East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-26

kicked over the cooking stove, ana
ordered Snyder to cook and prepare
certain dishes of food, which It was
impossible for the herder to do under
the existing dilapidated conditions of
the culinary department of the camp.
Being very much insulted at the
rough, unjust and barbarous treat
ment that Snyder was subjected to by
Greene and Beymer Snyder told
Greene that he would leave the camp.
whereupon Greene. armed with a
knife, ran the herder from one cor
ner of the house to the other. slash
ing the knife furiously at Snyder, cut
ting the latter's clothes and watch
chain. Finally, the herder picked up
a gun that was hanging on the wall,
and shot his brutal opponent.
Snyder. in order to save his own
life at that time, had to kin Greene
in self defense, or he would have
been brutally slaughtered by Greene.
Greene died almost instantly, and
was found with death-Hke grip on
the knife in his hand.
The facts show that snyder gave
himself up as soon as he deemed il
safe to do SO that he would be pro-
tected from mob violence
Snyder did not receive any protec-
ton from Deputy Sheriff Cassidy. a.,
though he was justly entitled 10 1t.
have no prejudice against these
persons; they are nether friends nor
enemies of mine
Greene worked for me last season,
breaking horses. He was good hand
in that vocation II It had mol been
for his adaptability to "boozing" and
fighting, he would have made an ex-
pert in breaking and handling horses.
Whisky, brought to the camp by
Beymer and Greene, was the primary
cause Of this unjust killing
Now. in the name OF justice, how
long are these mob violences to be
tolerated to STAIN and mar the col
'lective moral character of our grand
state. So long as these criminals are
not convicted and broughS to justice
Just so long win such depTavitics con-
tlnue TO exist.
Now, fellow citizens, the time has
come. when these atrocious deeds OF
violence. ignoring all law, must be
STOPPED.
Through these five or six persons.
who are guilty of such heinous out
rage. our country is morally suffer
ing. so much so. that II can hardly he
called a civilized country.
our country. with its system of ia
dietary and criminal courts. is well
able to handle the criminal document
ana there is not the 4oast cause Tor
the existence Of such mob violence
Let the wild and woody West 60
down in the annals of history as a
bErbaric relic of the past, and lei
iustice. law and order prevail. A1et
ms unite in our efforts and enforce
orr statute laws. and by all means it
ncyy behonves Grant county to brns
these law breakers before the courts
and convict them OF their crime.
They have sufficient evidence TO do
On and there is no reason why Trey
should not do so. Let justice prevail
and let us enjoy the privileges be-
slowed upon us by an al wise oal-
nfpotent and omniprcsont Creator
life liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness
There has been entirely too mucn
disrespect for law and order by some
of the people OF Grant and Harvey
counties and in fact all the counties
east Of the Cascades.
Tho officers have sadly neglected 10
enforce the law. The governor mas
mad too frequent and too much use
of mis- pardoning power for the oene-
ii, Of some persons OF the state
The people Of this state would more
r,,adil- let the law take its course II
tte governors were more just N the
exercise of his pardonins power