The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-03-08


hail, which stands opposite This nagnifi-
cent building, which serves as palace of JUS
ticc. is the finest moern cdifce of the En-
;y!=ii provinces
Al! III once we heard Il blast O! trumpcts.
\ qlYushcd toward the hall, and lined
the niSh, of steps leading TO the grand en-
trance IIcralils antl ackeys. all l,edizcnei
with scallet and gold, presently descended
the steps followed by police officers. ''e%-
craI carriages then drove up, From ono of
tilaln there aliehted Il man arrayed III Il scar
let ipbc and erinine tippet and wearing pow
derri wig. The scarlet roDe, followed by
the t.o,tesc .yhch had formed, solemnly
mounted the steps between the crowd, which
stood gazing with open mouthcd and wide
eyed admiration.
What s!lo,v is there going on opposIte3'
asked thc American, in the easy going tone
that so dist nStishes the Yankee.
lie was IN "..luocent abroad,
My dear sir" | said to him, "it is simply
judge going to Try .hief or two England
houors hDr criminals with great deal OF
parade, us yon sec
My .in,erca.l was silent for a fuwnsinu,cs
He WIS probably adding, up the salaries of
the julsn, the police officers. heralds and
,ls4e-s, the lawyers fees, the cost Of the
tuiE!inE, carriages and show generally and
no rloubt comparing the total with tho pound
OF two stolen from his employers by dis
honest clerk, for whom n! this grand repre-
sentation was taking place.
Nothing is moro simple than an American:
court Of justice. -Four walls Innocent of dec
grafton Of any kind, a few plain chairs or
benches No uniforms, no robes, no wigs, no
tr1lnal,ats, no fvcriel ,.slers. The judge md
the 1arristers are III blaci. frock coats The
usle,s not quite 50 well dressed ms the narris-
tprs Gts ruley, aud that is all
Ia France we pay IL legion, host rather,
Of judges and police officers, to lock after
og.t s2curity. aud never slioull we dream Of
hclp:ng them in the exercise Of their func-
tons II q crime rclnain wrapped in Enys-
terry. we say to ourselves: 81 pay Tho police;
it is for them to discover the criminal: it is
nut lNy business, and, besides, the profession
of detective is not in say line "r tanly taste"
1t is not the sstne in the United States,
There EtAiic safety concerns every ono,
The population Of Il to"n feel tlishonorcd
By the preparation Of II crime in their midst,
Egery one is on tho alert to catch the Grim
| innl; men organize themselves into bands to
search tho country round. An assassin is
| tracked IN the woods with bloolhountls and
| guns. like It wild beast; il ho is discoy-
| cred and oilers Il very obstinate resistance, Il
| bullet is lodged in his oody, and tho hunters
| go TRANQUILITY home again.
| Something which is much to be blamed, |
| 10. ,l,, CT ,1f A
| justice BY going tho right way TO work, a
condemned criminal may often succeed in
getting his case to be tried again and again
liz cases of MURDER what good can it do &c
keep Il poor wretch, that it is decided to hang
in prison for a year or morc' 1t is adding
torture 10 death penalty.
Llthnt were only all.
Jonathan is such a philanthrcpist that ht
with difficulty makes up his mind TO execute
n fellow creature even legally. So, when ht
has Kept a year in prison a criminal, whom
he is at last forced to hang, llc leads him Il
the scalrold, puts a rope round his neck
jerks him up i'll the air, and manages to TAXI
twelve or sixteen minutes dispatchins him.
This is philanthropy with u vengeance, ant
i. is to be hoped that execution by electricity
which has just been adopted by the governor
Of New York state, will put MI end to sucl
sickcuing proceedings.
1t is to be hoped also that the American
will some day do better than that. |, for m
part, do not doubt that they will abolis
death sentences before very long They ar
too intelligent not to understand that I'll
death sentence dcters no criminal, and thl
fer a very simple reason. crimc is con
mitted under the impulse Of passion, or it llu
been prc,nctlitatcd In tho first case, til
criminal never thinks of tho punishment
come, he is blinded by passion; in the secont
he always believes he has planned his Grim
in such a inililner MS not to be found out.
To tighten Ibis rather luguhrious subject,
will terminate with Il little ancc,!otc, whc
has never seen the light, and which think
too delightfully."- humorous and pathetic to |
allowed to remain unpublished
Ths scene was tho smoking room Of IL
Savage club in London.
A notorious criminal had been hanged
the morning, Several members Of the cu
were talking of the affair, and each one d
sci.ibed what his feelings would be if he we
led to the scaro!d to be hanged.
During this conversation an actor, We
known, but to whom managers l scarce
know why, never intrust any but secondal
parts, SIT silent in an arm chair, sending ,
long puffs of smoke soaring to tho ceiling
'IIello, there is N, who has not given
opinion" said ono of tho group, suddenly Il
ticing tho actor; II say, N, tell us how y
would feel if you were being led to tho SEE
fold"
Tho actor raised his eyes to the ceiling a''
after another puff at his cigar, said quieti
s.Wcll, boys, should feel that at last "
trusted with Il Leading part"
CHAPTER NXVL
Lynch law is a summary Justice which,
several Of tho states, is constantly bel
dealt out to criminals who, either from
insutIiciency Of tho ordinary laws, or beca'
of tho absence of judicial authority III
, ncighborhood, might escape punishment
Not the least semblance of trial or cy
: Of examination, as rule; the populaco
5 taken it into its head that n certain in
vidual is guilty Of crime, that sufiices;
t is sought out, torn from his family, led to
| spot fixed upon for his execution, and the