The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-10

stand BY the OnDcers
The ks;.inr cs Charles GrambevR o.
emrr~d ~ stated IN the Courier last week,
vet some people. never sstNoed VIM
ANYTHING. complain, and want 10 ccesave
ev~r,boiv Who mad any part n the A.
fnf- The time IL rome 10 this county X
when cen sure should erase. and tho peo-
~ ssana by the officers Of the LAW
There can b. no question but that Gram
herg VS. 4 desperate fellow. and had
co~mistrd I crinse that needed severe
rn,.ishmcnt. Il Il unque<tionahly true
80, IN h.nr he fore shr shooting he had
driven two otsces$ ron his house, I'M
A. ssvcrc threats Of ehooiiug them. Al
the time he ws< killed he wss resisting
arrest IN = most violent manner, having
q one hAnd : dangerous club, and -
she other : knife. Had not the posse
rs,ehed 70 shc rescue Sweeney would nm
d.,uo,e.sly have been the victim of ME
homiridal intent But Sweeney Vas res
<.,cd. ana the other officers. whose lives
~ere N danger. we're saved BY the time
IL crack Of the pistol. What excuse DID
- olFer for his refusing 70 be arrested !:
IL We Dcrsuaded. but no; he would
M. Weld. He wanted 10 be arrested m
d.v simcs Must criminals be choosere !:
Must he have the night to escape ~.
merely becaase he wanted 10 be arrested
- dxy time? IL NAV not be generally
known. but the fact is thst warrant
I "a been IN the hands OF oficers for his
arrest for more than year, ana the
eharce .as currently made that they
urre AZ. AID "a make the svrest. Now thai
es,e- tried II. and the criminal was killed
sn the sstempt. there be those who CEN
eure the officers. Suppose he had killed
a. officer. ss ne tried very hard 70 40,
and was only prevented by his own
death. then those same carping critics
you'd have censured the officers for not
killing him: for not doing what they
nave done. He was killed lis true
Tia pi,y : and pity It's, 'tis true But
neees.it. male il 80, and LEI rs no.
grumbse al. though we may Fly his sac
ists.
5sa Il not been for the timely inter
ference of his wife, che herself says sh'
believes ne would have killed Mrs Dur
5auf that night. though there was n
reason altered for his bearing III vii
against uer. except that she had told hin
re- uast net beat his mother-in-'aw y
her house. and thst he had no right i
enc housr. a. she had never rented
him. hut 10 his mother-in-law. IL seem
ne had deserted his family and wen
.vv md stayed several months. an
then returned. and npon being refuse
~ mission 70 the house at night, m
climbed In ~ : window. snd threatene
20 kill any one who interfered with hin
a.s va therefore : trespasser BY fors
and without right. and then .Proceede
90 rive BIZ mother-in-law terrible oea
ing, for which the warrant was swoi
out.
made without death. Those criti
ought 20 have made IT, Suppose Car
urs and Cox lad killed the Reeve
.goa:d not these s1me grumbling ap
have g. insured them. Life il too ches
~ this country We Ill admit: but '
shor'd not gricve At the loss Of tho
Who make life cheap. II the officers .
% b. censnred IN this, then You cam
80, offers to execute the law. Let I
good citizens stand BY the officers, q
Iet such desperate characters be arreste
night or day! Stand b. the oficers-
yrw ExrrRrsrsr.-The County So
veyor last week surveyed road fro
-
red sand store quarry, which Or.
Renal. u New Albany. Is having open
on his lani IN Jackson township.
d.. has $50 acres Of fine sand stoI
which ne thinks will prove valual
addition to rhe building stone OF In
ana Ne has had specimens Of Il scis
si6csNv tested, and Il ID pronounced
supe sor quality. II IL : beautiful !
color and will make very handsome :
durable foundations and trimmings
= having the fret csr load Of IL got I
Tor shipment this week, in blocks th
feet soux-e. and when he succeeds
bu;lding az 4 demand for Il will put
extensive nssrh'nery 10 prepare Il
market q tise quarry, and the rAiIr'
will nut him IL . switch 10 the Quai
This branch 81 Industry IL bound eve
usly 10 adsl VASTLY 70 the wealth Of b
Jackson AMI Jefferson townships, -
atone y of sbe best quality, that OF Js
son b-ing red and gray, while JefIer
ha~ the br~s white sand stone in Iudii
vi living dormant IN the hills, wait
for espl'si and enterprise 70 enable
srricA'i's owners Profs. Cox and
lett, ~ State geologists. each called ~
uoa IL. iris handsome white sand 81
and the Chicago fire domonstrated
aud stone vas : better building N
fial than either granite or lime stOn'
each of these cruubled with the
while the sand stone wss not injure
The New Albany Ledger, IN moth
The -. Anthony quarry, says:
-Dr. b Bsust. OF this city, will q
I'D slime quarry on his Dubois col
fsrfn next spring The finest buiI'
stone abounds Ia that locality in plt
fui qosntities.v
awe Ind letter this week
one Of the natives Of Dubois Who
q work IN the CcuRIKR Office, Mr.. ]
berger. ". he 10 now one OF the
fishers Of the San Angelo. Texas, II
prise. aud says he u doing welt IN