Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-29
HE is GUILTY OF TREASON
FoRFElTS HIS LIFE BY FIGHTING WITH
Beers.
THE CRIME HAPPILY RARE
We'll Known as Irish Leader In the House Of
Commons Communication Of the Sen
tenee Predicted.

London, Jan. 24.-Col. Arthur
Lynch, member OF parliament for
Galway, has been found guilty On the
charge Of hign treason and sentenced
to death.
When the trial was resumed today
counsel for the defense began sum.
ming up. There was not any at
tempt to deny that Colonel Lynch
supported the Beers but counsel con-
tended that his naturalization was in
no way prompted by reasonable in
tent and was solely for the advantage
he would thus secure for journalistic
purposes.
Subsequently the defendant active
ly supported the Boer cause in the
belief that he was legally natural
lied burgher.
Replying for the prosecution the
solicitor general, Sir Edward Carson
maintained that Colonel Lynch joined
the Boer army as discontinued
lrishman, Thereby com mitting a
most cowardly and most serious act
Of treason. His naturalization, con-
tinued the solicitor general, was only
a flimsy pretext.
Counsel then proceeded to detail
the prisoners alleged acts Of adher-
ence to bis countTy's enemies.
The lord chief justice summed up
very briefly. He said that il In time
OF war British subject joined the
enemy's numbers, for whatever pur-
pose. he was guilty Of an unlawful
act. Naturalization during wartime
afforded no excuse whatever for sub
sequent acts. There was abundant
evidence, he said, of over tact in aic-
ing the kings enemy.
In delivering sentence Justice Wills
said the crime Of high treason Of
which the prisoner hai been found
guilty was happily SO rare that it
seemed to be almost an anchronism.
No civilized community had yet
failed to punish severely detection
from loyalty whether in the way of
open warfare or secret intrigue In
the darkest hours of his country's
fortune when engaged in a deadly
struggle Lynch Joined the ranks OF
its foes and shed the blood Of his
fellow subjects, fighting for their
country, and sought to dethrone
Great Blitain from her place among
the nations. The only palliation
which could be offered was that it
had been the fashion for some years
TO treat lightly matters of this kind
and men had been encouraged to play
with seditiOD and toy with treason.
The nation had treated with con-
temptous Indifference speeches and
acts OF se1ition, but it was one thing
to talk sedition and quite a different
thing to bear arms in the ranks OF
the country'S foes.
The jury after having been out half
an hour, returned verdict Of guilty
When asked if he had anything tG
say why he should not be sentenced
to death, Colonel Lynch replied:
"Thank you, | Will say nothing"
The sentence OF death was passed
on each Of the four counts in the in
diCtment.
The prisoner then bowed to the
court and was removed ia custody.
Lynch throughout bore himself
with unfaltering COmpOsure. He
walked out steadily between the Jail
ors and pa The bench where his wife
and other relatives were seated. Mrs.
Lynch has been given permission tC
see her husband.
Although formally sentenced to be
hanged, Lynch's sentence VIII no
doubt he com muted.
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