, 1870-02-01

dy Andy" who, for SOHO ti1ne past, has .
made living out OF this community by 9
plunderiug It, yesterday received tho !
righteous sentence OF ten years. impsison- /
msnt at Joliet. Judge MeAuistsr does not
seam to bare been infected With thai unsud
Lin sympathy with which certain class Of I
weak-1ninded and another class Of evil
disposed parsons are af1lcsed, aud evidently
failed to Eos hny romantic coioring ahous
this young deepcrado's nefs.ioua businoss.
It will DO relief to all good citizens,
Who love peaoe md osdtz,; who
indulge in the belief that THAR
property is their Owl, and who wish to en-
jog it upnolested, to know thst for ten
yeass at least they arc safe from this nAns
depsedations, both in goods aud life, unless
Executive grace shall sci him ot liberty
again. |
Willis rejoicing at his Incarceration, there
is one feature Of his trial which presents an
aspect 1t once sad and disgzaoefal, and that
is, tho attempt to glordy him and to elevate
| bis punishment into sort Of naArtyzdom.
courtroom to the jail = crowd fo'-
lowed him, cheering him and other
wise giving expression to their admi
ration and sympathy. The composition
Of such crowd is Sezy obvious There
were bat two clnsses in it: ths one, bis
comrades and associates In crime, who only
lack the opportunity to put themselves in
! his place, and will sooner or lstar undergo
) the same experience the otber, Of boys
! I'LL hnh ~ 1yfa An1
pAthies havs taught them to gfoss over
crime where the criminal exhibits any do
gree Of andacity and reckleesnsss, and to
mike him tho victim Of society instead Of
its enemy. "Handy Andy" Is young man.
Who, a4 the ea1Iy age Of Il, haa run alnost
The entire gamut Of crime he il vacons,
depsayed, and vulgar in his habits. He has
| never earned an honest living. but has sab
a.sted upon what be could steal from the
community, His exhibitions Of courage
: have always been made vhsu there vaa no
! Danger of harm to himself. BE only differs
) from his companions in crime In the possss-
= sion Of q certain amount Of impudent
: brayado and low cunning enough 10 i'm.
r prove tho opportunities Of nosoristy. His
3 mode Of life haa been precisely that Of the
o most brutal AMI, besotted thieves in tha city
= BE has been no more courageous than they
y He has exhibited no more regard for life o.
z property than they. In all that has beel
+; sstd Of him, We have get 10 1esti
10 Of q single deed Of generositJ,
20 sipgle spark Of nobility, single hin
10 Of that honor which ia proverbial.y said t
n obtain among thieves. II he posssase
moro intelligence than his companions
IT. then be is more criminal than they, an
ID rnors dangerous to the community in whic
h he lives. II he has moro iutellfgencs, ther
he is no zeason why be ahoald not employ
BIT in gaining an honest livelihood instead {
~ deyoting it to dishonest purposes. Ho hl
u. been in overy respect a curse to this con
ys n,uuity-aa much SO as the most bcetl'
b. broved br,te-and that he is more intell
it gent or goodlooking only tells against hi
be in the matter Of his responsibility
j. society and the law.
,sf Tbs unseemly exhibition which the crop
b. made yesterday unmistakably beapeaks
nd aninus and character. The nntidote
Iay this glu1ifcation Of criminals lies in Il
lge hands Of our petit juries. The ono viii
1ty has Just closed its labors IN tha Rocorde
ate Court did it's work uanful1y and We
hey There are no greater towards than thie7
; be and bu18lnss, and a few sueh sentences
10 we're passed yesterday will make this cl
rop- Of rufaanH very careiul how they incur ey
ged The administration ind sympathy Of
90 crowd. The shouts and p1aodita OF
the sily loafers and evil-disposed ruff
/ Of who always thrung about 90,
The rooms are only momentary, and will ha1
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