The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-03-15
FACTS and
ODSERV TIN
EN- ROUTE TO AND At OW-
INGSVILLE.
Suspense Relieved and Hope
Revived That Law viii Be
Supreme
AND THE PAIL OF DARKNESS
AND GLOOM WILL BE ROLL
ED BACK.
Forces at Work in Bath co7ntu-

The writer attended County
Court at Owingsville on Monday.
En- route he read the decision Of
the Court OF Appeals. decreeing by
a unanimous vote the ss.;s1:S.:Ss !
Of Faystie Circuit Court over that
Of Breathitt Circuit Court for the
trial Of the Hargises and Callahan
indicted for murder Of James Cock
rill (sse account ia another col
umD. This decision emphasizes
the fact that, when crime is be-
gun in one county and ended in
another las the shooting 81 Geek !
rill il Breathitt and his dying in
Fsyette) either county may have
jurisdiction, but that exclusive
Jurisdiction belongs 10 that county
winch first begins the Judicial in
vestigation.
The people Of the State will now
ne reviewed OF much suspense and
will have hope that law will be
supreme; that the pail of dark
ness, gloom and reproach which
threatened us will be rolled back
and that fair and impartial trial
Of the accused will establish their
innocence or guilt.
What will be the fate Of Squire
Edwards VINO permitted himself to
be used as a tool for the thwarth-
ing OF justice future proceedings
will develope.
We will watch with anxiety the
/ prvgreus OF this iawiessness which
has attracted attention in many
States.
No innocent man should be con-
victed. No guilty man should go
free. Wealth or political prestige
should not shield the criminal.
We do not censure men for wish
ing and trying to save THEMSELVES
from the penalties Of violated law,
but we have been forced to doubt
the real manhood and patriotism Of
some men who, Influenced by mon
ey or the hope of political prefer
ment, have perverted justice,
winked at crime, and turned loose
upon society other men whose
hands are red with the blood of
their fellowmen or whose lives are
full Of malice and hatred toward
their fellows.
A day Of retribution will come,
for the Almighty hath spoken it.
The attendance at court was
large. The stock sales were small.
The prices asked for mules were
too high.
While in the County Clerks
Office we were told that public
meeting was being held in the
court room in behalf of the temper
ance crusade now in progress. We
went up to hear and to get items
for the Advocate. DR. Journey
Walden was in the chair. Isaac
Shouse, merchant of Salt Lick,
without consulting us as to the
advisability or proprietY of what
he wished, announced that we were
in the audience and would address
the assembly. The chairman call
ed and we accepted, expressing in
unmistakable terms our convictions
against the legallzed sale OF whis-
key. admonlshing the citizens of
Bath to do well the part of patri-
OTIS, and pledging them our sympa-
thy and cooperation.
The next speaker was Rev. Bell,
the pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Sharpsburg. He has
spent much of his life in Kansas.
He told OF the great good which
has come TO the people of that
State by reason of the prohibition
laws and their enforcement, and
referred briefly to conditions at
Colorado Springs, Col, a city of
10000 people, without a saloon.
! The chairman then announced