The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-22
rnE CONVICTION or x.U0.

1EAYTLK. THURSDAT. MARCH ~.
THE CONVICTION or kRU0-
The conviction Of Krug after the ruling
Of Judge Moore against the motion ofthe
defense for non-suit was ioregone con-
ciuaion, assuming that the jury were In
tslligsnt enough to understand Judge
Moore when he said:
1.-THE city charter, sections and 10, OF
article 3, prescribes the duty OF the city
treasurer, and fully and definitely tells
him how he should pay ont the public
funds Of the city in his hands; TO pay them
ont In any other manner 10 TO vioiate the
Law, for he then uses them In q manner
not authorized BY law. So that. IN any
vtsw which may be taken Of II. the staiute
10 not Invalid for yagueness or indefinite
ness. The first offense II sufficiently well
defined, and the words in . manner not
authorized by law are limited by the
restrictions upon him in the use OF the
public moneys found In sections and 10,
Of article o, In the city charter"
The counsel for the defense placed their
reliance upon purely technical argu-
msut They had no other resource. Ofthe
moral guilt Of their client there II no
doubt; he had confessed his guilt BY be-
coming fugitive from justice. and re-
turned to the state not voluntarily. but
under arrest Whether he was technically
guilty under the legal indictment Was the
only question to be argued. His counsel
made purely technical defense for man
who had confessed his guilt by his flight.
Judge Moore brushed away this web Of
technical defense ~ vigorously ~ sturdy
hosssmaid with her broom sweeps away
the sinuoslties Of laborious spiders. The
Jury sympathiaed with Judge Moore's
sturdy common sense view Of the law and
their verdict was q righteous one. The law
10 not made by intent to suffer any guilty
maa to escape through a more technical
defense, and we are glad. therefore. that
thus far IL has been found tight enough to
hold KruG.
II he does not ultimately receive legal
punishment for his wrongdoing We shall
10 very sorry. but in any event he will not
b rshabilitated in character or good
name with his feliow-men. His guilt is
practically admitted by his own counsel
wnen they sought TO defend him not on
the ground OF equity. but TO break legal
hole In the indictment. krug is branded
as - guilty man by his own confession.
Webster said OF guilty murderer. there
10 no alternative fer him but confession or
suicide. and suicide is confession" So
in the case OF Krug his flight and his IN
voluntary return under arrest were confes-
sion. Let our growing boys remember
this, whether krug ultimately escapes
legal punishment or not. II he escapes
legal punishment il Is not because he Is
not guilty man; IL viii be because our
laws are loose or our iuries incapable of
rising 10 the level of their moral and legal
duty To society.
Somebody once said that thcre was more
rotten logic pleaded in defense of human
slavery by intelligent men than for any
other crime against the primitive rights oil
human nature that was ever committed.
IL has heen pleaded for krug that he was
adupe. He was no dupe. he was not per.
haps as bright as some of his confederates
ss s%|ththsN Rak - tAaN NhG AhoWS fHNuEH
TO do business: who knows enough To run
away when he is found out. IL no, a dupc
There Is no morai difference between tn,
integrity of y man who CANDLES with trusI
funds. wins and is not found out and the
integrity OF man who misappropriate.
trust funds and is found out One man u
more fortunate than thu other, but both
are thieves. II the administrator OF
large estate rambles with its funds am
wine ne - q rohber. because his winning
do not belong 10 him but so the estate who's
funds he used by breach of trust and !
he gamhles with trust funds and loses h.
certainly Is q rohher. The only d,fserene
10 that in enc case he may cover up hi
tracks and escape punishment and in III
other case he IL likely by exposure &
suffer legal punishmens-he deserves legs
punishment whether he wins or lose.
The roo, of integrity - lacking In bot
men: the only difference between them
that one seoundrei 10 in luck and the oths
10 oat Of luck. There is no occssio
10 waste any sympathy over them
or 10 call them danes." The
are no more dupes than q man il . DUP
who issues forged paper and mentally bet
that he can make money enough 10 tax
up the forged note before his crime 10 81,
covered. suppose he dees take up th
note before the forgery Is discovered. |
he any better man than If re failed to tax
itup and his crime was exposed Ser
10 any ground Of sympathy Tor ksus tia
come - guilty IS he may escape punish
ment. Because the Law eanao; catch
hold aud switch everv embesx,ss az vie
lxior of pahlic trust Is no reason why
should nos punish sli waom IL does aprr,
bend and convict OF crime. Sor is IL an
reason Tor tenisney thai some rssosls hsv
Escaped in the past who have eonnisie
sisnilar crimes Beeaase al the 1wee
ring could net be brought 10 justice, b
cause some ESCAPED justice. sss 40 EsAso
why Tweed should 90 free. II hrug &C
hi. eonsedessiss had succeeded ia tae
deal" and had escaped dssectaen. the
would lie los, Via, they are to-day.
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