Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-08-24
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Z Sequel to "A Travesty on Justice"
Editor Little Falls Transcript.
/. DEAR SIR:-We are frequently con-
fronted with the assertion that the
press molds public opinion. Admit
ting this to be true, to q certain ex-
tent it, devolves upon editors In writ
ing up editorials where the charac-
ter and integrity of their fellow-man
is assailed to weigh we'll the evidenc .
to we'll consider the source from
whence he derives his information.
Editors are sometimes subject to
censure when they are to q certain
extent blameless, often writing up
articles based entirely ON informa-
ton derived from other sources.
This information is sometimes de-
rived from individuals who devo,e
so much of their time to meddling
with the affairs OF others that they
find but very little time to attend to
their own affairs, individuals whose
room is preferable Ito communities
as well as individually to their pres
ence, individuals whose past records
are not untarnished, and thereby
hangs tale:
J: In perusing the columns of the
Little Falls Herald of Aug. 18th l
find an article headed as above viz:
"A Travesty on Justice" Being
familiar with the source
from whence the information was
derived in writing up the above en-
titled article will refrain, as much
as possible, from censuring the editor
in my reply to said article.
In Justice to the trial court, the
jury of twelve disinterested men who
heard the evidence and rendered
Judgment in accordance Herewith,
as we'll as in justice to the writer as
complaining witness in the case, I
must and do say without fear of
contradiction that the above re-
ferred to article is q misrepresenta-
ton of facts from start to finish.
The heading OF the article is a public
insult cast upon our courts ofjustice.
and assure you that the Judge that
presided at the trial OF the case re-
ferred to does not merit such treat
ment at the hands of the public
press.
AS regards the merits OF the case
of the state OF Minnesota vs Lindsay
Cyrus, I do not deem it necessary to
infringe upon your time or to occupy
space in your paper by a rehearsal OF
of the case as the case will be fully
explained at the proper time, suffice
it to say, that the defendant had a
fair and impartial trial. He was
granted all the legal rights that he
was entitled to and granted special
privileges to the extent that II the
court was subject to censure it
would be for leniency shown the de-
PENDANT both during and following
the trial. The case was tried and
judgment passed by those twelve
jurymen, who were practically the
choice Of the defendant, as he did all
the Directing to the Jury that was
done when it was impaneled. The
jury was sworn to decide the case
impartially and without prejudice
and in accordance with the law and
and evidence In the face of oil these
facts those twelve men together with
the court and the complaining wit
ness are subjected to abuse and pub.
licly insulted by a few individuals
who congregate on the street cor.
ners and promulgate laws to suit
their own ideas and expect them to
predominant over the laws as writ.
ten In our statutes.
1t is somewhat surprising that
some of our citizens, citizens who, I
am satisfied, had they allowed their
better Judgment to prevail, would
never have allowed their names to
be appended to what purports to be
a petition for the release of Lindsay
Cyrus from the county jail, thereby
not only insulting our worthy
county attorney by questioning his
intelligence, but expecting to undo
what a duly installed court of JUS
tice had done and to defeat the ends
OF justice. Ihave two little boys,
seven and nine years of age, respec.
lively, who attend school. Did they
approach their teacher with any
such a proposition, their better judg.
ment would teach them that they
would be subject to a severe repri.
mand.
1t is again surprising that men " he