Omaha daily bee., 1897-07-05
SENTENCE wnIcu FITS II CRIME.

McCOok Tribune in sentencing cX-StatC
Treasurer Joseph $. BARLEY to twenty years
In the state penltontiary at hard labor aud
pay a fine Of $3o3, 76S.9O. Judge Baker sought
to make the punishment NJ he crime.
Hastings Tribune: Ex-TreaSurer BARLEY
has been sentenced to twenty years in the
penitentiary at hard labor. by the time he
has served his time in the pen" no doubt he
will be aware that a public office Is a public
trust.
Schuyler Herald: Big thieves do not al
ways escape punishment. This Is con,
c~lusively shown by the sentencing of eX-State
Treasurer BARLEY to twenty years imprison-
ment. He was not as fortunate as Mosher,
who was a bigger thief and got OF with five
years.
Red Cloud Argus: Twenty years in the pen
and a fine Of $500, 900 is a tttinE sentence Tor
BARLEY. the embezzler. The only regret cX.
pressed by the people of the state is that
there are others who pro6ted largely by
Bartley's crime, and they, too, should be
made to suffer.
Albion News: Twenty years at hard
labor in the penitentiary and a fine Of over
$500, 600 is the sentence passed upon eN-State
Treasurer BARLEY for embezzlement OF state
funds. That's about right, without any par
don before his time is out. It's a terrible
sentence, but his crime was monstrouS.
Seward Reporter: The BARLEY trial hiss
demonstrated the fact that public sentiment
is making Itself felt. and that 1t is no longer
safe in Nebraska for a man to steal half a
million dollars and rely on buying immunity
from punishment, Had such a course been
taken years ago it would have been immeas-
urably better for the state and every Citi-
zen. Had c. w. Mosher been given a
twenty-year sentence perhaps J. S. BARLEY
would have been afraid to steal state funds,
WahUo Wasp: The twenty-year sentence
given to eX-Treasurer BARLEY by Judge Ben
Baker in Omaha last Saturday is approved
by the people of the state. The technical
points raised by Bartley's attorneys should
cut but little figure in a case when a treas
urer deliberately sets out to loot the funds
in his hands and succeeds in stealing hair
q million dollars. The action of the SUI
preme court should not be to allow this
matter to drag along for years, as 1t Is
intimated it will do.
Bloomfield Monitor: Joseph BARLEY was
found guilty of embe2zlement and was sen
fenced to twenty years imprisonment at hard
labor and fined 5000, 900. The sentence was
a just one and although we never wish any
man i'll luck. still when an official makes a
deliberate steal he should be made to suffer.
Nebraska has been plundered enough and n
stop should be put to it. If Mr.. MeserNc
wishes to escape the fate that has oVertaken
BARLEY he should Immediately discontinue
Bartley's methods in the conduct of the
treasurer's office.
Norfolk News: Ex-State Treasurer Bart
ley was sentenced Saturday morning to
twenty years in prison and to pay n fine OF
$500, 600. Appeal was Immediately made to
the supreme court, and his sentence was
suspended. pending a hearing, and II he is
able to furnish a bond of $l25 900 he WIG.
be released from Jail until the supreme court
review his case. The people of Nebraska
cannot but recognize that his sentence is a
Just one and the prevailing sentiment Is
that the sentence should not have been in
terfered with by the supreme court. Joe
I BARLEY has earned Il place in the pen; thel:
to the pen let him go.
Stanton Pickett: Joe BARLEY received his
sentence Saturday morning. The judgment
of the court was that BARLEY go to the
penitentiary for twenty years and pay a fine
of $500, 900. The fine will never be paid
but unless the supreme court interferes the
term of Incarceration will have to be served.
The speedy trial, conviction and sentence
meet with unanimous approval from the peo-
pie and it is to be hoped that no unforeseen
circumstances will arise to prevent or delay
the irficting OF the punishment. The people
of Nebraska whom he robbed will willingly
board and clothe him for the next seven
teen years in exchange for his services and
presence at the pen.
Central City Nonpareil: Joseph S. Bari.
lev has received his sentence, and it is
twenty years confinement in the penlten-
tiary at hard labor, and to pay a fine OF
double the amount of his embeZZlement. ii
will be we'll for our populist friends to
remember that not a single one of the re-
publican press has ccndoned Mr.. BARLEY 70,
his crime. also that County Attorney Bald
rige, who prosecuted B2rtley's case at Omaha
and Judge Baker. before whom he was
tried, were each republicans. The repub!i aar
parry is not to blame for the individua,
aCt1 of its officers, when their character
was above reproach before election to office
and no one is more anxious to have such
r2Cn as BARLEY brought to justice than is
the party whose trust he has betrayed, il
common with the citizens of the state, ani
who would have to suffer on account Of
his acts if fcstcred in them. His e%entencC
is universally satisfactory. and if more lik,
criminals were to receive a similar fate, Il
would tend to put a check upon such whole
sale robbery. Judge Baker is to be con
graduated for his firmness and intrepidity
in melting out justice in full measure.
Auburn Post: The sentence of eX-Statc
Treasurer Joe BARLEY, of twenty years in the
ponitontiary for embezzlement of the stat.
moneys, and the recent sentence Of Henry
Bolln. of Omaha, to nineteen wears In the
penitenti2ry for stealing the money belong
ing to the city OF Omaha while city treas
ureT, should teach n lesson to the younger
men who have political aspirations. Neither
of these men are thieves by nature, and
had they the means they would gladly re
turn every dollar rather than suffer the pen
atty OF their crimes. While they were in
, Office they were hale fellows, vel! met, and
had a host of friends. in fact, more frisncs
than they could comfortably care cor, Their
Offices and their hotel rooms were besieged
by persons who wished to pay their respects
81 to them, but now tic vastly different
their friends are easily counted. That each
OF these men had plenty of accompliceE
there is no den, in9, rs their previous life
would not warrant the assertion that they
would individually and alone steal that
amount. and now they must suffer the pen
atty of their crime; they owe it to the
state at large to tell who helped them get
away with the money of which they were
/ the CuStOdiunS.