The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-16

We were always Of the impression
that people of Minnesota were too
human to perpetrate crime such as
shocked the United States "Wednesday
when the brutal murder Of a twelve
wear old girl in Minneapolis was dis
covered. The crime was not beastly
as there is not beast low enough 10
do such a thing. The most depraved
human being fianked by cloak OF
civilization and perhaps fortified with
an education of more or less intensity
is only capable of doing such an
abomnable act. The thrill OF manning
and killing was proably the motive
and a desire to emulate Hickman
probably the incentive.
The Minneapolis authorities are
aroused and prodigious rewards are
being offered for the apprehension Of
the guilty party or parties. The usual
trial should be waived and no plea Of
insanity considered for the culprit, Il
taken Far better were it for the
world IN general that such a monster
be removed forthwith to preclude all
possibility Of a REPETITION Of the deed
However the law viii necessarily take
its course with all the presentations
incident thereto such as a grand jury
session, Alienation specialists and other
fol-de-rols under the statutes IN such
cases made and provided with the
chances about even Of a conviction
or a whitewash-
Hickman, who performed stunt
similar to the Minnesota bad actor,
only more hendish in its scope tried
in every possible way to cheat the
hangman, but Of no avail Leopold
and Loeb got away with it IN Chicago
on account Of their family connections
and the bank account Of relatives-It
is supposed. The Minneapolis muir
derer is far better dead than alive and
humanity viii be served more eHec-
lively with a. funeral than a trial
Shoot first and try afterwards. There
is no chance of getting an innocent
man as anyone who might lit into the
description of such a fend will be
better in hades than on earth
While we are poking a jibe at the
law IN another place and making light
of its actions We nevertheless take OH
our hats to the courts in promptly
placing out of commission the young
men who last week held up the bank
at Elk River Two Of them have al
ready gone to Saltwater one is in the
hospital with an arm shot OF IN the
capture by State Patrolman Earl
Brown and the woman in the case will
also get hers.
Then we have that Professor in the
Columbus University veterinary de-
partment who got tired Of his girl
friend hit her on the head with a
hammer and afterwards cut her throat
just like a slaughter house killing.
His method Of performing the opera
ton severing the ties which bound him
to the Hix girl was one Of the main
causes of his apprehension This was
the approved style Of the veterinary
college IN dealing with the killings OF
animals to be put out Of misery. Mr..
Shook Will probably fry in the chair
as he has been found guilty by a
jury of murder in the first degree.
The jury was most unanimous as only
one ballot was required.
This hammer stuff is getting to be
a nuisance. Beginning with the whist
playing doll in the east who tapped
her husband into Kingdom Come with
a hammer comes the Shook hammer
artist. Now last week a dame con-
Quoting a summer resort near Duluth
was laid out with a hammer. As the
hammer has been proven very dan
gerous weapon it is now up to the
legislatures Of some states to start an
agitation for their adjustment just as
they did about fire arms, and like
fire arms, make the securing OF
hammer a felony. Those who use
them for purpose Of humping OF
some one on their way would be able
to get them while the law abiding citi-
zen would try to live up to the law and
be at the mercy Of the crook
We did not intend to get too deep
into this sordid stuff and viii close
here with the remark that the sob
artist is still with US and continually
slobbers his stuff over this, that and
other murderer, rapist and hardened
criminal under the biblical supposition
Of there being more rejoicing over
one lost sheep returning to the fold,
etc" This sounds good, but in our
opinion there is none Of the nk Ct
which we have written who returns
to the fold. In the first place he is
no sheep but fiend; secondly fend
is hend who was lost before he was
discovered; thirdly they are Of no
use on earth. Their place is out of
commission This class of should-be
corpses is not meant in those touching
little lines written by Edgar Guest in
which he says:
Because I'd sinned they cast me of,
A creature vile to scourge and scott
Repent ere it's too lateI" they cried
In photographic tones of pride
But this what they didn't know
I had repented long agoI
I knew my sin as well as they,
I'd grieved about night and day
With tears I'd tried to wash it out,
But, oh, they found it with a shout
And drove me OF, and as went
I heard them laundering: Repent"
Had hatred not have scourged me then
never should have sinned again
They might have saved me had they