The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-08
SYMPATHY WITH CRIME.

The accounts given by The Herald
of the depredations of the two young
| desperadoes whose exploits have kept
the city in a ferment for some time,
have been pronounced by the public as
the most accurate of any that have ap-
| peared in print The Herald cores
| pondents and staff reporters, in de-
| failing the movements of the culprits'
and the proceedings of the officers in
endeavoring to effect their capture,
| have fallen into fewer errors than any,
of their competitors. Let a compare
son be made between the accounts
given in the two morning papers and
the proof of what we state will be
apparent.
Yet the Tribune has the impudence
now to assert it's pre-eminence in this
matter and as evidence actually cites
what it calls the portraits of the
captors of Coughlin and George.
Those alleged portraits are no more
like the individuals whose names APP
pear under them than they are like
the members of the city council or of
the police force. They are terrible
worse than caricatures. Every one
is a libel on the person intended to
be portrayed.
The numerous plumbers into which
our contemporary fell during the
chase after the criminals would take
up more space than we have at our
command on this page, so we will not
attempt just now to particularize, but
it is necessary that we should notice
another false statement which it
utters editorially. 1t makes an at
tempt to reconcile it's assertion about
the aid and assistance given by the
people here to the desperadoes, by
quoting an alleged remark from one
mythical person, who does not figure
this time as a reliable gentleman" or
a well known old woman" But here
is the assertion made by the Tribune
on Monday:
I'm Oklahoma when a band OF out
laws show up the whole country. 500
men as reportedI turn out to hunt
them down. In Utah, the 500 turn
out to help the outlaws"
We denounce that assertion as a
libel on the people of Utah. We have
admitted and deprecated the fact that
there are some people who have
sympathized with the outlaws and
hoped they would escape. But the
statement that 500 men or any num-
Der of men have turned out to help
those outlaws" is a bare-faced, Tri-
bune falsehood for which there is no
libel by saying on Wednesday at is
just as we said before
We are referred to an article in an
evening paper on this subject, but we
find nothing in that article to justify
what the Tribune has falsely as
serted against the people of Utah
We regard the assertions in that
article in regard to the sympathy
felt for the outlaws as an exaggera-
ton. But we agree in the condemna-
ton it gives to that maudlin SYM
pathy for criminals which some silly
women, and some lawless men, and
some 'thoughtless boys indulge in.
The Herald has repeatedly denounced
it and expressed its detestation of
any sort of encouragement to crime
What we object to in this matter Isl |
the impression which such remarks, |
as we condemn are likely to create
upon the public mind abroad. We |
affirm that the people of Utah are
a law-abiding people. That they do |
not encourage offences or offenders,
against the law. And we repeat that |
the Tribune's statement that 500 or
any number of men turned out i'm |
Utah to help the outlaws is a false |
hood and an absurdity.