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220 "Every human being has the desire to kill in his make-up. We see it even in children. To arouse it is dangerous. A lynching always leaves a community the worse for it. The good are embittered and hard- ened — the bad made worse. " It is a terrible thing to me to think that that beau- tiful girl had no protection — no one to assist her in her fight for life and honor. It seems as though it might be well for every one to carry a revolver nowa- days. " I do not see any particular significance in the fact that lynchings are occurring further North. The par- ticular danger of this fact is that it is reviving the old spirit. " I fear there is lynching spirit latent right here in New York. I heard Mr. Sage tell today of seeing a negro orphan asylum looted and a negro hung on the streets of New York during the race riots years ago." Girl's Father is a True Christian By Rev. Father AI. J. Lavelle, Rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral : — *' It was a detestable crime. " The father has my sympathy. He proved him- self a thorough Christian in trying to stay the mob. ^ " This lynching is a blot on our civilization that is to be regretted. Undoubtedly the law is slow — too slow in such cases — but we cannot expect the masses of the foreign element who flock to our shores to re- spect the laws if our own people take it in their hands. " I have no sympathy with this lynch-law, and the sooner it is crushed out forever, the better for our country." Only Americans Burn Their Victims By Judge J. W. Bookw^alter, of Ohio, who is at the Holland House : — " The Americans are the only peo- ple who BURN their victims. That is the point of