Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-11-24
IN RE

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lowed to exist, a blot upon an otherwise
fair creation. Not that the crime for
which he is tired stands alone and pre-
eminent for horror OF atrocity. There
have been, in the history OF perhaps
every state in the United States, crimes
committed, which, because OF their
6endishness, are worthy to be classed in
the same category with that Of Albert
Bomburger. But not in Nor,h Dakota,
either as state or territory, has there
ever been an occurrence which has
stirred up such feeling, as the butchery
at Cando, on July eth, last. For cold
bloodedness Ut intent, for 6endishness Of
purpose. for multiplicity Of victims and
for completeness OF accomplishment. the
crime Of Bomburzer stands alone, in the
criminal aunals Of North Dakota. And
the trial OF the murderer is a matter of
intense interest, everywhere.
1t is said that distance, upon some oc-
%casions, lends enchantment 70 the view.
And as that is true, so is it true that
distance from the seem Of a crime CT
horritylng occurrence Of any description.
lends but a partial realization Of its horror
which is as merciful, as in the first case
it is enchanting. The railway horror,
which occurs at a distance Of a thousand
miles away, is read of, commented upon
as horrible" and forgotten; the murder,
which, at a like distance, is exceptionally
brutal, Is merely occasion for a passing
expression OF ave-. But that same rail.
road accident, occurring within the
range OF ones vision, is magniied a
thousand fold in horror, and it's impress.
sion is ine1pressibly greater; and that
same murder, occurring in ones own
community, is to n an event. unspeak-
ably more frightful. And thus with the
murderer, who is now on trial. His
crime is so we'll known, as not to need
REPETITION Of detail. And yet, in the
minds OF thousands, who live far from
the scene, it has rather lessened in
brutality; the passage of time has
rendered its horror less vivid.
But in Cando there is no %lessenine in
the feeling against the murderer. To those
who knew the family, of which such ruth
less destruction was made. Mr.. Bombur-
gers life is a matter Of small! value. 1t
is they who realize how awful was his
crime: the murder of the husband and
father, while not yet awake: the heartless
stabbing OF D small child, nol old
enough to realize itself in danger from
anyone; the shooting of another, OF
about the same age; the killing OF the
mother. All these things freshen in the
memory Of the Candoltes upon the ap-
pearance OF Bomburger among them.
And when they remember how the MUIR
derer, himself red .handed and the bodies
OF his victims yet warm, forced the sole
remaining daughter to cook breakfast
for him, ever and amor stepping over the
body Of her mother VIII lay on the floor
where she fell; how he cody ate the
meal so cooked; how he afterwards out
ragged the daughter, and satisfied the
lust, which he claimed crazed him to
the commission of six murders; and how
he then rode off, unconcernedly as
though he had done nothing unusual;
when they remember these things, Bonn
burgers chances grow fewer and fewer.
Bomburger should hang. His life is a
worthless one, and yet in surrendering
is up, be does the most which lies in his
power, III re%paralton for his crime. If
he does not hang, there is a grievous
fault, somewhere. II the fault is in the
law then let it be remedied. Let those
who oppose capital punishment ponder
over the case in point. There are two
things which are most priced by man
life and liberty, and the greater OF these
is lie. Bomburger's crime was the
greatest possible; the taking Of the life
is the greatest punishment possible.
Let the punishment be as nearly as pos
sible, commensurate with the crime.
Let him hang. 1t is the one act of just
ice which car be done to the six inno-
cent persons, whose lives we're so hor-
ribly sacrificed on the morning of July
9Th, last.
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