Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-08-18

AN APPEAL no JUSTICE.

AN APPEAL TO JUSTICE.
~ il be possible that; within these
nd historic lines Of cur Charles
ty, the birthplace OF Justice and
and the home Of the First Chief
Of our unity, whose decisions
ust administration OF the law
er be reveied by all lovers Of
and fair dealiDg, there IS a
hich civilization and obedience
I'VE nat yet come,
e Imagine that within the
e Sac ed tomb Of orr countr, s
almost within the shadow
ome Of our great National
building there exists M
9TH minds so shallow, hears
snds so cruel, as to perpe-
d so low and mean as that
red Walter Chapman's horse
Il Of August 8, 1911. withil
'ow OF Pisgah in our County.
be said aud with absolute
had the intent ana purpose
DIV minded criminals been
stead Of one OF our citizens
ho So injured it would have
the death Of a young man
il was specially conceived
into effect
~ IN element at the village OF
ii Is adverse 10 the road
doe conceded by law to predes-
vehicles and convevanees, This
III IS sssiIvCi ally adverse 10 grant
free passage through their midst
btorcvcles. They have demonstrate
- his fact on several occasions in
4 pdrsecutions and insults to riders
thee machines BE their objection
iat 4 may il Is unlawful, and, while
" have tried with feebl.' attempt to
piecuie by law rider OF one Of
ene machines, they are not satisfied
wit the outcome OF this method Of fair
.,lty. it does not appeal to their base
1nimar mature, they must lie low as
the snake In the grass, watch the corr
ing OF the rider and, knowing full we'll
that he has to return sometime 10 the
darkness of the night, concoct and nut
into effect a scheme whereby they
might infiict serious il not mortal in
jury to the object Of their prey. seeking.
as 1t were, retribution for some imagin
ed petty grievance ag ainst him. Their
plan and trap is laid under cover Of
the night. they hiding themselves away
to avoid detection and to distort their
faces 10 manical smiles Of imagired
revenge.
In 4 good stretch Of road, which In
sures good travelling 10 either horse or
MOTORCYCLE. about one malt mile from
Pisqah, and in dark and secuted spot
on the night above mentioned there had
been stretched across the ROAD two
lines Of narbed wire, one about the
height Of mans knee, the other about
to the chin OF rider on a bicycle
These lines had been stretched with
the apparent purpose Of seriously in
turing the rider Of a certain motorcycle.
The perpetrators had calculated thas
after certain hour Of the night at a
time when they had often heard this
Young man return. and when there
would be little or no travelling on this
particular stretch Of the road. the rider
Of the motorcycle would in all pr. ba-
bility dash into these barbed wires at II
good speed and be fatally injured
That their plans miscarried Is mainly
due to the fact that storm prevent d
the motorcycle returning on this night
but did not prevent the driver Of a
horse and buggy, therefore, instead of
motorcycle falling into the trap IN which
the horse became the victim, Since the
trip was laid and ready for the ae-
complishment OF more shocking
1 ea' astrophe it il well that the horse
and not the man fell the uneoncious
and defenseless victim. In some things
the hand of providencs IS visible, it IS
distinctly SO In this case. However the
dastardly and murderous intent was
there aud 1t Is not the fault of the
perpetrators hat more shameful and
abhorrefl crime was not c0mnfittsd
within our midst.
II there are, and there are, laws to