The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-26

ct is a shame and disgrace to Ari-
IONA that he has been permitted to
| miles to see him hung up by the
neck.''-Grass Valley Bee.
NHe has a private editorial grave
yard in which slumber eighteen vic
Tins of his murderous hand, and yet
he holds several public offices and he
is on the lookout for others."-Blue
Hill Banner.
HE is a Nero. a liar, robber. a
lscoundrel and all that is bad. We
| don't want to die until after we get
word that he has got what's coming to
! him Creek Herald.
81 never had the pleasure of meet
| ing Jim Hellso, mayor and postmaster
of the Gulch, but from all accounts I
| have heard 1 have set him down as the
meanest man of the century. There
is every proof that he set fire to an
| orphan asylum before he was twelve
years old, and that his first murder
was committed at fifteen."-Major
Davidson.
Bad all the way through. Couldn't
be worse Ought to be removed from
earth. Ought to be removed the quick
est way. Grave ought to be left I'M
ma Fixed We have no time TO remove
him. but there are others not so rushed
with jobwork- Mountain Journal. 81
I should he visit Salt Lake City and
give me the least excuse 1 would have
him hung like dog."-Mayor.
Il used to be a retail druggist in the
Gulch, and the editor of The Kicker
threatened me with death if 1 did not
advertise in his miserable sheet. The
residents of the town are cowed by him
and completely under his domination"
Jim Stevens.
. The day must come, and it cannot
be far distant, when Arizona will rise
up as one man and make a rush, and
villainy will receive its reward. We
shall be there to help pull on the rope"
Hastings Sentinel.
Think of the cheek of a man like
Jim Hellso wanting to run for COVER
nor! If any states prison holds a worse
man we should like to know its loca-
ton. The fact that he holds a post
mastership' is a disgrace to the United
States, Mountain Trail.
Ten thousand honest, upright men
have gone to their deaths since Jim
Hellso squatted down in the Gulch, and
yet he lives on and runs the earth We
used to be a believer in Providence, |
but his case has settled US. Another
man Of half his villainies would have
died of smallpox years ago."-The Sky
Pilot.
Ct do not wish to give my opinion of |
the man further than to say that when !
he claims a circulation of three billion |
copies for his Kicker am satisfied that |
he has no respect for truth."-Rev.
James Mann.
Il wanted the name of the Gulch |
changed to Paradise. but 1t was the |
efforts of this bad man that defeated |
such a name? What must one think |
of a man named Hellso? I cannot say |
he is utterly bad. but 1 must never |
theless warn all good men to beware of
him."-Rev. George Gaines.
'T was on the bench in the Gulch |
for three years, and during that time |
Jim Hellso bulldozed every lawyer in
the place ten times over. He finally |
got so bad that no one dared to bring /
a libel suit against his paper. He al /
ways came into court with two guns |
belted around him, and I think he /
would not have hesitated to menace
even me."-Judge Truax-
I'VE sat with him in his office one
night for three hours, and he did Moth
ing but brag of the murders he haG 7
ed, but as near we can remember (
we believe the number was forty-four.
There is no question of his being a
human hyena-"-Joe Taylor.
Jim. Hellso. Long-suffering people. /
End reached at last Populace rises
up as one man. Jim hung to a limb
and filled full of lead. General re-
jofeing. Atmosphere purified. Clear
Water Recorder.
1T cannot be. 1t must not be. It +
shall not be. even if we have to go
over to the Gulch and shoot him our
self We can stand heap, but such
a man as that in the presidential /
chair is carrying things altogether too
far. big Hill Spectator.
Il am internally busy this fall, but
IL there is. a man around who can
spare the time to go over to the Gulch
and shoot Jim Hellso off the face of