The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-28
RELEASE BIRDIE" CASE
D1OBHE HERALD MAKES CALL ON THE GOVERNOR.
Gunninghan, it Says, Owes 1t to Him. sclf to Parole the Other Assail-
 z ant of Philip Cosminsky, .
 Reporter.
Advertiser Bureau,
 MnhfIa Ar,~ 1T

Advertiser Bureau,
 Mobile, Aug. 27.
 Regarding the parole of Duncan Ease, one Of the assailants of Philip Eosminsky, a newspaper reporter. The Daily Herald, will tomorrow, Sunday morning in an editorial, headed Parole 1he Other Case" say:
 Birdie" Case should be put on parole et once and released from jail. Gov trnor Cunningham owes 1t to himself ko take this step upon his own initia- Hive.
 | pr. Searcy, some years ago, express led the opinion that not more than one bman in each 800 is perfectly sane. but he did not say the other 4ss should be locked up. Noted physicians say Mhat very small per centage of man. 4xind is entirely free from the bacilli lof tubercuplosis. Only few of the lwhole number so affected, however, Inre in danger of death from this dis tease, and as a rule the disease is more often aggravated by unchecked licen- stiousness than by the enforced Srestraint of involuntary confinement. However, those points need not be dis cussed
 The Herald has no quarrel with the governor for the course he has taken. Erhis paper has not printed line that tcould influence him in the matter, nor has any man connected with the paper attempted to influence him. We have EConfidence in his integrity and judg- ment and know that unless he was lmisled he would do the right thing. But live do insist that as a matter of simple taustlce he should place both offenders Ion the same plane, The reasons ad- tvaneed for the parole of one are we lventure to say. just as applicable to tthe other. Birdie" Case should be Ifeleased at once.
 Colonel E. L. Russell while in his soffice this afternoon was called on by Ia Confederate soldier, one of his com trades in arms. The Confederate called lColonel Russelrs attention to the fol- flowing paragraph in a telegram from the Far East:
 "A curious indication of their (the iJaGanese) methodical preparation for a big battle Is the fact that 10000 wooden boxes, in which 1t is intended to places the ashes of the killed who are to be cremated on the battle field, have been delivered in the neighbor- hood of Lioyang. and that 800 Chinese have been engaged to burn the bodies Epf those who may be killed"
 After reading the paragraph Colonel Russell said:
 1 This reminds me of an incident dur ang the war between the States, when General Bragg's army was moving From Lafayette Springs, Ga, to the battlefield of Chickamauga. As my di- twision was moving at night towards the battlefield. We were halted and or- dered to give the road to wagon train. A long line of wagons loaded with picks, spades and shovels came along. and we asked the commander of the train of these implements were to be used in building fortifcations ltie replied, No, these picks. spades and ishovels are to be used in burying the dead Confederates that will result from Ia great battle that General Bragg is lgoing to fight along the line of Chick vamauga Creek
 | "This remark was very similar to the news sent out from the Japanese army in the Far East, and you can imagine the depressing effect it had upon the