, 1888-03-30
LOOK A LITTLE DEEPER.

"a - Choronno Tbo ovont wos ,ben
Loloa unon &c I;,,lo loss than n p,b,;c
calamity and wos q, nronounced NV i
GOOD c;t;zons and every neUsnoncr in the
toun
Mrrd,rs f,nowo5 this vordio. with
s,or,inc frcorencv and very soon tine
i.iI was n~ortiaIlv filed with men awaiting
,r;aI Gov br,toI crimes Az 70 tho dutv Of
n nrosocntinp attorney under these cir.
crms,oncos there seems tn us M room
for dopbt His plain course was to de-
vote evorv energv ,ouord socur;ng frIl
and commensurote nunisbmen for every
cr;mo that had heen committed His
oath Of oe;co made tins ~;ncnmh,Dt unop
him hpt above and bevond this was the
dr,y which be owed to the nubl;c
Tn the wear and n quarter that Mr..
StoIl has been nrosecutinp attorney more
criminal cases have come before tho court
tbap in anv similar neriod in tho history
ot laramie countv In every instance
the good name of the county has been
maintained and in every instance the fact
was scattered broadcast through the coun-
try that 81 far as n vigorous prosecution
of the law was concerned. propertv was
inst as safe and human life lust as sacred
here ne in the best settled communities of
the East. The occasion was one which
demanded viporous work coupled with
unouestioped legal ability, and that we
have had both no one will perhaps be
rash enough TO deny.
Our esteemed the Sun,
is apparently unable to see ANYTHING as a
result of all this remarkable work except
the bill of costs. 1t overlooks the respect for
the strong arm of the law which has been
engendered bv the conviction of Tumble,
McCoy. Agassiz, Sanderson. Everett and
Mrs. Berry and the value of such convic-
tions in proving to those meditating in
vestment that the rights of all people are
here carefully guarded and maintained.
All these trials have been expensive.
They usually are. not only here but in the
East. Here they are particularly expen.
siye because of the remoteness from the
seat of county government of many quar-.
ters in which crimes have been commit.
ted. Placing the entire blame for the
heavy cost of the Mccoy trial ON either
the o,unty commissioners or prosecuting
attorney is the rankest nonsense. Much
of the expense was due to postponements
secured by the defense and the efforts
which they made to obtain a change of
venue. Costs were piled up during this
time for mileage and witness fees, but the
ATTORNEYS for the defense no doubt felt
that they held a human life in their
hands and were nothing 10th to take ad.
vantage of any legal technicality which
might staye off the inevitable.
There was 80 700 spent in the effort TO
recapture McCov. and this amount is add
ed by the SIM to the sum total for which
the prosecuting attorney is responsible.
1t will be a piece of news to most people
that the prosecuting attorney umltes to bis
other onerous duties the duty of safe
guarding the county prisoners. The i'm
preston has heretofore prevailed that the
sheriff did work of this kind.
The Sun states that the Patterson trial
will cost the county 10000. 1t does not
claim that its figures are official, although
they should certainly have been before it
went f~ioundering around IN a mess of in.
discriminate charges. The official figures
actually show that the cost of the Patter-
son trial was not over "a, 500, of which
amount $3,Sl3 was for mileage and wit
ness fees.
No doubt it would be more satisfactory
committed and if no attendant hills If
expepse had to be borne. But crimes
were unfortunately. committed and if