Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-03-22

The Eiie Ring is indeed il sick trance, "a
TOO feeble to recover, think. The Stokes o.
the English AMI American yeomsnry have en-
tered the field, and the hAryest is no more FOL
Could & Co
To say that people are excited over it ia rC
kind Of an expression to use They are filed with
Amazsment and wild joy. 1t had been proved iC
them that Mayor and three other thieves can
not .tea! the whole city, pocket churches anl
,-ov away streets IN their vest pockets without
some one ending cut about it, but II WAS sui
supp5,si to be settlei fact ihAt three smsr'
men might steal railroad, and be able to lock-
/ ct il flr ages, by the aid Of a few slop-made
Judges, in spite Of the combined Efforts OF the
osners This move Of Sickles, Dix and Sherman
has shown that thief is thief, whether be
,te.ls a city or railroad Now if they only g
a little further aud establish the broad truth
thst he who steals millions is as mean as he who
.tesls loaf Of bread, they villdo much 70 restore
= healthy tone to public feeling.
Jsy Gould no longer holds control Of the Erie
+ Treasury, and the books are being looked into.
Mark nv words. it will be found thAt the Erie
road lie bankrupt,-that out Of the So5,OO0'UOo
Of ,oss, or the proceeds Of the sAle thereof not
$4,000 600 is left;-that taking the floating
iett AMI the bonded debt, into sccount, the Pre-
perty ofthe company is not worth enough to
r.v Cd lie debts At the rate Of twenty eents On
the dollar.
Til, road, with all its property, is worth pro
baby s50,o00,O0O Jay Gould Co. haze
stolen. it Is supposed, a; least $4,000 900
They have a5oiei the country with 7er 6ond'.
They have p-cketel the proceeds Of the fAle Of
these bonds in large amounts and also the earn
ipr.of the road. So that although the road s
now out Of the hand. Of the thieves, yet it comes
b.ck = mere skeleton, loaded with debt IN bad
repair. sni with stock 50 iraierei, that there
i. hardly taste Of the original left.
And all these millions gone for what 10
show what fool was the man who fret liughed
Al the idea Of q man stealing 8 saw mill 1t Is
high time people understood that A naturally
constituted thief can steal anything on the face
Of the earth or under the earth. The next time
[ hear any jokes shout uin q" f'eAliog an ele-
plant and carrying it of in hi, fob 80 shall
in the interest Of public morals Immediately pro-
ceel to chastise the unreasctiug joker, that is II
bei.tm,ller than I. For after looking into the
tbieyinr Of officials and men high in places Of
trust and honor here, an convinced that nc
thing lie impossible in that science.
Down in Wall street the impression ia that
yerv little good will come Of the change in L'ie
management; perhaps not, financially, because
the skeleton alone rem.ins, but aSs great moral
triumph. it is regular tonic, and has strength
ened the hands Of the reformert, 50 that the
good work will 60 on until it will begin to be as
hard to steal millions as it is to ,tesl loave' Of
bread.
Tue POOR THIEF AND TIE Rich oSEs-
Whenever l come to New York l always 60
t, the Essex Market Police Court to hear Juf-
,ice Cox dispense hi, gruel-like justice
Yesterday saw . poor, pale child Of thirteen
sent up for three months for stealing some
bread AMI meat. The child looked hungry snd
cold, but was a thief and mus, be punished
Not soul in New York but believes Jay Gould
hss stolen millions Of the money Of the Ere
Railroad Company, and yet venture to say he
will not be prosecuted or even be looked upon
with any peculiar feeling Of losthirg. Inc
apathy felt towards these gigantic swindle' and
thefts speaks badly for our public mind tod
grant that now the three great swindles oil the
.ge-the Tsmmany Ring, the Erie Ring and the
Judicial Ring have been smashed, a higher
tone Of morals msy prevail. And since events
are showing 20 forcibly that though for time
the gigantic thief may successfully carry mil
lions away on his shoulders. yet sooner or later
be is sure to be thrown down and crushed oy
the falling ruins of his structure Of fraud, II is
10 be hoped that the truth will impress those
who are % anxious to get rich amy how, thst
it is not always happy thing to be able to 'tesl
,,iIl;ooo Yours TRAxUs.