, 1873-03-17
I'M; fcllowts, Lalr drunk. They wnut to swoar to
II hail hpud.
How mich 7" nakn Tho clerk.
~ thousand dollars," IL tho donant response.

"a "h" thGssns ao!|'H" +! is tho o"nt RESPONSE
Mo a,la thl4 gentleman nays, Tho spoltos.
ailmringly, ,Witl, his Int clicked on ono oyo, aud
hia lJody resting heavily ngaialat tl4o Ruling.
"Thls Eontlenau draws hisnBolf up lnughti-
". and III about I'd speak, but doesn't. and com.
ironecs m eloquent gesture, which collapaoa
suddenly, ns tho Clcril asks him:
| "WAnt nro you wnrll ?"
"Ihia gont!exnan" Is worth anything, from
sSu00 to $1,000 and :" mo" nbout M much.
Well, then, tnl,o llo out Hold up Your TIGHT
hnhd:, Yousolcmnlya rbthovcrlivhd dotltl,at
thatali ,lueytfonspntyo--s --sliallb'wcllandtr'tly-
aWore TO- + II
"l'yo got some lotB on Now Jerusalem alroot,
and Bono. outniao tho lln1iis," payp ono or tho
other ioubtfully ut irnt, and tlon with brazon
,"Worll, how much2'
=. "Iltoso oda on New Jorasalem street will fotch
Nl,oqo; and those outsila arc wortll-well,
til9y,To going up How much do you think. BILL 2"
Bill thinks thoy 1nay sell for $40, 600, or maybe
TOR lesa. Probably little lcss.
".'Any other property"
| tnvoAtnonta."
"Thatl do; and you, Mr.. .--."
And thon they sign tho bond, and out of jul
comoa Jncs do1ightly, tho celebrated cracksnaan,
w.:?m two dotoctiyes mud four Bpcoially-detailed
policemen 1atoly captured, after three 1ightsani
| days incessant Watching, III all sorts Of dis
guiaes.
Tho next stop llas boon foreacon by tho intel
lecsual rcatcr. Tho probability is tint the suro-
ties 49 aworo falsely, anti novor had any LOTS ur
othor property, except Btoh ns tt,oy carried on
thelr person or occasionally Hto1o. But their
property could not bo .nttaclled If thoy owned
any, Tor the Clerk made no minute Of 1t, and, tho
sheriff not possesBing diyning rod, caanot dis
cover ita oxiatonco by intuition.
tat we Il WI @ th9t they had property and
f1 MI ~
noighbor. The sale cannot 10 i,npeached 30
tho thief oscapcs.
TIE EXPERIENCE OF AN OFFICIAL.
commenting on these facts All experienced
criminal official remarked to Tho roportor that
almoRt any thief can walk out Of jul in Chica-
go whenever ho pleases !" that by fur the
greatest number OF criminnls incarcerated in tho
tGothty tnt y 1ail and let ont on bail nevcr turn up;
i've in each h1nllrcd nro convicted prlnciualfy
through tho bail-buyinoss.
!. ",suppose you havo ? friend In Jail whom you
candid Official; "yon don't want him to nplsar
IN court, and you giyo bull with the fair, squaro,
honcst Intention Of forfoltiug It when the time
comes. con But whom no gets out, yo11 hnyo 2
nnaioG na to go that PROPERTY and you do 30 stu
bnil. And lie lcayos the country. You aro
called upon to produce his body, or your prop
erty will BIZ lowed on. You don't produce tie
bboay and they carrot oy or your property
you ana TINT OUT your viows will LAve changed
some" and ho winlcd mpously, "and as your
friend Is eate nway, yon turn on your hoo1 md
to1l them to @ @eyy a%ay and 10 burned to them"
ara not made out Of professional bailsmen.
SUMMING up.
It Is evident that such atnto OF things can
not not 10 q allowed M to o1iBt It is direct brbo to
mon to 60 bail without tho fear before thor ovca
of osor being called upon to pay up.
No charges Of personal corri1ntion nre boro
made against tho officers. It III too much the
iashion Of tho public ia Baddle all I|,ijs NJ
fraudulent charges upon innocent poo,,lo. whon
a new grievance ia discovered Tint t,oro - |
corruption and connivauco in this baiI tusir,oea
s certain but tho writer is not sure that he hns
his finger on tho right parties vet, Whom hn |
has. tho public shnll hear Of it, MoanwhiIe lat |
us unite i'll swearing nt tho law Yot lct M nnt |
too much rovilo eyen tho law; for il ia MI evil
thing to bring tho lar into contempt, IA tho |
journal is probably awnro.
For tho present, 1t may suffice for Temporary
purposes to show hIr. Bradley, My, Reed. the
Justices OF the poace, md tic emiuently ro-
spectacle gentlomon who sit III turns on thn ]
Criminal Bonoh, that VIC know all about II M
we'll rs they do and that wo propose to look after
lAo tialanco Of these forfeited racogni2auceB md
10 givo tho doar, patient, long-su1reriug public
Fllst ono little peop into another Of those oyis
hat llo smonidering md rotting around uy.
1T tile render cannot lind o,lt for himself wlmre
sro both evil aud euro in this mattor, from tho
Facts and suggestions aboyo printed, columns of
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