The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-17
The Attacks On Coroner PheIan
 And State Attorney JudsOn

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 One of the oinous signs of the times is the growing opposition constituted authority which marks the duct of persons of influence who ought to set an example of obedience and subjection to social order
 The Hartford Courant long the bulwark of constitu tionas to set the in showing cone1npt TOT tribunals to which the enforcement of law has been en- trusted
 For~the fourth or fifth time within few months it denonces officials upon whom certain duties of an mpor tanEs11 have been laid
 little while the Federal authorities caused the
 arrest certain wealthy gentlemen, for alleged violations otheSherman law The Courant waited neither for ey
 nce trial finding of the court 1t was resentfu process of law which is guaranteed to every and to all the people and fayed the then president United States, that such arrest could happen power A little lateN wreck took place andsmany persons killed A found the kill IUe to the criminal negligence of the railroad corpo raoperating the trains The ilful use of dangerous was alleged The Public Utilities Commission found that the crossovers were dangerous and ordered thernsou The Inter State Commerce Commission reach ed the same conclusion. State Attorney Judson for moved upon this evidence and caused the criminal indictment of the responsible officials of zthe corporation
 From this time, until now The Courant has pursued Mfr. Judson by such it has at it's command to diDedt him. Without rhyme reason 1t has assaulted in most shameful way not apparently because he does duty but because in the pursuit of his duty he erfuI no less than against the poor and humble.
 Now The Courant extends it's wrath to Coroner Phela1 whomade the finding of criminal negligence ID the West port wreck, and who now is Investigating careful con scentiousy, deliberately and thoroughly, as he always does, the Stamford wreck.
 dicia he into the deaths of six persons it is duty to do. The highest officer 0f the New
 corporation to the lowest servant of the ration appearing before him. Coroner Pea has extended the unbiased attitude of the impartial investigator.
 Yet, says The Courant, anticipating; perhaps ind ing which has not yet been rendered:
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 of just judges
 tn outfof the position m which he
 There is a verbal expedient for you. First picture from newspaper then statement that the man to whom the statement is attributed is incorporate and ought to be dropped Then additional slap at the state attorney, has treated MT. Mellen he would treat any other accused person. Says The Courant
 strikes Courant that the railroad would justified in asking for other investigator, if a change is possible under the law
 What does The Courant about law2 Coroner Phe1an committed crime that law sanctify declined without evidence to back it, the claim t'The engineer is to bame He pries into the clusion of the E'yeow buding He refuses to accept the rules of paper raroadng and insists upon knowngl the. .precepts of practical railroading.
 Undoubtedly he is going to find criminal neg1igence against whenever criminal negligence should he There fore dsturer innovator and all the anarchs of rairoad putocracy and all the kept of that plutocracy cry, 'Away with him. ;.
 We suggest to The Courant, have to otherl organs of reaction that times have changed that the peo pie awake, that renewed of public duty fills the minds of public and that the public apologiss for the mighty will be wiser and do their clients vice, they bring to their utterances of the changing order.