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Tjhc fftroathitt 9/civsJ. WI5E HAfllNS, HdltorFriday. May I-*, 11*05PROFESSIONAL CARDM.J. WISE IIAGINS attorney-at-law,Offiet uvei Puit-OIHc«.JAflltOl,K KKTl'CK YAll butlneftft intrusted to liiiu uiil itceife prompt anti careful attention. •L. C. ROARKiLAWYER,JAUKSOR, K KNTUOKY.W«11 practice in Breathitt and Mag *fth Onuntiet.tlt;h 1 liecatiM* a “gang here haves felt lo he immune from punish-'ment in the courts, no matterwhat they did. because they con *trolled the courts and selected its juries, **oino of whom would dowhat they were told. It is difft-lt;*iiIt for any one not accustomedto such conditions to conceive of a court leing a protect ion to outlaws rather than honest citizens.We have refrained from saying | many things that we should have said long ago partly for onereason and partly from others, i We, as well as many of the honestcitizens of this county had a rip*lit to expect more from our present Circuit court than we are getting,'btit we have not yet entirely lost all hope and he has yet plenty of time to restore order and confidence in our county.Our forests and our cdM minesJif» W Fl RES OKA li PattonFIKKNOH A PATTONI.AWVK ua.LJACKSON, - KENTUCKY, \ANNOUNCEMENTS.FOR ASSKSHOKWe are authorised to announceJOHN I, si BONOat a CAiididnre foi Abettor of Breathitt county, subject to the action of the IU» publican parlf.FOR SHERIFF.eifthfieidtbSitlIneiH.kMPiSi W Wa iIra maita to inI am a omulilt;f*»n* for Sheriff of Breathitt County at the coming November eit mon.Brrck CrawfordCope Hi aticli. K y.FOK J \ 11.Kllt;We are authorized fo announceI.K'YlS IiBOSSof FlkHtaara, aft n candidate for the office of .lai(or of Breat-tifIt county. *mb-)*-ct to the action of the He publican party.THE IIAIHilS ( ASF•I udge Parker surprised the whole country on last Thursdayare practical l.v inexhaustible, our coal having taken a premium hi every place it has ever been exldh- J ited, but it is practically valueless]to us as long us the reign of terror.■which has been on here for the pa^t five years, continues, 'Capitalists hold up their hands in holy horror when you offer them property in Ureal liitt county, saying, we don’t want to invest our money where we can not have protection to life and property.Again, we say as we have at ways said, that a very large majority of our people are pood citi scens and in favor of the enforcement of the law.We could count the numbei of men re* poiisible for our reigu of terror on the fingers of one hand. Behold, how great a conflagration a little spark sometimes kindleth* ^One outlaw can disturb a large eoiigregati«*n of people at church.AM*KMHIWriMIIinItMSi;when lie refusal to instruct ll.e IThe Courier Journal makes the following editorial comment on the mistrial of Jim Harris at Lex ington: ijfSp*’lt is greatly to l*e regretted,ofni('iItK.P.IIjury to find against .lames llargifor Inking an accessory before theJacf in t In * assassination of James^vkrill. Nobody has ever claimedit! firwd the fatal shot, but itcase, af'er all tin* . tnr**» u«Wior and expense in bringing it to an issue, was not permitted to go to the jury on its merits, for a division on the evidence adduced.“As it was, the surprisingcltarge of Judire Parker rff**——Usul'sl, ad\ ised * ground from beneath the fe»^T?f I those who did. prosecution, forbidding, as itdid, the jury to pass upon the v cryWoffoIVion of the proseetiseeing that they proved he-• yond a reasonable doubt the truth |olfenre f(„. which tlic defendant of4)4 their allegations, but when the|uas ||l(ugrht to I»e arraigned and NHdftOce was all in they ere | U|M)n which most of tlie evidence.dumbfounded when they found tlait the JmIge practically instruct; ed them out of court.introduced hore. After this nstnn idling turn of the case there were few who did not look for an aciniluteptfiic awl mountains of Kentucky, j i|uittal, and a hung jury was theand especially the good citizens of j |M,sl ,|ia( UHS |lo|H,,| for t)loSt. w|lo '*Breathitt eount.