The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06
MURDER IS MURDER.

On the criminal records of Caddc par
isl, and Of the city OF Shreveport are =
number Of murders which have aroused
the Indignation of the populace, but few
II any, have been more diabolCal and
fendsh than the deliberate and coward
~ doing Of George Hanson TO death.
In the lives of men there occur dis
putes and misunderstanding which leal
70 homlcides deplorablc and regretahle.
which may 'nclte expressions OF SYM
pathy. but the human being who can
have any compassion for a murderer
SO deliberate and cowardly must be de
PRAYED at heart and must be Of a mind
perverted
TO kill human being III moment If
crime. is relieved Of Ito cnormty when
contrastcd with the murderer who. not
satisfied with the cuormty of hI- deed.
beats his liielcsS victim merciIesslv.
gloating in the blows which crush the
skull almost into pulp. ,atiatcd only
when his accureed will power has been
exhausted through the cXertions Of his
hendishneSs
Such was the treatment Of George
Hanson after he had been murdered,
And yet. there arc beings il human
form who arc today striving to find
some plea in justification Of deed that
would lead the imps Of hell to blush
with shame.
Indeed there il no telling how low
some beings i'll human form may de
generate il depravity.
Who can or would sympathize or
who can or would have friendly feel
ing for such murderer?
Certainly not / good citizen; not a
law-biding nor a law-rcspecting man?
What was the motive which prompted
the dastardly crime? Was it robbery ?
No. 1t was jealousy the jealousy which
springs from the breast tainted with
Crime
The cnormity of the crime is the more
manifest for the reason that it can not
be condoned by any plea of justification
as understood i'll the principle of the
Unwritten Law. The murderer i'll this
instance is, for the links Of clrcull-
stances which are being forged against
him. one whose hands are not unpol-
1uted with blood, and the woman, his
paramount, from the web which is being
woven about her. has connived at If she
did not assist i'll the crime. At any rate
the web Of circumstances would lnd1-
cate that she is possessed of the full
knowledge Of the murder. how, when
and why it was committed.
On the records Of Caddo parish and
of Shreveport are murders startling and
revolving. mysteries which have been TN
solved and which have passed from the
memory of men, but this is one case
where results must follow if ccaseless
vigilance, unflagging energy and indon1-
table will can prevail.
From the grave OF the young man
murdered comes the cry for justice, not
vengeance. but Justice. that justice which
when msted out ful-handed must lead
the murderer to an ignoble death on the
gallows.
In case like this every good, law
abiding citizen must have an interest.
The good citizen can not escape indirect
responsibility by saying | knew him not.
he is not my brother Murder is MUIR
der. and the murderer must be made to
paw the penalty of his crime. This de
claration is unsentmental and plain.
Why should the red-handed murderer.
rocking with the blood of his victim, be
entitled to any consideration except as
is provided by the cold letter of the law
And yet there is sometimes found that
lawyer, and not infrequently that law
yer for price, will not hesitate by legal
teclmcalities. by hook and by crook, to
defend red-handed murderer. with all
the ability and the ingenuity he would
apply i'll upholding honesty and virtue.
unfortunately it is through such pro-
ceedings that mistrals and travesties of
Justice become the reproach, the dis
credit, the blot OH civilization.
The man in jail and held for the crime
of murder, was not many years ago I'M
plicated in a murder. the victim being
Laura Oglesby, whose death resulted
from electricity. although in that case.
as in the murder of Hanson, it was at
tempted to divert attention from the
crime by the plea and some OF the cir
cumstances that the woman had sui
cided, in the case of Hanson that 1t was
robbery.
OF this crime Henry High escaped OF
a legal tcchnicality.
If Henry High is not guilty; if the
woman, his concubine, is not connected
with the crime. they should not be held