The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27

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believed he was. The officer con nm anu
ing the military did not believ rne ual..-
erpast, and SO informed i ne
but the Executive was tlned u IL,
action by the sherifs req r.. s TO
might have gone a step furthers ala q ~ -
moved the. prisoner to .9i
Petersburg for safe keeping HSltho ~. e
ceeding his authority, OF better sun, t.e
might have removed Cotton 10 ~, ~
MOI, -, aa where ;, Is under death sen
!4tcnce.
Altogether, it, is a most uni rtu l1ls
affair when the State must pay the ne t en-
penses of the troops for an e!ftireiy sEuss
less service and the State mus pesi, .tis
odum Of an unjustifiable and even mex
lusable lynching. Somebody shoula oe
held responsible for it and someDouy oe
sides the mob. The sheriff ana ms ls posse
might at least have fired a shot OF re-
, sisted until one Of their number was snot
before surrender. These men are palu LOT
risking their lives and II they are un-
willing to do SO they need not serve
DanvilIc Register.
Murder Of Christian missionary m
China by riotous and lnsu'sen zen,
..Boxcrs''-the civilized. world Is shockea.
! But what can we in the uhlSeu oGi.es
say when the same newspapers tnae re-
late how the Rev Mr.. Brooks was
killed chronicle also the events that are
now exciting Virginia and Kentucky!
The English clergyman was slain
while travelling through a remote VII
lage in Shan TunS. the Governor OF
the province has been deposed, and ms
successor. as stated in our Washington
dispa tches this morning, promises 10
bring the murderers to justice.
In no remote mountain tastness' put
in the highly civilized State OF Nir-
c;n;a5 the ancient ..mother of Presi-
dents, within an hours railway journey
of the capital, two men are lynched by
:, bowling mob-prcs umably composed OF
"An,erican citizens The men were
prisoners in the hands of and under pro
lection of the constituted. otiiciais' SO
that their seizure and murder was ~
rect assault upon the Majesty o. ny
law and the authority OF the common
wealth. Yet the Governor of the state
v;tb fnI warning of the result which
would follow his action. Withdre" inc
troops from the scene. and the sherii--
,euorted to have requested their WITH,
drawal ana to have offered no resistance
to the mob-permits the prisoners 10 ne
taken out of his hands and done 10 death
with barbarous circumstances Oh cruei-
ty.-New York Herald.
The lynchng of the two meh--ons
colored and one white-in dree1lEi..e
county. Va. for murders chafs ~
have been committed by them, IS DIS
earnestly condemned by the press OF that
State as tits or can be by the news
papers of any other sectloh.
Lynchiug can only be justified when
the ordinary processes of law nave pseh
paralyzed and community Is forced, IS
was the case in San francisco at oii1
time, to resort in self-preserVation 70 .le
suppression of wholesale laWlessness. LIE
recent mob outbreak in virginia IS =
the more to be regretted because there
seems to have been a reasonable doubt
| of the guilt of at least of one Of them
| Baltimore Sun.
A terrible mistake was made in vir-
| rinia in withdrawing the troops from
| En1poria, where mob was howlins
| for the death of two criminals. Gov
! ernor Tyler responded on Friday to
! the urgent request of the sheriff ana
| Judge GOODWIN to send the soldiers.
| and did so. He was compelled to Wait
until the civil authority made the re-
quest for protection before he could
send the militia, The Sheriff and Judge
| Goodwin signed the order for TIE
! withdrawal Of the troops, virtually at
| the dictation of the mob. The officer IN
command Of the troops and the cooler
heads among the people knew that, as
| soon as the soldiers left, the men would
| be at the mercy Of the mob. Mai. Clutch
| ms despatch to Governor Tyler asking
| for more men, indicated the gravity Of
| the situation. and the Governor must
| have recognized the danger. The sher-
| if and Judge GOODWIN were intinlidatei
| by the mob, and they knew what wou q
| follow. It would have been impossible
| for band Of the bravest people to sue
| cessfuly resist people apparently fren-
| zied to thehighes tdegree. Only sol
| diers, and plenty of them, with loaded
| guns and fixed bayonets. could do that
| Governor Tyler had before him the
| report of his officer as to the danger IN
! the situation, and also the telegram from
| the civil authorities asking for the sol
| diers to be sent. He was in trying
| position The sheriff and the Judge We're
| among their own people, and 1T was not
| difficult for them to be 1ntim1lated
| under such circumstances. Governor ~
Ter should have relied upon the judgment
| of Major Cutchins and kept the soldiers
! on The spot, and added. reinforcements
| as quickly as possible in the fec o:
| the opinion of the civil officers. The pro
lection of life is the first consideration,
! especially under such circumstances. The
lynching. in view of the facts, is most
deplorable affair. The name of the State
of Virginia has been furnished, and il
will be impossible for the Governor to
escape criticism in connection with the
| affair.-Baltin1ore American.