The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-29
The Fishburn-Le Case.

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Editor of the Tlr1es.1oispatch:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ntSsMishs 1r3 'aa u tho Press ad
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t to s1ye1b h'ngar N ease WIN ~
In recent issue q your ptnIp I,,l go of
published connunlSatlS 3na s1a.lnF o }St
oused sho,i be 90 favored ~ the Roar g. !:
6 BIS a ca6ihpreheilsio e% y "
III Is true that Mr.. Tsi1b,lrt,, does . not
ds q ts c o 9fish az oo a q fe the
iieor: d. room, Immediately over the p p,
Ge d spsa Wno nocep
IL oyc nnq HIM. mneI I,1 adaSton 10 the oileer
sbloyed 70 E3S 5 aa,ns M eaS;
Inn u not m see,cly ~ ana tiS strlctS guarded
And the apartment hc occupies Is Ky no y,
sl gon edu from things We SEQ IN pint
or hear in tho tplk Of the street. Nothing
further than tho simplest s2ny nnnnl !,
Tishburn has been ih Delicate health 70, for
years The keeper o. thH AL vs hcE1 mo 10
tho the effect that he ia not in physical con-.
dItion to DO confined In one Of the reguiart
cells and hH frlG e 5ein se a%1 him
that tia is IS not strlctly within tfe letter of
tia law. And things which have been
1pns no c qd Il, '%s sane JAIL Wei
,as in other parts OF our GO f'l1h ~ ea1.''
Il Lo'' slightest desrnStlnt other than thc
thi i deplorable case they have |ays,,l been or
u,rmntemtionaiy, there has been a tendency
that ii ali fairness the sober Judgment
al this 'imn1cd late community, shall +. re-
fuse to iun,p at conclusions unit! all tno
Facts are brought out BY the due pros pro
Tho, o o. Of inprisoning ANYONE who 2
has been indicted FOR any crime LAS Is mo, no5
70 lin; bSe msroElS is z fri aHe And
be- as's do an. III Mr. Tishpurns case Neither
his {rlenas aYe me t
hand nd q 81 tho law, nor OF his .evading the
fullest and faIrest trial After the d. dis
srfssin HFfsS6an 81 VI ieepoSed
custody he PROMPTLY furnished the ball AL
as e tho bn o
a moments hesitation, wa1e en- s4c =, ~, N.
crease was asked for at Pr, l ~ nSsIs
at the jail, giving himself. into the GUS
itody Of the otlicers Of the laW II i "a
throughout every step OF this palnd,tll
ordeal, lie has behaved with tine great
est and most straightforward. manllness.
THE time and place to try n man tQf
any crime for which he. may ne inoicteu'
z Is not in the columns of the public press,
nor the idle talk OF the streets pu. ~
fore courts of 51sicea dsy Iroyf hose
5reckone1f to be competent, MI F'lshburn
las refruincd from giving his side OF the
case until that time shall have come.
Some consideration Is duo to the 1uct
that Mr., /, ri shburn. has been reared mere
in our midst; that he has been IN u, rpusi-
ness here for. years; that his past IRE ~
free from Flemish IN the sight OF our
heretofore been above repr ch.5,,
{7I,Nonc can regret more deeply tthnn M.
( Fishbu,n himself and his many friends:
( the heart breaking tragedy:Fand they
have nothing 10 ask save that c:tndori ana
be shown, I'LL til the ln W
has madc its full 5cxa minnt1on 81 al! the
facts and circumstances, and SHAH nave
then pronounced Its sentence.
5's :. 81 j uS'TI CEj. 55,
(Therc has been no expression In the
editorial columns OF The Times Dispatch
TO Indicate prejudice against Flshburn or
u disposition 10 TRY his case in the news
tra.pcrs..," The report Of our own cor
respondent showed that this man under
Indictment OF murder was receiving
special favors at the jail and was not
closely confined, and VIC expressed sur
mice ,r),nt was ALLIED, FY.-D.) {sil