\, have heen look ing to .fudge Parker for deliverbelieved the guilt of the accused had been proved. That there weretlolance from t!ie oppression that has j two jurors who refused to agree toieen orer them since 181M*, wliei) • ^|lt» Hi'«|uittal of tlic* prisoner uponSenator Goebel promised in a pub-: Any slleb j^i s|lllln as (}lis j, t.m|minlie speech here in front of the I iuable to their intelligence and to|cl court house that certain people J tlieir manhood.eihere could have whatever they% •If Hargis .had l»een turned |Q wanted, which promises it seeing j |lt;a^ under the charge of JudgeMltous his aucit»ss4»r has tried toi |»rtr^or a man would have Iwencarry out to the letter.turned loose who, us no one willI he great tna joi itv ot the |M*opllt;* deny, had lieen placed on trial for (f Hieathitt county are law* ahid-t rt heinous crime and vet who wasing citizens, who are in favor ^ safeguarded by lie* conil againstequal justice to all and exclusive ca,kVj,.|ion 0f his crime. Jinlgtprivileges to none. If^Jim Hargis pgrker's construction of the law(is guilty they want him punished,but if innocent, they want him ac(juitted.The people here have lieeomein this instance may or may not la* correct. The ( ourier Journal does not offer even a lay opinionon that |Miint; nor does it questionfiaccustomed to»|irustit«tion of tl.e |lis p4l|.(lt;l^ ,|() |,i duly hs lieHfrSi►conceived it.courts but they were not preparedfor a like result in the Blue Grass jju.u^ parker lu.MIt seems that the• %a ■But if the law is avs, then it is l»J (contemptible law, ju t the sort ofgang aH law, indeial, that is responsibleL#exington who are said lo b* j,,, (he lack of respect for the law .1*jruiliy of election -tculiny, and ’ is so unicli to lie deplored;!«'o.t of the other crimes that om ]ust the sort of law which, as long j Igang is accused of, except assas -illation, have joined in to acijuitv ur “gang/* regardless of the evidence or law in the cases.It is unfortunate for the State of Kentucky, as well as for the Democratic party, that a part of the State administration, as well as many county administrations, seem to Ik- in the hands of a gang of small politicians who would prostitute the law and every sensea ias it is law, will provoke yie im- 1,1 patient and indignant lawlessness! of the mob.“It is a very plain proposition j ai that this lt;as.* should he tried and p settled, one wav or the other, on (| its merits. If, as Judge Parker lt;}has ruled, it cannot he so tried mi- |) der the existing indictment, then J 11 another and proper indictment should le found. It would la* only adding to the preposterousness ofrInf common . cccncy to accom-|t||0 sltuHlioI| u, |)i(y,„ with t|.e W plish their ignoble personal end*.We bave suffered much. Wehave had three of our leading citizens assassinated liere in I lie tow n ^, of Jackson in the past three year**gal quibblers who are buzzing that Hargis, who, under .fudge Parker'saction, has not U»en tried at allfor the crime with which he H real IV accused, cannot be tried onwithout .lt;*»«* an.l without provo- ,nkpe|.|v (.|)Kr|;cation, only to g* them out of the ing Wm wilh ,,1U(crime.• •way, and, notwithstanding two of them were committed in the moat public manner in broad daylight.JInIIailn!iwFftHung Jury in Jim Hargis ( use. siThe jury iu the case vs. Jim the real perpetrator* of the crimes Hargis failed to agree, ten lieingyet go unpunished. There have \ for acquittal and two for convic-lieen many other murders commit lion.Hargis was allowed bail in (iPted in this county during the same | the sum of i25,uo0, which he gave period. The** have been commit- and returned home Monday.C
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Jackson Breathitt County News
Jackson, Kentucky, US
Fri, May 12, 1905
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