Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-05-09

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The editor Of the Lordsburg Liberal
has but n leg but he takes a very SEN
sible view Of the Kit Joy matter. Heis
not in favor Of defeating the ends OF
justice by asking for the pardon Of this
train robber and murderer. This is
what he says:
On the fret page Of this paper will be
found q clipping from the SOUTHWEST
SENrINEL telling Of the crime Of Kit Joy
and the effort that is being made TO have
him pardoned. 10 is quite a number Of
years since he and his friends committed
this cold blooded robbery and murder.
bus tbe memory Of them rs fresh In the
minds Of the people Of this section and
most OF them would be as glad today to
see justice, strict and impartial, melted
out to him, as they were the day he was
tried. The only way the laws of this
Territory provide for dispensing this JUS
tice is to put him on the gallows and
support him by a rope. When in this
condition a man with two legs has no
advantage over the o%ne-legged man. JUS
tice was not given him at that time and
1t ID too late now 10 make the proper
amends. The only thing that can be
done is TO let him ill out the term Of the
sentence the court pronounced. Since
That robbery was committed the law
makers of both New Mexico and Arizona
have fixed the penalty for train robbery
at hanging. Before this law was passed
train robberies on the Southern Pacific
were not uncommon. Since New Mex
leo passed the law there has
been only one tram robbery on
the Southern Pacific IN this Ter
ritory, at STEMS Pass. Then-the robbers
took the train over into Arizona before
they committedthe robbery, thinking. in
their Ignorance Of law, that they had
committed the crime in Arizona. In this
case the law made no difference. Bob
Paul aud posse followed them and none
OF the robbers were tried in New Mexico,
they did not live long enough. This rob
berry caused the passage OF a hanging law
in Arizona and since then the Southern
Pacific has been free from train robberies
in both territories. The robbers are buffa
loed and it is not yet time to let upon
them. Until the breed dies out it is we'll
to keep all that are IN prison where they
are. The reason given for the pardon Of
Kit Joy, that he has lost his leg, is a
himsy n The Liberal can assure the
person who is c~irculgting the petition
that the loss Of a leg does notin the least
lead TO a reformation Of the other leg and
the man above it. The Liberal speaks
from personal experience. N~otwithstand-
ing what may be said about the matter
the person who is getting up this position
Will probably get as many signatures as
possible and present it to the governor.
People who get up petitions for the par
don Of such men as Joy do 80 for one of
tworeaSons. They are hired to do it as
an attorney. or they do it from what
they imagine is a philanthropic feeling.
IL the first is the the true reason they will
finish their work for the pay there is In it.
III the second is the reason they will con-
tinue their work for there never grew a
two year old club big enough to be beat
imagined philanthrophy out of a crank.
So it would be we'll for those who are x
xious to see justice done to make an ap-
peal direct to Governor Thornton to deny
this petition.