Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-25
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" The organ of public thieves and raul.
.rogurs az Lincoln intimates that the
brood Of rasrals that have procured
the verdict against Edward Roscwater
propose now to get him indicted for
criminaflbel. We know that tHeso con-
spira'ors and plditcrs OF robbery and
plundcr are capable of anything. In the
early days Of this state this same Gang of
uo'ticH Mghwaymcn robbed this state
and ITS children out of hundreds OF thous
ands of dollars in lots and lands which
were donated by the government and sci
apart by the state, Valuable lots m the
city Of Lincoln which had been given to
benevolent institutions were fraudcntly
transferred TO the old kcnnard ring.
The masonic order was robbed of its
share of property in that way. which was
transferred through the JouHdi plund.
ercrs to their copurcCncrs in thicvcry.
When the legislature of 1871, of which
Edward Roscwatcf was member, had
impcachod the governor and auditor of
the state on charges of malicasance, Tom
Kcnnard suddenly discovered that he
had forg gotten 10 accountto $1,000 OF the
states money and turned it over for fear
Of an indictment. The old gang ot state
house thieves were not content with petit
larceny and embc2zlcmcnt. They were
not content with building grand mansions
with bricks purchased for building the
state institutions. They built an insane
asylum, and then had il set on fire IN
order to cover the wrctchcd construction
,,F, l,, &c la,
and women who perished in the flames
is on their heads yet, and will haunt them
to their graves. 1t is a notorious fact
that can be verified by prominent insur-
anco men now living in this state that
the principal living witness TO this arson
and wholesale murder was poisoned in
ST. Louis on the very night before she
was to start for Nebraska to testify
against them. II stones could talk ut
Lincoln they would tale unfold that
would horrify the people of Nebraska
and send upon the gallows and to pcni-
tontlaries some of the very men who now
clamor for criminal indictment for
libel against Edward Rosewater.
Of ali the places in Nebraska Lincoln
can furnish more lndictable material
than any city of its size in the union. We
do not mean that the citizens of Lincoln
Us n class are law-brcakerS and subjects
for fclous' cells, but there are scores of
men in Lincoln whose whole life has
been continuation of felonious acts
bribery, subornation of perjury, down
right perjury, conspiracies against the
state, colluson with jobbers, murderous
detectives and criminals of low and high
degree. 1t is mainly this gang that has
Interested itself in the Hoffman libel suit.
This is not the first time that they have
threatened to procure an indictment of
Edward Rosewater. They tried ii
through the grand jury that indicted
Detective Pound and came very near in
dieting his excellency the governor.
Why didn't that grand jury indict Rose
water when the facts were fresh before
themy At that time the gang that engi
neered the libel suit were glad to escape
for themselves. The spectacle of such
infamous wretches threatening criminal
prosecution against those who dared TO
expose their rascallty and protect the
public treasury is simply amazing. Let
them dare to bring their criminal libel
suits. There are still some people in this
country who will resent outrages upon
justice and protect an unbought and fear
less prpss