Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-12-16

We regret that any newspaper should |
have been connected with the conspiracy
to burn the Dupont barns, even re-
motley.
We have no doubt that the name Of
Davis mentioned In connection with the
conspiracy is, as the News intimates,
fictitious one The reporter or editor
who may have made the arrangement
suggested, woald not likely have given
his proper name. The fresh young
man may have been more jealous than
discreet and contracted with Joe Clark
for the news without really intending to
be known as one OF the couspirators.
Even IL no such man, or no such con
tract existed, the course Of the News
would have recommended itself to the
consplrators and IL would have received
tho earliest information they dared 70
give Of the disasters impending to the
DuPonts.
The course OF the News in recon
mending mob law, in congratulatiug
Mitchell and his rioting negroes on their
escape from the clutches OF the law, in
applauding the four periured jurors who
disregarded their oaths and defed the in.
structions Of the court, the personal attack
on Justice Cullen, who announced the
J instructions Of the court, the abuse OF
the officers, Justice sasse and Attorney.
General Blggs who detained the con
spirators. These things are intensely
suggestive. They show that the trend
Of the sentimental and hysterical sym
pathy was with the eonspirators-
On October 96. palliating the crimes
and deprecstlng the arrests tho News
attempted to implicate the detectives in
, , murder and Of barn burning too. The
News said:
We may infer that persons who are
willing to conceal murder. aud to harbor
Q the murderers, would not have any
u scruples about burning barns or roasting
: cows or horses 20 death, or subiecting Til,
4 lives OF innocent women and children u
deadly danger for the sake Of accom- plish
= ing a mean revenge; but this Is not proof
8 and the uewGpapers--at least the loca
papers-w would do well to wait for tn
slow but rather more conclusive process
/
8 Clarks guilty OF crime.
4 On the next day, the editors feeling
o being further enlisted. he went into
4 TRADE against Justice Of the Peace Sasse
: Attorney General Biggs and the detec
!. tives, complaining bitterly against TIL
3 arrest and detention Of the Clarks, an,
q saying:
I The responsibility for the manner o.
y the commitment OF the suspected Clark
TO the New Castle county all rests
y wholly upon Justice Of the Peace sass
% and Attorney General Biggs. We ss'
10 this, not by way Of reprORch, but merel'
r as fact. These agents--th
. detectives-had no responsibility for th
!. methods employed in Justice Sssse office
= The detectives are not citizens OF Della
n ware and they cannot be held to accoun
for the summary commitment The tw
responsible men are the attorney genera
re Of the state, and the committing magis
IN trate. AS between these two DelawRr
m officers Justice Sasse was the magistrate
!, he had full power over the whole trans
action. For our part we are confden
ls that Attorney General Biggs believe
IN that a summary process was necessary 4
e. order to secure justice. But this sun
II mary process did, doubtless. create me-
N and dangerous precedent
With all OF these incidents recalled
aud the criticisms Of the News upon tn
4 officers and the detectives considered, t
- gether with the declaration OF one ct III
conspirators, indicate that the eonspirl
"a tors knew which newspaper to 60 to Il
~ sympathy, IL, indeed the fresh yOuu
\ man, whom they knew as Davis. hl
=. not actually made contract with the
!. for early information.
q The sympathy Of the News is plaial
against law and order; as again
officials, detectives, judges and court
To make the animus Of the New
I'D against the officers OF the law more
to tense and to enlist its sympathy for Il
conspirators to greater degree was II
ie- fact that they we're all Republican
VS. They belong to the same mob elias
which tHe editor has been defending Al
S s applaudihg here, in ignorance, in co
10 tempt ION law. in reckless disregard
to aanan In and in politics,