Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-19
THE LEAyENwoRTH CASE.

Chicago Post: And to think of Kansas
Bleeding Kansas burning a negro John
Brown must have turned in his grave at
the news.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The Leavenworth
horror will be an effective You're an
other" reply by the south to northern re-
proaches for its lynching atrocities
Kansas city Star. II the torture OF
human creatures by mobs could be made an
offense against the United states, to be
dealt with by the federal government
through an amendment to the constitution.
there would undoubtedly be an end to such
exhibitions OF savagcry as have recently
excited national horror Measures would
have to be taken by the United States, any
how, IT, in any state. such crimes became
frequent and the local government refused
to act
New York Mail and Express: The lynch
ing OF negro in the city OF Lcavenworth
yesterday which. in its revolving cruelty,
/ almost exactly parallels the burning of Sam
Hose In Georgia two years ago places n foul
blot on the fair fame of Kansas which
nothing short OF the most relentless pun
ishment OF its perpetrators can remove.
All reports indicate that the outrage could
not have occurred except through abject
cowardice or actual collusion on the part
OF the sheriff. who in spite of the gov.
ernors offer OF military assistance. per
mitted the mob to seize his prisoner and
burn him at the stake in broad daylight
before thousands OF spectators of both
sexes.
Springfield (Mass) Republican, Kansas
| is today the northern state which treats
| the country to a negro burning on the
same approved lines OF these days Of Niger
/ nd nj ak.
home The present exhibition is given in
| the extreme eastern part of the state in
the heart Of the district first settled by the
frec-staters of 1855. who suffered much for
negro freedom, and II rivals in hellishness
| the recent Colorado afair and the worst
that ever was done in the south to satisfy
| race fury against the black II is worse
than the Colorado affair, for this victim
was not definitely known to be guilty of
the main crime charged against him. The
| south Is no longer peculiar in this business.
Why is it?
Emporis (Kan) Gazette: This Leaven-
worth case proves how small space from
| the four footed brutes man is. Civilization
Is veneer, scum on wave that moves
up. but not forward. Man standing erect,
| living in houses, building churches. talking
glibly Of peace on earth, shedding tears over
the depressed and downtrodden, fancies he
is high and mighty creature especially
favored OF God; the heir of all the ages.
| Ruffie him, thwart him, battle him, anger
| him, rouse his lust or passion and out
Of the depth of him, where IL has been
lurking subconsciously in the blackness Of
his heart comes another being. blood
thirsty BRITISH cunning as a wild beast,
cruel, intelligent only in devices for tor
ture. God help the creature who gets in
the hands OF thousand men with the beast
swelling big in them, as it was in the
Leavenworth mob yesterday. Today the
beast has gone-vanished back into the
blackness, and these men are ordinary
citizens, kind to their families, generous TO
their friends and forgiving to their enemies.
But the beast is none the less there. 1t is
| in all of lis.