The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-24
"llet Money


Mr.. Dana, of the New York Sun, Is
reported as having said that he had
tried TO make money respectfully long
enough, and now he was going to
make money. lie has evidently kept
his resolution, at what cost the public
can judge; but what strikes us rs ralh-
er singular in connection with this
subject of making money is the queer
way some men go about accomplish
ing their purpose. Once In while
they succeed, ~ in the case OF Mr..
DANA but oftener they fail, as Is Illus
trated by the cases at hand. a few
days ago n young man stopped ut the
Grand Hotel, in san francisco, re-
solved TO make money even at Ihe eX-
pense of dreadful crime. He sent
word to IN officer of one of the banks
saving that he was unwell, and unable
to leave his room, but that he was very
| DESTROYS Of turning three or four thou
sand dollars in bullion into cure 1cy,
and he wished the Office" TO wait upon
him, bringing the paper to elect
the exchange. The latter suspect
| ed that all was not right, but ac-
companied by his clerk and a police
man went 10 the hotel with the
money. The clerk entered the room,
and upon exhibiting the currency was
suddenly attacked by the young man
who, was determined to get money
In some way, and who endeavored to
cleave the clerks skull with Ratchet.
The attack was SO sudden that the
clerk was murdered before his cries
brought the assistance which was so
close at hand, but finally the wOuld-be
robber and murderer was secured aud
is now in prison awaiting trial. This
appears to have been his tirst crime,
and was caused by his resolution to
.'get money, honestlylf he could, but
get it.
Another case is still more painful.
A few days ago, Just Gs the steamship
Mosel was leaving Bremen-havan for
New York, II case of dynamite secret
ed in piece OF baggage exploded on
the. quay, scattering death and destruc-
ton among the passengers and Others
assembled there. 1t is estimated that
nearly If not quite two hundred peo-
pie were killed by the explosion.
| shortly after the calamity it was as
Certaineu that u man, u monster named
Thomassen, had deliberately secreteli
All Internal machine In the luggage
with the intention of destroying the
the ship, in order that he might
secure the insurance thereon. AS
soon rs this fact became known, Thorn
assen shot himself through the head,
He lived long enough to confess that
he had resorted to this utterly inhu-
man and fiendish means to retrieve
his fallen fortunes, and WAS willing to
send hundreds of innocent people
whirling into eternity in order to ''get
money"
TO this are men brought who finally
abandon all thoughts save the one OF
accumulating riches. And yet there is
hardly n wretch who has ever lived
and breathed the pure air of heaven
whose memory is not to be revered by
the side of this mockery of II man, who
has gone to his account by his own de-
pairing act. There never was more
debasing sentiment or a more danger
GUS principle than that which these
men have cherished and acted upon.
1t degrades humanity, debases all that
is honest, truthful, and noble in life,
and makes god out of that which,
when obtained by such means, proves
to be only n devil. If Mr.. Dana set
tied some years ago upon that priuci.
| pie as his governing motive, he should
he the last to refer TO iii II semi-bOast-
ful spirit now. There have been many
Isuspicions thatthis was the case, but
Ithe confession is yet too much to be
heard with complasency. - Inter
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