The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-03-03
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II matter Of deep tfgrer Ha<A nur-
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The above is the editorial comment
Of The Nexs and Observer on the most
ths most IeploI able IA
tai -ASoiiHg) Fhlcf lc-cntrid m Fay
ai.sc~S SaRSaE. EhsR oss-0f that
towns most estimable citizens lost
bis lite, h me perfornlance be his
dut5 iRvery o1s who has Fs4d a. .
count Of They Tragedy his a fteftg OF I.
sympathy for the man who lost lis |
life and for his bereaved family and |
scrrowing friends
Less than year from the time OF
that murder another chef OF pol.ce
of that town and one of his suooId
mates were murdered while in the dis
charge of their duty. These facts are
horrible TO contemplate
There are. however, a few facts IN
connection with these murders 10
which we wish to call attention which
were not referred TO by the paper
above quoted and which other pape
advocating prohibition Rave aloWei ID
mass without reference, and We refe-
IN them in no light or calious 8 IT
because the events are too serious
TO be lightly treated. The tac's u
which we wish 10 call attention a
that the town of Fayetteville in which
these two chiefs Of police and one po-
liceman were murdered within less
than a year is a prohibition town.
where the open sale Of liquor Is pro-
hibited: that in the one instanc@ the
chief and his assistant we!e mur~ erod
while raiding the blind tiger OF e
bastard who in cold blood commit
ted the double murder, and ihat the
murder On last Sunday Was comm ttsu
authentic reports dec.are-by a man
who had become almost dem ted
by the excessive imbiDing o. bloc
ade liauor in that prohibition toAn.
Some papers in this state have seen
Fl, to comment on the lawlessnesS
in Wilmington with her siXty-Cdd
barrooms,' and they try TO make II
, appear that all the crime here Is due
to the fact that ours is not dry
town.
Had there been the assassination
here within a year CT two cHle1s Cl
poiice and one other policeman by
saloon keepers or liquor tra-ed ne
| eroes what a howl there WI We
heen raised in certain qua. ters an
! how the people OF our city would ha e
been held UP 70 pubiics gaze and d.
! runciation! The population gene,al!y
would have been held responsible 10.
| the murder OF the three men, because
the voters Of the city had not seen Ut
to declare that blind tigers were
| preferable to open and legally con-
| ducted saloons. But because these
| three assassinations occurred in town
where the legal sale Of whisky is ! ro
| bibited not a word is said about IL
| ouor being their cause. How could Ii
| be when the sale Of liQ or IS pro-
hibited by law in that town? Never
theless, Wilmington with her sixty
| odd saloons, has no record for one year
] of two chiefs of police and one police
| man being murdered by drunken ne
groes or men resisting search or Ine1i
secret places Of sale. Neither tLe
chief Of police nor any man under
| him carries his life in his hama
when he enters a legalized saloon III
this city; but the sad fate OF tnree
OF Fayetteville's officers shows thar
il is different in that city where the
blind tiger-the underground. saloon
exists and has proven to be MOI
dangerous to life and more hurt1ul u
society than the open and legally re-
| <ooi,o5 calo0nS Of our city.