Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-03-10

alleged new evidence, or surprises,
can. be produced will prove abortlve.
The case of the little girl, who met
such a terrible fate, has enlisted ma
tionaI interest, and the Indignation
of all right thinking people through
out the country is naturally aroused.
The fact that an innocent female,
virtually child, should have been
made the victim of any human brute
and her life taken in attempts to-
obliterate the tracks of him who led
her astray is calling justly for sveng-.
eance. .A-s-.'.
There is an evident attempt on
the part of some newspapers: winch
are making the Frank case spec
ialty,. to import the ritual murder II
fusion into the United States and to
induce people to entertain the alb
surd notion that the fact that Frank
| is of the Semitic race is initiating
against him. Such an imposture Will
not do in the United States, where
equal rights and opportunities are
shown representatives of all nations
and creeds. There are no ghettoes
or Jew-baiting in America, and some
Of our best, most opulent and high
" esteemed citizens are representa-
tives of the chosen people OF 0ou'
Thew are Justly esteemed Wherever
thew have proven themselvs, as theS
GENERALLY do. TO be law-abiding citl-
zens. =,
Rnt sac.sd history shows there
were had men among them in the
| oIden times IS there are among ali
nations. and, although seldom. mem
hors Of the raue. VINO are disgrace
70 their brethren, are sometimes cal
led mon IL answer for their crimes
| We believe such is the case OF FRANK
| and the fact that he is son OF AD-
| raham has nothing to do with the
| matter. The motive, circumstances
and facts are decidedly against this
Young man, and that he is guilty as
.harged is the belief not only OF the
tribunal which brought him TO JUS
lice, but of people of his own klth
! and kin who are as much Mortified
at the crime as others. One Of the
passages in a dispatch from Atiad-
"a written in the interest OF the
murderer is as follows:
"a human life-the soul Of con-
| lemned and hated man-is about to
De submerged in great aoySnat
.hasm of pitiless hatred and bitter
| racial feeling. And this human be-
ing. a frail, God serving man Of ~
A collcgan, stands branded before
Inc world a murderer-curscd ana
scorned because he is the son OF the
sons of his forefathets. Leo VI.
Frank, sentenced by d great State
% suffer the death Of craven GRIM
| inal, calls. out from his acell to ems
| Iiehtened humanity, pleading tof
/ .harity and forbearance. Inc shau-
ow of the gallows is upon him. his
| life is to be snuffed out on April II,
! the thirtieth anniversary OF MS
birth"
| This suggests the well-known case
IF Eugene Aram. He was great
scholar. a recognized English gent
eman and mingled with TIE great
lis defense, one Of the mos lngeni'
ous ever written, was intended tt
make it appear that he was above
he commission Of Crime. lie muft.'
red Daniel Clark, all the same, ant
net his fate on the gallows. Pathos
well enough in its way, should no
wash blood from the HAMS OF
. murderer. Much more p2thos coui'
,e used in the case of the unlortu
nate little girl who was walking t
her death on the morning Sne lei
s INTO the hands Of a man who Shoul'
,,,,o Loo, hnr nrotectOr.