The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-02-09

ATWOOD EDITOR GOES AFTER
DEWEYS WITH THE TRUTH.
Recounts the Boasts Of Dewey That
the Common Herd" Had Bet
ter Look Out for Them

The Square Deal, an Atwood news
paper with the right kind Of con-
science in its makeup, has the fol-
lowing to say about the Dewey killers
and their attempt to evade the opera
ton OF the law:
"Cauncey Dewey, W J. Mcbride
and CLYDE Wilson. the three defend
ants in the Berry murder cases, have
asked the supreme court to protect
them from danger Of further prOsecu-
ton by giving them an unconditional
discharge from the charge OF murder.
The cases were dismissed in Norton
county without prejudice which
means that the county could again
begin action If desired. The defend
ants do not want this possibility
hanging over them. State Journal
Us this to be the end Of a tragedy
which EQUALS in atrOcity anything that
has ever been committed by the saw
ages Of the nOrthwest2 What the su-
preme court has to do with case
which has not yet reached final ad-
Indication in a trial inferior court is
difficult for the lay mind to conceive
Dollars piled up between these men
and Justice is a poor commentary on
the fairness and squareness OF our
legal machinery.
1.-THE blood Of the murdered cries
aloud in vain from the prairies Of
Cheyenne. In the formative stage Of
development Of public sentiment in
Kansas political feuds and the con-
tending forces Of freedom and slavery
had on her soil the first skirmishes
which ended in the great war Of the
rebellion. and in the after granting
Of immunity for overt acts Of rapine
and worse, legislative action was in
vOked, but never judicial Only a few
months ago we read that in Judge
I Smiths court in Sherman county
/ claims for damages were being award
I ed the surviving Berrys against thes'
| same people who want the stain o.
murder removed judiciaIly from theil
I hands 1t would seem that the pro
per course would be to elect a leg
I islature with the main object in view
providing for the passage Of an &C
/ Iegalizing the crime Of murder whel
committed by Chauney Dewey, W. J
Mcbride and Clyde Wilson, with spe
/ cfaI reference to the Berrys and /
they have money enough make 1t
| general immunity for all the futur
in regard to all crimes they ma.
choose to commit in the future
Three years ago in the clOsin
days Of November Chauncey Dewe
informed US in Colby that these PEG
ple-the hOOdlums Of Cheyenne
RawIins and Sherman failed to IN
derstand the Deweys, did not seer
to be able to grasp the idea that tn
ranch and the cattle business wer
the only objects worth considering /
all northwest Kansas; that the Dew
eys and their paid and vOluntee
strikers were the people, and that tn
common herd had yet to learn eithe
to keep their places or get out 1
fact. in view Of what happened after
wards, the Berry job seemed then
be contemplated with the aim {
teaching the settlers an object lessO
t showing the power OF the Deweys an
Of Dewey money
- Shall this wrong and outrage I
- permitted2 The supreme court {
Kansas cannot afford to thus intel
= pose, and stultify itself before tn
> people who deserve to retain some II
t spect for the highest judicial tribuni
D of the state The unsated blood (
r the murdered should not be above
D ! to be covered, and these men shOul
r be brought to trial for the crime wit
D I which they are charged, and Of whiC
. the mass Of our people believe the
= guilty