Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-18
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Al ASssvGasARy 9graooe0C1.
Theee are, We bslisve NJ more stFsnu-
oos advocates Q. law and order than
shoas Who abide by tue one and main
tsir the other. So also are thsre no
more relentless avengers Of cutfoRe4
sooissJ than quiet, psacsabls, indussr1-
oos eommuaitiss, shsn onoe soosed N
wrath By long eossinasd. unpfosoEed
murdsrous assaults upon their c't'zeos.
Laws, whether organic % statutory, In
hsrs in the people. BY them ordinance
intended 70 20 ,ufe the general welfare
and safety by furnishing those vho as
SAINT them, arc promulgated and en-
forced. To the aggregate community
must each saan loox, and upon u mus
each man dspsnl Tor safety Of life and
property. Tssss have besn spoehs IN
nearly every so@manity on this Psc'ns
Coos, q, indeed, in ~ tbs ootposis Of
oiyilixaAisa, which have frinesd the ID
vanes Of population from the Ailsehan-
iss westward, when ths process -
writasn lag we're Eoasd inadequate b
prompensu and efficiency 70 satisfy the
publis demand Gog protssstou, or nsts
out rstsibstto0 for intolsEsbls Outrage.
In such sxtremities, . stern. implacabls
resentment against the criminals hss
bssu awakened and swift vsnRsanes
excited.
Today II the biennial anniversary Of
an svsntful popular uprising. Two
ysars ago this morning three criminals
we're awaiting trial for robbery and
musdss IN this city. Crime had for
months bsfoss bssn frsqusnt and Do
cant. Ooteaess wses Of almost nightly
oceasrsnoe. CitiSsns returning from
business TO thsir homes In The twilight
we're stopped. msltrsassd and robbed.
Psassabls, Law abiding, industrious msn
were compelled to become walking ar
ssnals in self protection Insult and
outrage were the rule. Criminals bold
~ boAsssd that they IRAN ~ town"
Two years ago Last night, young man
kissed his wife good bye aftea supper
ct the door Of his homo and started
down Fourth street 10 his place Of busi-
uess. Twenty minutes aftsrward he was
horne bleeding, death stricken back 70
that homo aud wife. In TIVE hours be
was dead. He had been attacked and
murdered. This was the climax Of
wrong, the drop Which made the cup
VI endurance ~ long held 70 the lips
Of this community ~ overflow. No
tune was los:. There vas no Outory.
When men get white With desperation
shsrs II usually ,issls noise. Two men
were found skulking. They wsse AZ
rsstsd and safely keeps till morning.
There was NO precipitation. They we're
sxAminsd publicly, identified, proven
guilty and hsld BY ths eommitsinR mag
iserats - answer 10 the charge Of mus-
De-. Thus Tar Ill was regular. Then,
II broad daylight, 1000 men, citizens.
osdsrly. law absaina, ELF proceeding,
peace conserving representatives Of .
sslf rsspssting and ssspons,bls eommu-
nifty took thoss two willul muEdsssfs
and hung them ~ the ne6k till tAsy
Wsse dead. There Was another outlaw
in the city prison Who had little while
before murdered policeman. 10 him
also Was msted ont The same deserved
fate. And then this body Of Law on
forcing citizens dispssasd, each - his
home and business, leaving the dead
nalslAoeors dangling. There was 70
mob, NJ eproax. That might for thu
Arst time In months the city was quiet
and orderly.
Was Il right 70 hang those men thus
sunmarily : Was u The best way 70
enforce upon the criminals left living
here. the stern necessity Of keeping the
psaSs and obsying the laws : Has the
warning been hssdsdl Lea fasts an
seer. Since those men ver, eut down
from the ropes By vhioh NAV v~re me.
psndsd, there has pever ban : f.te,
ARRAY In the city Of Seattle. Not : man
hes been killed By vislsncs. Il has
been safe - walk oar streets, even dis-
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