Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-04-09

The SENTINEL AND REPUBLICAN has nc
lawyer on its editorial corps, and the
articles that have given nightmare
TO the Tribune cabal were written by
the man whose name floats at the
mast head of the paper.
TIE wretched affair between the
mob of citizens of Cincinnati and the
militia of Ohio came to an end on
Sunday week with the militia as
masters of the situation. Had the
murderer, who was acquitted, been
executed under the law as he should
have been, none of the trouble, that
resulted in the loss of many lives and
the wounding of many citizens
would have taken place. As the
case stands, to the corrupt prac-
tice before the Cincinnati courts
must be charged the whole OF the
disgraceful affair. Berner is not the
only murderer. and criminal OF that
city that has been cleared by the aid
of corrupt lawyers and jury fixers.-
Cincinnati, as well as other places,
has a ring of court practitioners that
have a number of corrupt loungers
in league with them, that they can
have on a jury when it suits their
purpose to have them there, and in
that way convert the temple of JUS
tice into a place for the practice of
injustice. There is something gue7
ously wrong and rotten with court
machinery when it can thus be pros
tituted. Honest men with honest
cause are beginning to dread the
courts The vicious and corrupt find
in them a protection that should be
extended to honest men. But short
time since Guiteau. the self confess
ed murderer of the chief executive Of
the Republic, stood in Washington
court, huriing defiance into the teeth of
justice and almost defying her to re
sent the insult. He was convicted,
sentepcea and executed. Had be es-
capped by the aid OF the trickery of
lawyers carried into the jury, what
would have been the result! Would
the Nation have been in arms in a
day? The riot in Ohio was the work
of mob but it is none the less pro-
test against tie prostitution Of the
courts by lawyers who seek to carry
their own individual ends at the ex-
pense of justice. There is a better
way than mob violence to correct the
evils that are creeping rapidly into
practice in the courts. Courts are
the creatures OF legislative enact
ncnts, and State constitutions, are
based upon the viii OF a majority of
the people. The whole fabric can
be changed or amended. The prac-
tice before the courts, and the trou-
bles that are there bred are subjects
for the people to seriously and peac-
ably consider and remedy. That
the troubles Will bring their own
remedy in the fuliness of time there
can be no doubt
How many people were killed at
Cincinnati, has not been definitely
stated; how many were wounded can
never be correctly reported, but a
statement as to the scene in one drug
store near the place of battle as Civ
en- by Cincinnati paper, conveys to
the mind glimpse of the destruc-
ton to life and limb Of citizens. The
statement WAS published on the ist
of April, and reads as follows:
The drug store on the southwest |
corner of Court and Walnut streets
will forever be famous for the |
bloody scenes that occurred in it and |
the immediate vicinity on Saturday |
night. DR.. A. Z. Evans, who was In !
the store all that dreadful night was
seen by q reporter, TO whom he gave |
all account of his experience. From
S:45 o'clock, when the first yolley was
fired into the crowd, up to in the
morning forty nine wounded men
were carried into the store OF these
fifteen died IN the store or while they
were being taken away in the patrol
wagons or ambulances. Fifteen
more will lose either an arm or leg
by amputation. The rest were not
seriously hurt. The first batch
brought in numbered four men, and
III less than a quarter of an hour sew
en- more came in. From then on
they kept coming in all night. At
one time there were fourteen dead
and wounded lying on the floor, and
then came volley and q rush and
people crowded into the store for
safety, literally climbing over the
PROSTATE forms. Several bullets
came crashing through the windows
and men were shot down in the doors.
At one time piece of the broken
glass struck DR.. Evans in the neck.
and he thought it was a bullet. He
and the other physicians thought
then that the militia would kill every
one in the store The excitement
that attracted the soldiers was caus-
ed by n patrol wagon backing up for
the wounded. The floor of the store
was covered with blood and brain
matter. Several OF the dead Law un-
der the counter for hours before be.
ing removed Other physicians who
risked there lives at this place were
DR.. Norton. Jr. Dr. A. J. Miles, DIR.
Rothaker and DIR. Cone. DR. Nor
ton had very narrow escape. AZ
bullet passed within an inch OF his
head while he was in the drug store.