Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-02-27
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Truth and Justice Nav.

Rock bridge and her people have re-
ceived crushing blow. Much of the
accumulatIons of years has been
swept away. the business of town and
county has been paralyzed, the homes
of many of our best citizens have been
imperilled. and with some, and often
those least able to stand it. all theil
living is gone.
Worse than that, a blot and stain
has been put upon the fair nalne OF
our town and people.
All this has been brought about by
the and robbery systematically car
ried on through long term of years
in the one and only bank of town and
county, the condition of which has
been contidingly trusted in until its
doors were closed Friday morning and
it WAS found wreck.
Who is guilty of this theft? Who are
responsible for this condition? The
cry of distress that goes up from hun
dreds of homes demands that this bt
known and that justice re done.
No false sympathy must be allowed
to interfere with the discovery of the
guilty and their prompt and full pun
ishment. Let him who looks for those
upon whom to pour out beautiful
Christian sympathy look for the dis
tressed innocent. He will find them Oh
every hand.
The County Neaos charges that in the
pursuit of the known offender this false
sympathy was allowed to control until
now with much i'll gotten gains he is
pro badly beyond the reach OF justice.
In the name of the stricken people
of Rockbridge; in. the name of men
who are innocent whose reputation is
already involved. il demands n tnu
and thorough investigation of this
great CRIME.
Let the officers of the law redouble
their efforts. Let the grand jury in
vestigate fully the history of the bank
OF Lexington and the history of the
business transactions of Charles NJ
Figgat. 1t matters not what time il
may take; it matters not what ex
pense 1t may incur in the employment
of skilled experts or detectives; let the
truth be known and let justice be
done. -Rockbridge Neacs.
London, Feb. 21.-The special CORE
travelling in Asia Minor, has sent II sec
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he relates confirm the statements OF
his first letter that stories of Armenian
outrages have been greatly exaggerat
ed and that the Turkish government
is endeavoring to hinder the official in
vestigation. The reports of cholera are
given out for this purpose, it is declar-
ed.
1t is not generally known that the
railroads OF West Virginia pay in round
The @. q y. Railway Co. pays $SS 00(
of taxes. the b g. o. pays $4,000 and
the other railway companies lesser
sums.-Monroe { w. Va.) Waterman.
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