The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-02-12
How One Mans Carelessness Sent An
other 10 Ruin and 10 Prison.


From the Auburn Morning News.l
A year & more ago, q young man OF TINS
CITY visited New York, and in the course Of
his sightseeing with a friend. called at one
of the theatres. Each left IN overcoat IN
the cloak room, taking checks therefor. =
The Auburnian Intended to leave for home
that night, and could not therefore remain
until the conclusion Of the performance,
and left the theatre in considerable haste;
but on putting his hand into his pocketfor
the check for his coat, could not find it
He requested the man in charge of the
cloak room 10 give him his coat, which he
pointed out TO him, without the check.
This the man refused to do. Time was
precious; the time for the departure of the
train had nearly arrived; so, stepping
into the room, lac took hold OF
his coat, aud partly by force and per-
s%uasion, prevailed upon the man TO re-
lease the coat. Throwing the garment over
his arm be. fastened to the depot, and sue
| ceeded in jumping on the train as IL was
moving out of the station. He was a good
deal "a rprised TO see, however, upon plac.
ing his overcoat on the back of seat, that
it was not his own, but a much better and
more expensive one, although similar in
color. There was now no way by which
the mistake could be rectifed until he ar
rived home, and 30 Diminishing the subject
from his mind as n trifle Of no moment
save 20 the owner of the coat, he went TO
sleep aud dreamed of the expected Iise IN
Merchants Union Express stock, aud a
golden future Of ease and enjoyment as.the
result of his visit to the metropolis. Ar
rived home, his first duty was to telegraph
TO the manager OF the theatre, and to en-
close in a letter the missing check which he
had subsequently found But neither tele
graph nor letter was answered, and 80 the
matter was again Dismissed FROM his mind
as of no consequence, and only alluded to
occasionally when complimented by his
good taste aud Judgment in the selection OF
an o%vercoat. But now we com TO the re-
suit OF his trihe, which car be stated in the
following words: The owner of this over
cont refused TO be comforted by the cloak
room attendant, but appealed to the mara
ger OF the theatre, who could do no less, he
thought, than discharge his unfortunate
employee. Thus discharged in the winter,
he sought long aud faithfully tor employ
ment, but could not find a.; his money
gone; turned from his b~oarding-housei
starvation fairly staring him In
tho face; dissolute companions at
last prevailed upon him to be-
come q member o ftheir gang, and he was
soon arrested and sentenced to Sing Sing
prison for a term of years-to DO afterwards,
with q party Of fellow convicts, transferred
to the prison at this place. And all this
mans disgrace, suffering and moral death
was the result of q triileth hasnot caused
its author the loss OF a moments sleep oI
the variation Of Il single teat Of his calm
and healthy pulse. Had he known what
was to have been tho result Of that nights
haste and carelessness he would have viii
lngly made a pilgrimage from here to New
York, to have saved that poor fellow from
the trouble his carelessness produced Now
he can only regret his hasty act, when be
shall learn, for the first time. that his trihe
was auother's ruin.