Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-10-07

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If the discoveries alleged to have
been made in connection with the mur-
der of the Kearny cobbler are facts, a
wonderfully strong circumstantial case
against the suspect has sprung into
being in the day and night following
his accidental arrest 1t was his blood
stained ard generally battered condi-
tion which attracted the attention oil
policeman to the man now under ar
rest This policeman did not know
murder had been committed After he
had landed his prisoner in the police
station the policeman remembered he
had heard something drop when he
seized his man. He went back to the
spot where the arrest had been made
and found revolver It's cylinder con-
tanned four empty sh Ills and two load
ed ones. This revolver is said to have
been identified as me property of the
murdered man. Had the revolver been
found in the possession of the prisoner
the circumstantial case against him
would have been the stronger, For
murder, though 1t hath no tongue, will
speak with most miraculous organ,
said Shakespeare. 1t would seem to
be unusually articulate in this instance.
1t is due largely, no doubt, to the
fact that the wife of the eldest son of
Dom Miguel, pretender to the throne of
Portugal. is the former Miss Anita
Stewart, of New York, that the old
claims of the House of Braganza are
given so much prominence on this side
of the ocean. 1t would seem to be a
rather nopportune time for mere
claimant to expect anything when the
recognized, regular and official king
has been thrown out of a job by that
belligerent party which wishes to make
of Portugal republic, From the scanty
information at hand it appears that it
is not so much King Manuel himself
that the revolutionists wish to depose
as all that antiquated pomp and
privilege and crcumsta -'e he repre-
sents, which is euphoniously called a.
limited monarchy.
A man voluntarily testified in New
York yesterday that his testimony, on
the strength of which another had
been sentenced to prison for second de-
gree murder was periured He said
detectives who had arrested him for
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false testimony. During his own stay
in Jail this mans conscience troubled
him and he decided to tell the truth.
1t is a wel-known fact that desire for
the conviction of the man under arrest
sometimes outweighs all other consid-
erations with the police. and while in
stances like this need not be so surpris-
ing they are depressing. Maybe some
method of eliminating the more law
less of the officers of the law will be
devised some day.
United states Circuit Court judges
are growing inpatient with wealthy
smugglers. Judge Hand in sentencing
the latest of them-a well-known man
ufacturer- announced in passing that
he and tlfe other judges of the court
had decided to supplement the heavy
| fines with prison sentences. 1t had be-
come apparent that as long as the
maximum punishment for such offenses
was a fine, Americans returning to their
own, their native handsome of them,
at least-were willing to take a sport
| ing chance. If they lost, a little un-
pleasant publicity might result, but a
check would settle it. But 1t is to be
different in the future.
| Unprejudiced political prophets are
! likely to be not without honor even in
their own country if people are
| thoughtful enough to save their fore
casts and compare shem with the re-
suits after elections 1t seems to be the
consensus of opinion of those men who
know how to hold un straws in the
political winds and get the best results
| that the. most remarkable feature of
| the election will be the grace and pre-
cision with which the expected hap
pens 1t is safe to say that the gist
of the post-election conversation will
run about like this: Well 1t turned
out just about as l thought 1t would