The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-16


qulttai would outrage Canaan and lay
Il open to untold danger. Such people
needed a lesson,
The Tocsin Interviewed the towns
great ones. printing their opinions of
the Nervousness Of the crime aud the
character Of the defendants lawyer
'sTho Hon. r. ]. parrott. who 10 ably
represented this county In tho legisla.
ture some fourteen years ago. Gould
scarcely restrain himself when ap-
preached BY reporter al to hla sen,i.
ments anent the repulsive deed. y
should like TO know how long Canaan
is going TO put up with this sort OF
business wety his words 4 am q law
abiding citizen. and | have served
faithfully and with my full endeavof
aud ability TO enact the lava and
statutes OF my state, but there Ia q
point IN my patience. | would state,
which lawbreakers and their lawyers
may not safely pass. OF what Use arr
our most solemn enactments, may
even ask Of what use II tho legislature
itself. chosen by the viii OF the people,
II they are to ruthlessly be set aside BY
criminals aud their shlfty protectorsi
The blame should be put upon tho law
yen who by tricks enable such rascala
TO escape tho rlgors OF tho carefully en-.
acted laws, the fruits Of the soion's
labor more than upon the criminals
themselves Ia this ease II there 10
any miscarriage OF justice will say
here aud now that In my opinion the
people Of this county viii he sorcly
tempted. and while do no, believe IN
lynch law. yet II that should be the
result Il Ia my unalierahle conviction
that the vlgilantes may well turn their
attention 10 the lawyers or lawyer who
brings about such miscarriage. | am
sick OF H."
Tho Tocsln did not print the Inter
view II obtained from Louie Farbach-
the same Louie Farbach who long ago
had owned a beer saloon with little
room behind the bar. where u shabby
boy sometimes played doninoes and
seven up with loafers. not quite the
same Louie Farhach. however. In out,
ward circumstance. for be was now the
brewer Of Farbach beer and making
Canaan famous, His rise had been
TeutonIc and sure, aud he contributed
ouetwentleth or his income 10 the Cor
man Orphan asylum and one.tenth 10
his par.y's campaign fund, The twen.
tieth saved the orphans from the coun.
~. while the tlthe gave the county 70
his party.
He occupied n kitchen chair, enjoy.
Ing the society Of some chickens In q
wired Enclosure behind the new Italian
villa he had erected In that part OF
Canaan where he would b. most un.
comfortable, and he looked woodcnly
at the reporter when the latter put bis
question.
lief you any agualntunee OF Mister
FearT" he inquired ln return. with no
expression decipherable either upon
bis Gargantuan face or IN bis heavily
enfolded eyes.
mo, SIR" replied the reporter. grin
alng. u never ran across him"
"Dot lss goot ting fer YOU" said
Mr., Farbach stonily. HE lss not
man poeblcs bedder try 10 run across.
II iss what Cory tried, New Cory lss
dead"
The reporter. slightly puzzled. III q
cigarette. See here. Mr. Farbaeh," be
urged, II only want word or two
about this thing, and you might give
me brief expression concerning that
man Louden besides, just a hint OF
what you think Of his influence herc
you know. aud OF the kind OF sha.p
work he practices. Something like
that"
II see," said the brewer slowly
Happy Fear | hef knowt for goot
many years. He lss goot frlent OF
mine"
"What?"
"Choe Louten lss a bedder one" con.
tinued Mr. Farbach, turning again TO
stare at his chickens. "Git owlt"
"WhatT'
"Glt owlt," repeated the other with
out passion, without anger, without
any expression whatsoever "GIt owlt."
The reporters prejudice against the
German nation dated from that mo.
ment.
There were others. here and there,
who were less self contained than the
brewer. farmland struck fellow
laborer In the harvest field for speak.
Ing III of Joe, and the unravelIng Of q
strange street fight one day disclosed
as It's cause like resentment on the
part OF n blind broommaker, engcn.
dered by like offense. The broom.
makers companion. reading the Toe.
sin as the two walked together, hnd
begun the quarrel by remarkIng that
Happy Fear ought to be hanged once
for hls own sake and twice more 10
show up that shyster Louden." Warn,
words followed, leading to extremely
material conflict, In which, IN spite Of
his blindness, the broommaker had 10
much the best Of 1t that he was re.
moved from the triumphant attitude
he had assumed toward the person Of
bis adversary, which was an admirable
imitation of the dIsmounted st. George