Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-28
woBB11Es AND THEIR SENTENCE.

Thirty five of the Il ]. y. WIS ordered to begin serving
their sentences al Leavenworth bave arrived at the peni'
Tertiary and have been set at work at the rock pile.
Among those who have not yet reported is William D.
Haywood. concerning whose whereabouts there seems to
be some doubt, but Who is reported to be in Russia serv-
ing as head Of the publicity department OF Messrs. Lehin
and Trotzky. SOME of those who know Mr.. Haywood
Will say they are confident that he will return and begin
serving his sentence as soon as he sets His European az
fairs arranged and finds it perfectly Convenient to do 50.
OF course nothing so insignificant as a mere penitentiary
sentence must be permitted to interfere With tbs cause, :"
and there are those who believe that in the interest Of
the larger good Mr.. Haywood will feel it to b. his duty
to remain away from the United States Indefinitely, II not
longer.
A man who has been arrested. charged With the
com mission Of a crime. and who is yet untried. or who
has been convicted and appeals to a higher court, may
be released on bail. but he N at all times IN the custody
Of the court and subject to its orders. There is a eonsi.
tutional guarantee that unreasonable bail shall not be
ezacted, but that provision carries with it the require
ment that there shall be RESPONSIVENESS in all matters
relating to bail. The prisoner need not be released at all
if there is reasonable prospect that his application for
bail is merely for the purpose Of escaping from the juris-
diction Of the court. And after bail has been granted the
prisoner may be recalled and again placed in custody II
there is a reasonable presumption that he intends to
escape.
Haywood and his fellows were convicted Of crime e.
involving utter contempt for the authority of the Amer
lean government. They belong to an organization which
refuses to recognize the sanctity Of any obligation as be-
tween the government and citizen or as between man and
man. A pledge made by such men is obviously not worth
the paper on which it is written or the breath required to
utter it. It vas = foresohe conclusion that they would
forfeit their bail and disappear if they thought It to their
advantage to do 20. That may not have been a sufficient
reason for refusing them BAIL, but it was a conclusive
reason why, II they were liberated. they should be kept
under close observation. That they were not 10 kept
is evident Ia that the officers Of the law profess complete
ignorance Of the whereabouts Of Haywood. This leader
of the whole malignant Organization wa turned iodAe
without ceremony. to be forgotten. 10 tar a. any official
attention to hib case 10 e6Anern6d.
The first busneas Of the officers eAAettd vain the
enforcement Of the iA~s y u rs thAi criminals ere A..
rested The second. and Equally important, u to seA that
they DO not escape while their Cases are under eonader-
alton. The circumstances II the naAe are such that It wa6
the duty Of some responsible officer to know where Hay.
weod was every day and 4vAry nixht. Instead, ne has
bs>n Allowed to take French leave, and Ne will remain
away until it pleass MIN to return, while, men ~bo are
lsn dangerous than be. b1oAubA les int1lieAht, are
betaltinE rocks.