Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-12-21


paper men to witness it, on condition
that they should make such report OF
il TO the others as would give them the
basis for truthful story.
OF course the mighty molders OF
human destiny outside made "Rome
howl Il was then and there agreed
and decreed by them that whatever
happened within, Vermont and those
responsible for the closed door would
get it good and hard. For some rea-
son they were very bitter and spitetul
toward the three fortunate reporters,
if those called by professional duty toI
witness and report a hanging can be
called fortunate. The choice was not
Of their seeking, and the scheme not
Of their planning.
One incident Of the hanging-eX-
actly the thing to provoke wilful ex-I
aggeration-gave the angry scribes
outside food for the sensation they
erayed, basis for the revenge they
sought. it was the rope-stretching
incident According to the unanimous
testimony Of the eyewitnesses, it did
not figure at all in the execution itself, |
which was carried through without a
hitch, We can understand the disin- /
Of the three reporters present /
70 give any statement regarding this
incident to the correspondents outside, |
who were just yearning Tor something
OF the sort. lJ was bound to be mis- /
used and 10 form the basis for lying
Misrepresentation detrimental to .be I
state aud damaging % all concerned. [
Accordingly, and we think wisely /
they left out an mention OF it, not
being DESTROYS of furnishing ammuni-
tion for what they well knew would I
be turned into libel and SANDER.
Il was not to be expected, however,
that such rich meat would long be left
BY the hyena-nosed
crowd without Aha TIurrah Here
il is Now won't we make this little
coterie up il Vermont
,quirm And they went to work.
The incident itself almost unworthy
II mebtion, was warped out OF all
to the truth and made to
.erve the animus Of the piqued cor
and the purposes Of the
fellow press.
This is not mere speculation on our
1art. Il accords with the facts. Here
5 what Editor +. Z. Howe Of the Ben
iington Banner, himself one OF the
hree reporters present at the hanging,
avs OF the attitude Of these cores
"Oi the upwards OF so newspaper ,
epOrters 40 Windsor last Friday only
hree were admitted TO the execution
sat these three were asked ana In fact
directed 70 give out the facts iairlyand 1
TO al the papers that de-
ired facts.
The arrangement did not satisfy
be Representatives OF the Boston
american, the Boston Post, the New
ofk American and World and we re-
ret To say the Boston Herald which.
Ontrdry 10 IT'S usual custom. got down
i The mud with the yellows. After
fering as high as 500 for Q ticket TO :
be execution on "a chance 10 smug9le
D ilkir, aud falling, the reporters Of
lese papers publicly announced their
hours before the execution.
I disrorting every incident 70 make
be- affair discreditable 20 the state Of
ermont.
The lady representative OF the
Dston American informed the writer
lat she would roast hell out OF Gov.
ell and the state OF Vermont, that
be- didn't care d-n how the eyecu-
lon wa. carried ont she should paint
Ia such colors that il would make
.ov Bell, Superinte dent Lowell and :
hefin Peck 80 --- tired that
ley viii wish they had gone 90 hell
long with Mary Rogers, And Clark
its. too. she added, he is the son /
! gun that has tried 10 turn down
BE- American all through this case. Z
will get even with MIN ii I have TO
lmc back up 70 thi, little nasty state {
Vermont and stay "a month The
spoHers Of the other papers men
0ue8 expressed a similar in,eltion
] only a little less vigorous language |
An execution is a terrible thing.
specially the hanging Oi a woma
o matter how low and degraded. lei
)es not need grotesque fdsga1ods
injured up By the whiskey strength
he'd Imagination OF Eleanor lmes
ld her kind to make it painful and
IrroWing
This doesn't make pleasant re8 ling.
Jt It's just rs well that reader, OF {
.c city dailies should have an oanor-
nifty 10 look behind the scenes in
Us case. and see how e was thai ]
cy came % DE Tel on such sensa-
DUAL erroneous aud grew>ome re-
bits, auI how undergraduate chat