New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-07
A DISGRACE TO THE STATE.
THE OHIO LYNcHrNG DECRIED AND
CONDEMNED.

THE OHIO LYNCH1NG DECRIED AND
CONDEMNED.
WHAT NETWORK AND BROOKLYN MINIS N"'
HAVE TO sAY-pAGE OF THE YEARS
HISTORY BLACKENED.
IN. ,v,ch,ne at Urbana Ohio. has brought for'n
a storm Of protest all over the country anu -
ticularly the North. New-York, IKE o.hei i' ,,,,
cities protests against the barbaric outrase' 100,
une reporters called number OIL pIoi"
,ru,oo, ond others in New-York and BROOKLYN
Yesterday 10 vbtain their sentiments on .'e ,.
tec, Orinions differed in detail somewhat o
utter condemnation naturally unanimous
As RAD IN OHIO AS IN THE SOUTH
The Rev A. c. Dixon. pastor Oh ,"e a,,,n, is
Place Baptist Church. Brooklyn. said: 10y SO
an abominaton. II Is bad thorous.'! rink
FMS, as bad In Ohio as II is down south I'm
=, 4. ,,.,l N beor that IN mind. The southern pe
nile do not have O monopoly in the mean -, 80
II Is the devil's work. whether uo', w.. r,.
South. and ] think ought to be pun'sheu INV 49,
other murder II twenty men murue. on M ,a,,
,hov ought 70 be responsible for 1t before inc 1"'
DE, "a 4, ono man does H. If 1t be accounted man
s,aupb,er instead OF murder they ought ~ ~
amenable 10 mat charge =. ~, ,,,roa
Ask.a how the civilization of the North compare GU
with that Of the South in view OF sucn 49,,
Nv D,xon replied: Il: speaks for i'seI1' l uo'
,hrk tbat anv accounts of Southern lynch'ngs tha'
have road were dry more barbarous 'hah '"'''
JfY remember rightly, they tore the man " 20 80,
before they hanged him. But want ~ soy ~,
Iynchings neither North or South repI.se' 49,
civilization OF the State or community Inv ~.
element OF Ohio and the better element VI ',o
south are all against lynching. 1t Is the ro"u,
n1.n,ar, the stun, element. that do That sort Vi
business largely and the fact that inc! "e', mn
clothes and dwell in good houses docs" i
that they don't belong 10 the SUM eie0
morals 49, III T ,earn
THE provocation was fearful, from all leafl,
.na 7 nresure that in Ohio, as iE some parts Vi
the South, the thing was the result OF d W. -,
yict,on on the part OF the people ''ia' Wv y. :.
v,ould not do their duty. That is the seoi "
Southern lynching, They seize upon 'he ms,
49, - n,s,,cc in some community near by. ana
the bad element and sometimes inc soOu u"i
ornrove the taking OF justice into their own Hau''
Thcv saw we can't have justice before the courts
md our homes must be protected
IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.
Mr. Dixon asked whether 'he chm 49,. .as
n law Furnishing such assaults as nv ~ - s,on
quilty OF with death would he behehcia IA op ~,
Ming lynchngs and replied; Il d0n h'o -
not FOND OF capital punishment ah!no"' -. p,,t
80, rather substitute imprisonment LOT lie. ~
3, ,,,o,,o thu, such assaults ought 10 DC o'"'s
with the worst of crimes, certainly WIN ',,Io
North Carolina has now tour cri'o' 1850
u,.auy more than any other State in the Union.
t,yrrlsry is there capital crifne-'t' H. =, ,;ao
49,. - .ioon,np apartrcnt. l think the reHieu! w.
IN the Gospel rather than in 'he Jaw. 60 ,ha
ousht 10 wake up TO the fact that '"e iva
,ower Of God unto salvation and preach It,
moro confidence in that than have IN any Ia
The Rev Spencer 5. Roche. rector oi o. 49, =.
D...,,or, Enisconal Church in Adephi-st' was 81
Nrs. aisinclined TO speak. saying 'hal nc ia" o.
I,,le attention to the Crbana case pu' o'' ~,
e-el subiec, ne spoke follows; lhere Is II, ,,
,rr,an heart an innate demand for justice mcluois
- ~. ipnncctive or courts powcrless there INC
,eon,e will resume the authority they ma! nav u
era,ed 10 Judges government anu Will 80,
venr.ance with thoroughness. II hot ai""!'
is3,m .nv town county State dlssraceu oS
n ,vrching should examine its laws ana seru,i'Ae
dc rro,bods OF legal procedure. East. west Nor'h
od south the roope will insist. in spite Of Inc e'ea'
fees that some criminals can pay ana IN Sp''e u nv
morbid santimentalism that fills the cells o. le'
with roses that Justice shall be done ana CRIME pun"
.shed."
OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN PROTECIhp'
The Rev DR. Ferdinand c. 1gehart. pastor OF inc
s,,nne,n Methodist Episcopal Church. ia C.erThoh'-
80 ,o,1. "Tbe lvnchrg one Of the most cS-
r,coe,I crimes that has hlackened the page OF 'he
,car. Such ynchings are bad enough IN the Sou'h'
where race prejudice infames passion: but in STATE
like Ohio 1t Is worse The full penalty Of the Jaw
which the people Of Ohio have themselves 'h"ue'
vas ,.is',cd on the criminal. If a stronger law Is
needed for such a crime the people nave Inc power
% make IT, Tho tail the prisoner. the law Cueht
70 have been protected by force II IT had cost the
lives of hal. the people OF ONO. The Mayor mas
mother sense nor principle enough to preside over
0ae-kepnel In his desire 10 curry favor with the
people he .orgo; all duty arl diS;raced his town ana
rjs State The Sheriff also seems 10 have been
b.underer II net coward. whea Il came 10 the su
,rsms test; In these times when anarchy s 50
likely TO fash into a blaze the touch Of match
AL laws especially chose against the more serious
rolv
The Rev Dr. D. A. Jordan. pastor Of III" Sands
Memorial Methodist Episcopal church, said:
10 lake than that OF The Tribune and others in
denouncing the mob vioeree and iynch law tnat
diseraced Trbana, Ohio I, was clearly the duty
OF the Mayor OF the chg TO call out the militia
TO defend that prisoner, ana II was an cxhipillon
Of weakness on his pat to withdraw the troops
If the law was Inadequate the way 10 right it va.
not by mob violence. II was clearly, inc GUY o..
he public 9Icer as Wei a. ne o maze this horrible
1ay 70 do H. although /, could not have been
made retroactive 10 cover this particular ohcDce
SPIRIT OF TIE MOB
81 don't believe in lynch law at all feel sure.
II the reports in the papers can be trusted, thai
there vas fully as much holsh spirit evinced by
that mob as by the negro himself II these people
ala not think the law covered the offence they
should have instructed their representatives, In the
LEGISLATURE 10 pass law that they considered ade-
ouate That was the only attitude for them TO
take as reasonable men. The law must be main
tanned"
The Rev Dr. Henry NJ Sanders. pastor Of the
Madison Avenue Baptist Church. at Madlson-ave.
and Thir,v-frst-st wi was seen at his hcnlc, No.
asa Fifth-ave. last evening, said: The iynchnS
was an exhibition Of the savagery which taxes one
back tad 10 Gs c GnGy G re9 ana
to the extreme penalty OF the law, in making
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