Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-19
"Wee" Coyle-" Chef Executive. :

The people of the of Washington called upon last
week witness of the greatest ave justice enacted
when Wee Coyle chief executive in the absence of the gov
eor felt 1t his duty to override the verdict OF twelve rymen IN
the superior Pierce county the decision the whole
nine members of the state court and pardond Gustav Lind
berg charged and convicted of having obtained $4,000 from the
defunct hank of Tacoma Mr. Coye
his that the convicted had not benefited in the
action and that the deposors had lost nothing.
This not the first time that the lieutenant governor has
advantage OF his position and exercised the right of pardon In each
the had refused act the
state the midget executive has feared WELD the pen the
executive mency Wee stature Wee by sobrquet
and more wee mental capacity this political accident has done
convince the people of the that there measures
of for the and the other for the
and influence He has done with the single stroke of his pen
husband the of the K Kux Khan than thousand organic
es could do in He has titled the ground well bring forth
plants of hate and disregard OF law from seed sowed by the W.
and other red organizations its M disguised sob
and thinker to the point of breaking.
Notwithstanding the protests from the office prosecuting
attorney OF Pierce county the pardon granted In the face the
scathng denuncaton from the state of banking
endeayored strengthen the banking banks
safer for depoto this young squirt has the eroney bull
the matter through with the that by Mr.
Lndbergs acts One of Lndbergs served the
with Mr. Coye and this has been ascrbed mpeg
motives That charitable view of the There
who darkly hint other thgshgs that compatible with
the practice of honesty and uprghousnes The
hopes that these suspicious unfounded
Ii in the view of Mr. Coye Lndbergs attempts gain by the
Lndbrg pardoned that ground the acting governor
have stopped with the pardon The penentiary
who attempted commit murder but rustraed
who staged highway robbery but unsuccessu
stole automobiles but failed to gain by making their with
and OF who deferred attempts satisfy their
Why not Mr. Coye free this horde of criminals along with
wrecker Lndberg? Why iberate Ole there
need of advancing these nerogatons Why abolish peace
officers close the court and the doors of the a
penntares Law when placed in the
Coyle is farce and deusion.
W. Coyle flashed public short years ago as a
wonderful athlete valiant officer the late young
of great promise He elevated the place
the state government by the He as
most timber succeed the
Success has turned his ued PERCEPTION has
listened pleas of those of influence upon the
vice of those vitality interested particular
and he has opened the of the times
judgment would decreed otherwise He may gained
other but he has lost something that he
II he lives hundred yeathe respect and the confidence
people of the state of Washington Monk his of Richard
Bentley said ut is maxim with that ever writ
ten out of reputation but by himself Coy reslon
sbe for his reputation stands today He has squandered
ess OF the wealth Of popularity and of power opportunity
placed within his hands, He will retire his high office in the
next few months dscreded in the eyes his constituents
Gustav Lndberg gains nothing He is just guilty though
he spent the remainder of his days in prison.
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