The Nome nugget., 1934-09-04
lowe About:
igh Cost of Justice Tornen
 ress Censorship
! lssa Bell syndicsts.-wNu Service.
By ED HOWE

 lsom. When arrested the thief considerable of the marked ney on his person. At his trial a federal court the man who had n Kidnapped identified the de dant, as did several others who been present at the carrying of. 6 man who delivered the ransom ney swore it was received by the endant; focks of witnesses ore to the discriminating circum- nces against him.
 The defendant had lawyer fa- us for bullying witnesses, judges, les, in the interest of criminals, in this case the evidence was direct and unquestioned he cted to offer. no evidence what r in the interest of his client. let I am informed that when the y agreed on a verdict of guilty. people rang bells, and wept hys. cally, because God was still in ven; because justice was still sible, even in a court house. We're I the owner of a great lspaper should have prepared, printed, a reliable estimate of cost of justice in this case. Wit. ses were transported in air. nes, and special guards were oloyed to search the spectators the trial; spectators were re- red to have tickets, although at exhibitions admission is usu. free. The trial lasted weeks, tough 1t might have been com. ed in an afternoon, as the evi- ce against the defendant was simple and convincing that no ,er verdict than guilty was pos ct money was spent as reckless nd foolishly in the case as army ineers spend pork barrel money river improvement.
 
 have spent a good deal of time ing to people, and some of 1t been wasted; do not risk an mate of how much. More than
 of my conversation has been 2 l women who possess an attrae- I do not find in men. And never talked with divorced nan who did not say the great trouble with George was in- jealousy. Some of them have l old women; some of them un- active, foolish, but always they the trouble with George was insane Jealousy. Another thing ve noted in long association with len is that they are never long
 men that they do not at pt a little missionary work; to ngthen men in their gallan- and general liberality toward len.
 merican newspaper men are nly little restless because fear censorship as applied at ient in Russia, Italy, Germany. Scarcely a day passes I do not lunter another ponderous ed al concerning the blessing and ortance of a free press"
 wonder editors are so much med, since they have long been sored; I heard an editor of siderable prominence say lately censorship by readers is so t that no man can run an hon newspaper
 Texas editor was lately trav- 2 by railroad, and the conductor to him: "There are seventeen ng passengers on this train. thirty-three passes to railroad or their friends" The editor quoted the conductor as sug- ing (probably in spirit of lev ! that everybody ride free on railroads, as Is the rule in Rus where reform has made more .riments than we have yet he'd. Still, railroad men were lded, and the editor has twice bly apologized, without appeas- his railroad subscribers.
 bt only railroad subscribers or newspapers. So do union r men, policewomen, farmers. symen, baseball players, ath- !, artists, musicians, the unem- ed, brides whose wedding no. do not reach a full column age; even the humble Andrew dellon, whose fortune was late ritten up, dared write in that figures had been greatly exag- ted.
 
 tring the depression it seems to 1 am able to note that black ing suits are largely increasing lumber. And I wonder that Is permit seyen-tenths of them 3 filed and tried, and thus add lblic expense and injustice. An [ thing Americans must recog- before they can become reas-