, 1870-12-07

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Atampk-Desnoralizn Of O1flce~
Boy-Fnxtu and Eais Fupsls
Youthful 1mttn1orh OF tho szock
dambleKs-Thc I. Fcncess Arrests.
tton the lNep PORK Tribune, Dee.h
Well, now, III down. and I'll tell You all
about it bnt, Lord bless you. you mustn't
what's the l1t'1e fellow there going to do with
the noto baoka Oh, you mustn'. put it down
| as eaJ it-that would never do; don't talk |
| gramma.ical enough. Pat up your book,
| suit yourselves Bat mind, tell
you, some 9, these, thlnes ypu
mustn't priat-11l keeP showing ysu
you must Keep in your own heads. You see,
Mr. r--, came to mo and said {but, Lord, you
muep't prlnt his nAme-Nd never do in tho
wo1ld): "Baupaon. wish you'd look after
beg of %,ns ,,s1as that keeps r. b. revenue
fellow, put down his name !, OF no, no don't
Put down an.body's name-l1l Iuss give ron
| the facts; that's sl1 people carp about rs.a-
ing. You see, Ed. and looked around =
Of boys stealing stamps, and selling EN- It
discount. I went to hi. c., m iron mercht6t,
md said Have you got boy here OF such
in age2 In charge OF etampa? And could
be ese.l'" Yes; he e.ld, be could but hope
be don't. for he's of such nice family, and
it would alu,ost kill then, il he were to 20
wrong. Wen, Isail, l never want to be hard
, on young fellow-take him out and talk to
bim-get him to confess, reform, and show
! who 1t IL receipea the stamps. For always
/ say, it's letter to convict one receiver than
1--WE thieves
Lord bless you. my boy, you've no idea Of
\ the Thousands Of dollars found involved In
!, this thing. It turned ont thst whole lot OF
I come to be known, the bottom would fall ont
8 from under the brokers, and none Of 'eu
a could tell where they stand. or whom TO trust.
q For, don't you see-nos. little one, yon eau
: put this down-sheFs, sh resay-dont you
Z stylish fellow, put on airs, and be said, Do
y boy, I'm 90 md 30" / said, " Oh, ny lsd, /
father Is 70 sa and So 20 md you tool day bsfoss
!. yesterday, Sl3 worth ot stamps; the -, Do,
fore thai, $40, and. yestefdsZ-, s15.r fhen
he burst ont cr*trs and was mighty so1rs
20 for ..am. But, says I, tell US Ill ab7nt it
He tried to biun me, though he ss5s;; No.
body eAw me take the stamps-' told " ..1o
With, End he'd better m.xe clean breast O
it. So I found out eow it was, The boy says
H. MIR. Sampson, l have taken stamps-1didn'
he think II WAS very wtcng: Whs, one day. righ
afta5 l came to wofk, saw Mr. -
MI the bead clerk, do what looked to ne Ek
1
he nefs would come In, and talk shout how mucl
l. they d made 1t cards II the club the night be
of fore-snd everybody Was 20 fast and careless
ng II thought tho way Wa 10 rasko rnouey Al
be got for billiards, and fruit and cie1ss-he "a
he a11 week. and sometimes xas Aho1t-ao ths
w. he took stamps to pay for his 1unehes- Th
,e- restaurant people would take EN- 1t one-hal
ic- discount, allowing Is cents for 50 oeu
u. stamp. Thash iast how t w1s We apotte
rs s25 worth day.
so Tet, il wss queer how John Schwartz, q
as Blaot, that's tho EuKliah Of il. got his money
h. Leroy S'schola hid aircha1Eed him year age
ii. parted ha hafr il tho middle, ard stood bae
rs On his dignity, llke thus, Folding hts aru
nd md Strengthening up.] yoa see, had works
N, around and got ! 1ot Of The boys On string
Dc, He'd hzvs ono teach another how to steal ii
soa ss%9'b blas Ind ha hs1s tss saas 70 Il ri sss b
ct Schwartz would hand him "a or e. Ii
cd, boy d say, 'Why. lool-a-hers, do You kno
lu- theree s45 oe ESQ North OF stamps therp
oss Then Schwartz would say, Shut up, d.
{ 4 some more stamps tomorrow, OF II go ar
csd | tell Jour eInp1ayaf about Tou. Dont you "
~ Tn an nticerf" And then bed pun out
,pe ehield that had mada to show the boy tha. I
u were Schwartz md George MAJ Keller,
on bsofar'a boy. Keller confessed he'd taks
~ seo0 wn91h Of stamps in tso or thr,
to months- We got 'esu lust Wednesday. 81
| b. eral Of the houses didn't uant their boys 4
SD rested. The boys werc relatives Of h1gh fap:
has lice, and they thought they could DO bett
sue than to punish the1n. Thought 20, too; to
haa don't sou rec. boys mind isa't Ike 4 mar
ling its more easily confused Abont right u
,th- wrong. And then.-now don't you put It
dis down, it wouldn't do 70 SAY IT. you know-t
toro fact ie, sone Of these houses don't set 81
his | good example TO theix boys-
,uc, Whist d.yo Think There is brokers' Off
! - where tbs other brokers bad otten seen bo
Hon | selling ttanpe, and they knd o stunned
nit They'd never seem their osn boys there,
u in they recognized other brokers' boys, and til
tho knew the stamps couldn't be honestly ool
ielA- By, 80 n to be sold 1t Is or 20 per cent
an count. and thas,s what the btoker wa pay
but tor them. Well, re found that this broke
rged own bov Was stealing from Tim the very stan
ltiYs which he WAS tnyipE In heavy discount fl
,sion tho boys fnend's outside!
Ar Got any Of tho reoeivers7 OF course
7oss have. Arrested three yesterday {skturdAy
ious the firm composed Of Theodore Czonmsl
~ Is Benjamin HoaSland. and Daniel 4 sween
hing Thus firm has been buying Btolsu stamps I
unit long time. They *erc arrested for buy
INIT revenue stamps 4 90 peT cent lsss shAn Il
COZ face wins, from John g. E1nsfe2ds, 70
they employed By Plume Tan Emburgh, Of
Not IS E1shsnse placc, md from whom he
saaor Would you Ike to $50 sosne Of the "xs
"a Qy | ~ blAAipos AeI" Z ION tnN Eo9 FH
,osed | Goes, m Office boy employed by Glandenni
a, Is Dunning Co. to buy for me Of Edward
u re- Del, who we arrested on Friday You see
\ the look soat oe1ampled: and there's some as
10 to INK marks left on EN-: but They're ct
Inv erLuEh to pass genesANy. Goes h2ia 0g
,fussl &Anttd to sell him some waAhed stamps.
Of gave him s1o to buy them with; !; and =
viii .hey stood in : crowd and O. sdea handed
no the stanps. md Goss gave him the mo
hare | and then ecrztehed hin oAr dike this} to q
,ori*y ne which was tho mRn. stepped In and G
did1l the AIRED, md 0Eden's tn jail now ANal
1oog, trsaI Ton -, the plan WA to lot tbs
70, In tahe Dc "vaehed" stanpa, and pat
" !t3 INTO tho bb1ee tn place ct tho good star
solaro and than Ia tb@ bury at 6oHineee. AOd q
ctsaa. ther ssea esocetIed sxsn. nooody'd notaot
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