The Progress., 1896-07-09

There j. no question bnt that a thrill .
Of iuljguati,n pas.edup ana down on
streets, and indignation nmorg scmA
Of oar most repre-entatlv" rnlI'n1 .
ran high, aud 'h"ea iIIegltlGHtp RI
mors which are circulated IN matter,
of 1epp ,eu,ion, began to b. heH",
descending to the statement that
me. Spngnr had heen sent 10 Judge
Lynch asking him to
CONVENE HIS COURT
OF course this was mere twaddIe OF
tn. most unjust and onesided kind.
because the matter under discussion
WAS not of \ nature to call for snch
barbaric practices.
Mr.. Lilies certainly presented
very unsavory appearance Ms he WAS
carried to the lookup between two
officers, With the blood from The
wound in tho head where Mr.. An
preola had struck him, running down
on his shirt after hesmearing his face
and it looked like an intense act Of
cruelty to thus treat a human being.
/ When the trio reached the police
/ station, in obedience 70 the desires f
mauy good citizens AZ indicated by
their expressions of d!sappraval of
the patroIman's actions, Chief Nelson
PROMPTLY SU-XENpED MIR. ANDEEoLA
who readily arsen,ed to the demahds
from his superior officer.
At the hands of our frieuds and
brothers Of the press of our city, the
Caucasian. Times and Judge, Mr..
Andreola received IN exceedingly
severe roasting, one however which
those journals felt called on to ad-
minister, and was such a reprmand
rs they thought the officer needed. Ii
is Eot the desire of The Proprc-s to
say ausht against these papers for
the position they took, because Il wa,
not only the popular one 40 doubt,
but was also one which we believe
met with general public approval.
And aside from this they doubt less
assumed position which WAS right
from THAR own stand point, regardless
Of the opinion of others. This Tue
Progress always does aud shal! &c
in this instance, in Il tolerant spirit
AZ it ever tries to do.
Wa fully deprecate the too handy
! use of violent methods by officials
sworn to preserve, noJ break TIN
!. peace, aud from the reports whchel
/ us, we too felt that an outrage ha(
: been committed But Il prevou
q trainining as trial judge taught us
besiies tho great moral injunction
e that there are
q TWO SIDES TO ALL QUESTIONS,
II and The Progress felt that Mr.. AL
:. dreola must have his side too, tia
L. the affair, horribly cruel it appeared
y must have some mitigating crcuu
$ stances connected within it, and W
b determined to hear all that could /
!, obtained before taking a positlo
If thereon, or Of writing about it at al
So when the 8 O'clock city bell SOL
n. forth its summons to the Mayor
a tribunal our reporter was there an
w so were
q A LARGE NUMBER OF CITIZENS
d to see and hear what disp osltic
Ar wonld be- made of this now much
10 talked of case.
ne W. L. Lisles !! sounded forth IL
II call of Chief Nelson, the court cri
It's and preserver of demeauor aud ord
to in the city court. No answer came ar
silence fell, as looks of quizzic
es merriment was sent out over to whe
CO number of prominent men ST
I'd whose signatures to bit of print
til paper guaranteed the appearance
no MIR. Lisles or they would contrlbr
he $40 to the city exchequer. And
uneasy look did settle on their COZ
tenances, too, but this was chas
away by the smile of joy which cal
as the figure of Mr.. L'sles appear'
showing himself to those who b
signed for him.
When the gentleman took his ST
IN His Honor, the Mayor, told him
" was charged with being drunk, dis
derby, disturbing the peace aid