im,
oer u ooid and heroic men, led by the Hon. E.
w. brooke, whose generalship and sagacity is
excellent, LEFT this morning for the White Tail
Park, where they hope to find some traces of
these robbers, and should they happen to find
them we can assure you, MI. Editor, their horse
stealing will come to an end. What must hon
orable and peaceful citizens who are keeping
the laws of the land do? Must they leave the
matter entirely to our courts of Justice, where
the chances are in favor of these criminals. who
are dripping with vice, that they will
be liberated and acquitted? Perhaps they are
sent to the penitentiary for twelve months.
which to them is IN Eden of delight, and then
they are sent out to annoy society, hazard and
jeopardize the lives Of the upright, destroy
property, blight and blast the hopes of nome,
make havoc with the laws that regulate the
conditions of the world, wrap the horizon of
human life in fire and flame, and essay to usher
In the reign of nihilism, communism, icono-
clasm and every damnable thing that is detri-
mental to the interests Of society and the refine
ment and Qualification of the world.
While we shudder to think of tolerating
and kindred means for the exter-
mlnatiOn of these crimes ard atrocities that are |
blackening the history Of Montana. yet it set ms |
there is a point beyond which right and justice
will not be provoked and further forbearance |
will be unjust. History has told us that when
The laws of a country are not enforced, and
bribery and chicanery enter into our courts of
Justice, when lawless men are allowed to escape, |
society is maligned and assailed, huma n
Ity lifts its voice and advocates quick measures
the determination of crime. and we think
only way of getting rid of these despera-
does is to suspend them in the air, and then we
are certain they will never annoy society again.
We saw last night a part of the band who were
captured in Idaho for stealing horses on Beaver
creek, and these men have brilliant hopes that
hey will be free again. Whether such will be
he case or not I cannot tell, but to say the least
t casts a sad reflection on the courts of iustice in
Montana. for if the laws of the land were rigidly
and crime received its own desert
men would not entertain the least vestige OF
rope in this direction, forthey would be certain
punishment and eternal excavation.
AN ADVOCATE OF JUSTICE.