Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-19
FORT SMITH,, Ark,
HOLDS A RECORD
Ninety-Nine Men Were legaIly
Executed There In Twenty
Years.
MAN WITHOUT A A
'uos- Who Presided At Trial o. 35z
Men for Murder Became So Ste-r
re Was Given That Title
by Settlers.
Trom tnc Kansas Ciry s,a-

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reasons ua o.. :, ~. y a. 49,
charred ~ "a ~ ia. % "Ds M
K. ID. d ~ St1h
W nv uesperate men
fr.,, ip-r s.e .ilu,an ie,litors
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mere az me man without a
~
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wax Jndr. ts.al 30. Nl.'
e,, distric, az Arkarsas "a. w.,
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arising In mo 1ndis. =. 80
f{ine Infested WIN tbe b.,d.s, ,nn,.as,
men and the un,s, ,rn,1a, :.
ever knew No,b,nr hn, ,na
law rirtdiy erfo,ea1 ~, -, 49,
Inenr OF the I-pi,ed S.a,as 80 -.
least effect upon them Congress- h.a
provided tha, au cases sro,n H. ,e-,i
tory should be tried nj Fort s,nJtt
This ARA ngenent continued. unrji Se,.
tefnber /. 1886 when conpresx r.va ~,
fsdictton over Indian Territory cases 10
various judicial districts created win
IN the territory.
JUDGE p.rk.r, Wa.
I,dga p..,.-
cersrsi 100 sas SENSITIVE 10 the
n no i,b,,nar IT, ~A' 30 'tr'c. an
ana 49, vi va iaSk Oh s~yfnpathy,
misrepresep,ed ~ nv. "as
hearted mar mn, no Lnaur 49,, $3.50 80.
the rigid apnlica t,on ~ lou, 80. -"
ultimately conn,er ana .uha,,a ~.
NV Jaw
portion Of the so,,hwes, W
Speaking of the more than ,so ,,., ba
had sentenced TO The raJlowx d,,ri,, 80.
judicial life AT For, Smith Jndre Pc,
ker said.
People have said 20 me. Won p
the judge who hung 40 many mo-,
But my answer has been y, Is rn,
vino have hung them. II In the laX
never hung a man. People who say
am cruel do not understand how .r
situated. am the most misrenresen,.
ed of men. ] am. however nro,s n, ~.
record I have made. believe il has
checked n 1000 OF crime.
j mink the courts OF the country are
somewhat 10 blame for the thousands
OF rauroers yearly committed In the
PAST I'VE years che was talking in 1886
"a $500 persons have been murdered In
'his country. This fearful condition
Goes no, exist because our laws are
defective. We have the most magnih-
cent legai system in the world. The
trouble Is that the bench looks to the
shadow IN the shape of technicalities.
instead OF to the substance. in the form
or crime. There il too much technical !.
ny
Yes, they say l am cruel. but they
Forget that for years ! have had to
contend with the crimes OF the worst
body Of ruffians the United States ever
had. They We're brutes. or demons. In
human form. The crimes were DELHI
-rately planned and hendishly executed.
They were men Of the most hardened
rhhracter. oblivious to decency. honor
aud honesty. In my Jurisdiction alone
sixty-fve United States marshals have
been murdered while attending To their
Wilson. who was connected
the Star gang. a man who boasted
he had killed twenty-nine people
one OF the men ] sentenced to hang.
II was no cruelty to do this. in view OF
his record.
One ef MANY c.-..
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