The Greeley tribune., 1912-06-13
The shssly Trial

A large number Of Greeley tax
om moI .kvpuoN plvoq s1s1Sd
lps OF the men who know, hOw tfley
had been robbed In the years gone
by. Tney heard the arch cOnsptrA-
tor himself plead guilty; they heard
his confederates tell tho court the
methods employed. They saw tho
Ditiable spectacle of men once hon
ored. now dishOnOred, and making
amends the hest they could BY Drag
9ing into infamy those who werc
with them In one Of the most cold
bloo9ied and dirtiest c0nspiracies
the state has ever known.
Perhaps tie reflection Of most Of
that audience In the court room who
actually saw the proceedings WAS
that the convicted men have paid
dear for their whistle. Bat we may
pity where we can not cOn1One.
There has been criticism already
Of the court and Of the district At
tosney. And, Crystalized, 1t Is The
familiar story Of the man with
money 1t the bar of Justice being
shown leniency that Is not extended
to the poor wretch who can not en-
ploy attorneys skilled in technicali-
ties. To the plain. every day ciu-
rem, not versed In the law but whose
sense of justice Is only the average
conception Of right and wrong, 1t
appears queer that Of the three men
who deliberately conspired to rob
Weld county systematically, one IL
serving . sentence Of IT least seven
years in tic state peniteatiary, ono
presumably h acquitted Of al blame
- A. - = H1rmA 3AfH>
IT, nan1f - anoGamu uaunnn9nq1o
BY tho law, ono to two years N the
peaitenftary, o. . psea of oailty.
Every reCo0rse Of skilAed laWyees
had been exhausted bef0so this Paca
Was catered
Usually. II the prosecuting attnr-
Aey. reQreseating tho people q the
dstxicG Hemmanends . ninimum
sente me- to the court, his pAca h
grAznfed The reasonable suppoa-
tion Is, ti1At such = ploa viii c0uae
from al other sources before the
Pa0sccnGoe unbends.
Men made laws, hcace not infal-
Mbae. ard tho judgnsats ol nea
less infalibae, enter into tleee Weld
county trials. Thero II much "a
Consider yet I'm these cases before
. final decision may bo reached
Mr.. CaEisOa, district attorney, h
criticized bocaase he recommenlled
tho minimum sentence for Sheeiy.
II Mr.. CaElsoa had not doae his duty
the best Ee know, Mr.. 6heely could
have gOae SCOT frce AID Mr.. Carlsou
could be . wealthy man today. To
those familiar with tho pressure
brought to bear, it IL surpgieing thai
Sheeay finally WAS landed It all.
The sfAftiest lawyers Of Deaves
were beaten in the 6heely trial.
The Dist attorney MAS not tho only
ono who might have prolited mater.
tally BY easing mp oa tho Sissely
business after Estes was sontenCei
to the penitentiary. The Tribune
might have bought . new preas 70,
cash. = new linotype or two and
made . fairly good sized deposit In
the hank, II 1t would have forxotteG
to mentiOn . few things from time
to time.
Big Business got busy and 20
busy fast and hard, and Big Busi
ness has got money to burn. And
incidentally, some Of that coin wa
burned In Greeley and hereabouts.
And the Sheely trial has not ende<
all. There Is more to come. Their,
Is another grand jury doing bust
ness, for the end is not yet. Mr.
Carlson called that jury on his ow1
iniative, secretly, and expects to e,
to the bottom Of the Weld COUNTY
graft cases.. He has worked hard
SO hard In fact that the county ha.
retained ]. T. Jacobs to assist him
1t would appear that snap judg
nent should not be made and tina
the final result be awaited befor,
there IL too much blame or praise