The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-25

my heart. q think the wisest plan for pro-
| lection will be for the legislature TO take
up the matter and provide sufficient state
militia and funds TO be expended for
| patrol Of the country districts
Former Governor William ]. North ex-
pressed himself as follows: my first sug-
gestion is that all homes should be made
miniature arsenals, at least to the extent
Of one good Winchester and one good pis-
toll; that women be allowed to carry
weapone, and taught the use and handling
women and homes in the country is one
Of firearms. so that they may become their
| own protectors in the absence OF the hus-
band or master Of the house. An occasional
negro lying dead in the backyard, shot by
a brave woman in defense OF her honor,
viii do more to stop this awful crime than
than all the lynching that may occur in
a year. I would have every county sup
Piled with at least half a dozen well
trained bloodhounds. I would nave an
organization of at least twenty men in
each county who should have supervision
Of ali lawlessness and disorders in the
country
Mrs. Louise NJ Gordon, prominent fig
ure in society, not only in Atlanta but
throughout the southern cities, favors the
equipment of a company of militia by each
county. She says: The Mexican gov
eminent has a kind of rural soldiery hav
ing the power to hold drum head court
martial and TO shoot the criminal caught
if he be 50 found guilty. The percentage
OF crime is lower in Mexico than in this
country and train robberies are scarce and
yet trains are loaded with silver and bull
ion. 1t seems it would be a wise invest
ment for our farmers to add fund to
what should be contributed by the legis-
lature, to provide an up-to-date, well
equipped, sufficient military force for the
counties as well as cities and towns, which,
with the good moral effect it would surely
bring, would produce sense of safety
which would drive fear away from shrink
ing hearts,
Mrs. H FELTON,, who produced sensa
ton by her assertion at an agricultural
convention two years ago that a thousand
negroes should be lynched every week I'M
til the outrages stop, says she has no rea-
son to change her opinion.
Attorney General Terrell favors a better
enforcement of the law. He says: THE
swould be very materially improved if a
system of county police were established
in every county in the state"
Hon. S M. Inman, one OF the wealthiest
citizens Of Atlanta, thinks the trouble
could be averted if employers in the coun-
try would investigate the character and
antecedents of the people they employ.
Inspector General O'Bear said: THE
sheriff Of each county should organize a
regular posse of competent and determined
men who would be ready at a moments
notice to respond to his call, and, in add
ton thereto, should maintain a pack of
trained bloodhoundS to follow the trail
when crime is committed in his county
No expense or effort should be spared TO
discover the criminal and bring him to
Justice. Women may assist in their own
protection by becoming familiar with the
use of firearms and having them at hand
when the occasion demands. It is not the
duty Of the military to hunt criminals,
but to assist the civil athorities in pro-
tecting them when called upon"
Savannah, Ga, April 24.-The press and
people Of this city condemn in unmeasured
terms the horrible lynching of Sam Hoss
dl NeWIHdn.
The Morning News says: ''The lynch
ing will send a thrill of horror through
the entire country. The method of it was
in keeping with the spirit of a savage
rather than a civilized and Christian COM
munity. 1t provokes a spirit that is likely
to lead to other crimes.
The Press says: THE affair will undo
the work that the friends Of the state
have been doing for years. 1t will dissi-
pate and scatter to the winds the efforts
that have been patiently making to show
that George offers to the homeseeker the
model abode in a state where nature, art
and humanity are all united in a cordial
welcome"
City Attorney Adams says: 'It is IN
speakably horrible and shameful. The
men who mutilated their victim and after
burning him cut up and sold pieces of his
flesh and bones as souvenirs have given
lesson in savagers and barbarity to the
most savage and barbarous. If they had
only eaten some of the cooked flesh they
would have completed the picture and
made the lesson perfect