Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-28
WILL WASHINGTON JUSTICE
BE PROMPT?

In thc pron.p. trial and conviction
OF Joseph JanrI fer his unsprakahlc
crime aeain&i littlv Catherine I-oerch
T. years old. and the sentence OF the
criminal TO q ears Imprisonment
Maryland juStir,' has acted promptly
and Cffectivrly. Neither the police
nor the courts can afford for an IN
slant to daily with such criminals,
and for the good % society they mast
be severely punished. In the case OF
.Ianer the penalty is probably @qriva'
lent to a life sentence. and the onlT
Scvercr pcEalt, would be death.
In Washington. a few nights ago,
a negro thug attacked little white
girl. Bertha Tyler l. years old. drag
sed her mo an allev and beat and in,
jurcd her in an attempt to commit
II criminal assault. Bat Tor the
prompt action of a young white man,
Warren Wis:cr. who heard the child
cries and ran to her rescue. the tn ls
might not only have mu Hated. but
murdered the child. Her rescuer ran
after The. assailant and caught him.
but tie niScreant called for help. and
& crCwd of negro rowd!es gathered
around and rescued the criminal
The rolicp. after hours of hard work.
managed to get the man supposed 10
have committed the crime: he has
been identified by the girl and W.ste"
and seems likely to tie convicted
This furnishes an opportunity for the
District OF Columbia courts 10 make
an example of an offender that VIII
be severe enough to be warning t.
the negro thugs who have made the
streets Of Washington unsafe for
white women.
For years gangs of these youns
negroes have ranged the :trccts anu
alleys o. some sections OF Washing
tor causing all kinds OF trouble,
stealing. carOuSing and attacking anu
r0bbing women. Day after day Inc
Sun and other papers nave given
accounts IT,, the score OF their crimes.
O. late the police. aroused by the
pres. seem to have been !lt,ie more
yigilan;. and some Of the washins-
ton jude,s have indicated justice by
imposing heavy penalties upon tnose
criminals who have been convicted.
Ru; the assaults continue. making
j; cyidrD; that the lawlesS negroes
must be impressed and held n check
ly S'ronc hand.
As the capital of the na;icn WASH
inGtCn has ever Since the Civil war
been The Mecca Of the negro. There
he ha, Len accorded every consider
alton and the white residents OF the
city have many times complained tha'
the government officiaiS and autnori
lies afforded the negro MGR" pioe''
ton and dealt with him mere fa'
i.n,ly 'aan with white men. And I'M
n;Iesi.uaahly the negro there has con,
s!dcrcd MIN clf especially privileged
a. HI vard Of the nation.
PERHAPS this attitude Of the negro
toward the law and this attitude o!
the ro!i:ir:aUs toward the negro. tax
n Together. are responsible for the
iaw!oss conditions that exist sToaS
, the blacks Of Washington. The Tafi
administrator will find right around
ne Whit" House a Held ih ~h""
rGrC'i," form will accompi'h I'M
purtaut r~sGliS. No. that anyone
wants al .ujIstice done tae negro
-. muS. h. granted all the protection
tina: ~. gH.tr man is given under :he
law. Pm y. must he made Z" under
stand That his crimina!i,v will net he
'i~lcra;.d 10 a moment. snd that the
htacE criminal and those o; his ract
mo snclr"r and protect him VII be
given -" everest punishment 'n'
Law can inHirf White women IN
Washington must bc protected from
n. coward, brutes who assault and
rol. them By some means conditions
raT- - - improved ttat Wom' n r'''
wax IN" s'rests OF the nat'pnai cap
i'al IN safety and in peace"
IN ~" prompt AMI proper pun'sa
mont ci Iancr Maryland has set
Washington an example which that
rlrv ~, 4elJ follgu TO 80 own advAh
tag in similar cases. The question
" si' Washington jusiice no" I"
, s,!T g. r-0mrt and complete a. 'ha'
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