The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-06-02
What the Press Says.

his pun ishment the same.
Lansing Republican,: Public sentiment
must look upon this act as mob murder.
Marshall Expounder: Sullivan's awful
crime is no excuse for the one committed by
the lynchers.
Ann Arbor Argus: Nothing so demoral-
izing to community has occurred in Michi-
gan for long time.
Newberry News: 1t will be lasting dis
grace to the state IL the ringleaders are not
brought to justice.
Buchanan Record: All who were inter-
ested in this dastardly work should be
brought to speedy punishment.
Saginaw Courier-Herald: 1t is the duty
of the administrators of the law of the state
to punish this atrocious and dastardly in
fraction.
Battle Creek Journal: The enormity of
Sullivan's crime furnishes no adequate apol-
ogy for the disgraceful manner in which he
was made to pay its penalty.
Albion Recorder: In this event Governor
Rich has clear duty toperform. He should
investigate the cause thoroughly and see to
it that the guilty are brought to justice.
Jackson Patriot: Had such an exhibition
of human depravity occurred in Dahomey or
San Domingo we would regard the perpetra-
tors as outside of the pale of civilization.
Pot lie
honored, and it is no further dishonor to
regret it. The courts should investigate
and punish the parties who are responsible.
Ann Arbor Register: The lynching of
Sullivanth murderer, at Corunna, is one of
those disgraceful affairs that makes man
despair of the triumph of justice and good
government.
Muskegon Chronicle The state has
greater occasion to be ashamed of the lynch
ers than of the lynched, for they were
scores in number and claim to be decent
citizens of decent and civilized state.
Three Rivers Tribune: We hold that the
laws of the state in the punishment of crime
of any nature should be carried out to the
letter, and that the taking of life without
authority is un-American.
Mt. Clemens Press: The duty of Governor
Rich is plain. He should set on foot an in
estigation-inquisitor in its workings if
necessary-that will bring to a speedy trial
all concerned in the disgraceful affair.
Corunna Independent: There is not a
law-abiding citizen who does not denounce
the perpetrators of the foul deed. Sullivan
may have deserved no better fate, but our
laws ought to be upheld, even If they do
not meet every case.
Midland Republican,: Citizens of Michi-
gan should mourn as in sackcloth and ashes
in view of this frightful, barbarious event
and the conditions leading to II, and should
most carefully consider how the future can
be made better than the past.
Grand Rapids Press: The proposed effort
by the state officials to prosecute the partici-
pants in the affair better be abandoned. 1t
will result only in failure and will merely
accentuate the disgrace. 1t is impossible to
indict whole community and anything less
would be only partial and incomplete justice.
Gratiot Journal: The coroner's jury
which sat on the case of Sullivan, the MUIR
derer, gave a verdict of suicide. The case
evidently should be investigated by the
states authorities. This is plainly a decision
to rid Shiawassee county of the odium of |
mob violence, or as much of it as possible. |
Fenton Independent: Judge McCurdy.
of Corunna, in an interview with the Detroit |
Tribune, approves the act of the mob in |
hanging murderer Sullivan. The people of |
this judicial district evidently knew what |
they were about when they defeated Mr.. |
McCurdy for Circuit Judge by such an oyer
whelming majority. A sound jurist sell |
dom approves the acts of lawless mob. |
Gratiot Journal: The lynching of Sulli-
van, is indicative of two things. First, the |
people have become thoroughly exasperated |
oyer the impunity with which desperadoes |
commit crimes and escape just punishment.
Secondly, the fact that nearly five months |
had elapsed since the murder, shows beyond |
doubt, that it was not all unreasoning VEN
geance which the 800 lynchers wreaked on
him; but, on the contrary, deep conviction |
OF bis guilt, and firm and reasonable de- |
termination that he should not escape to |
board at the States expense in our high |
toned, do-as-you-please, free and easy
boarding house at Jackson.
Kalamazoo Telegraph: This reads like a |
chapter from the history of atribe of savagss
in Africa, instead of an occurrence in Michi- |
gan in 1898. 1t is disgrace to the state. II
the state cannot be allowed to punish her
criminals when she is doing it promptly
according to her own laws, where will this |
thing end? The honor of the state and the |
good of society demands that the ringleaders |
Of this mob be singled out and punished. |
Such proceedings are demoralizing and |
instead of being deterrant have been |
found to be breeders of crime. Michigan |
cannot afford to be relegated to savagery in |
this way. Shiawassee county has placed an |
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