The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-09
THE FRANK CASE.
Does the State of Georgia De-
serve This Nationwide
Abuse +?
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murderers in the language they deserved.
Did Mr.. Adolph Ochs and his Times inter-
est themselves about Russian methods in this
State, when Dorm, Christie and Baker were
shot down in the streets Of Augusta?
No: Ochs and the Times were silent. Why!
Mr.. James r. Gray and his Journal were
silent Why?
Were the lives of those three Gentiles less
valuable than the life of one jew?
Was it because a Jewish officer, Abram
Levy, was one of the murderers Of those three
Gentiles?
Or, was it because the officers had been
called upon to protect the sacred power-house
OF Wall Street corporation, and were jack
asses enough not to put a Gordon of soldiers
around the house. instead of mentally clos
ing the streets and bridges to traffic?
Baker. DoriS and Christie were not accused
OF any crime: they had not been arrested:
they had not been pronounced "Guilty,'' by
twelve responsible citizens whose entire fit
ness to try the case had first been passed on By
the Jury Commissioners, then by official
examination IN open court, then By the Ia W
TERS OF THE DEFENSE WHO
ACCEPTED THEM.
No. Dorm, Baker and Christie died without
knowing why. They lost the Constitutional
guaranty of life, without knowing why. The
State through its military shed their inno-
cent blood without any legal cause whatso-
ever; and if the old Law of Moses still
breathes the breath of life, that innocent
blood crying heavenward, is yet to be
avenged.
But Mr.. Adolph Ochs and his Times did
not utter word of condemnation: the mere
fact that the property of Wall Street corpo-
ration was thought to require such an unu-
sually savage Russian butchery of men who
were In no way connected with the strike, and
who were absolutely in the peace of God and
the State-this was enough for the Wall
Street OK that knows his masters crib.
It was also enough for James r. Gray, and
his Journal
There is another Russian spot on our map
that has escaped the attention Of the vigilant
Ochs One of these is in the mining district
of West Virginia, where capitalists ran an
armored train through village in which the
worlmen lived. and fired Unfortunately
upon those workmen, wounding and killing.
In that district men were dubbed, bay
onetted, shot, imprisoned, tried before
Courts" that are unknown to our law, and
sentenced TO terms Of gears IN the penitentiaqY
the drum-head court-martial Selling a
power which Generals Grant, Sherman, Lee
and Johnston never dreamed of exercising.
The militia officers arrogated to themselves
the right to throw civilians into military tails.
subject them to military trial. denying them
attorneys and witnesses, and condemning them
to monstrous terms in the State penitentiary
Did Russia ever do anything as bad as
that?
1t certainly has never done anything worse.
because nothing worse could be done by any
government this side of hell
But did the Atlanta Journal and Mr.. Ochs'
Times makes any outcry over this? Not at
all. 1t. was the crime of the ravenous and
lawless capitalists; and, for such crimes,
neither the Tlaano nor the LoaLaaanz hn nrn1t