Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-04-03

All this time, while society, the clubs and
the great legal profession are diligently en-
Moved in screening the good fellows from
the consequences of their crimes, what OF the
moor neople whose property has gone where
the uoodbine twineth ?" The false trustee is
protected by every agency of social and protes-
s;onal friendship. The widow and orphan
| whose estate he has squandercd may go beg.
! Now we protest that the law which sends the
ham stealer TO Sing Sing aud has 40 terror for
the false trustee, and that large Class OF pro-
fessionai scamps, generally, WHO look to society
and friendship to protect them. Is entirely un-
suited to civilized. law abiding community.
We must make breach OF trust crime. We
must punish il severely. We must accept no
apology like what We frequently hear. There
trustee We must 20 into this whole bust
ness of trusts with two purposes-frst, to so
arrange our laws that any breach of trust,
where il affects the management of the estates
of widows and children, snail be felony, to be
punished as we punish forgery; and second, to
deal with the offender against this law in per-
sopaI and social life, a. criminal OF the most
despicabIe grade, rohber oil the helpless, the
orphan and The poor.
The telegraph announces that Abraham
Jackson, of Boston, has been sentenced to ten
wears 10 prison. Badly informed people may
lump at the conclusion that Abraham jackson
is probably poor wretch who has stolen ban
and is now the victim of indignant justice. But
it is all wrong. Abraham Jackson was law
yer, and now he goes TO the State Prison. 1t
seems that Abraham Jackson turned out TO DC
false trustee. He took the money OF his
clients and invested it so badly that the
clients never saw it again. What is more to
=. - ifahl
view OF what Abraham Jackson did. And yet,
after all, we thiuk the place for Abraham Jack
son is 10 Jail, for the uffeuee of which he was
convicted has become SO common these latter
years that the time has come tor severe pun
ishment. The lawyer VINO proves false TO bis
trust, and in doing so brings misery and power
ty to trusting clients By squanderlng the money
lett to his care, commits despicablc crime.
He is q rubber of the poor IA plundcrer OF the
widow and the orphau. 1t is a crime for which
there can b. 10 excuse. We may say that bad
investments are made through errors Of ludg-
meut. Very true fla lawyer takes his owu
money aud so "crrs III Judgment AS to invest
il badly, it is his own risk. Ii he loses the
money ii is his own matter wholly, and % one
will uuarrel with him. But when II comes to
investing the property OF wards aud clients 10
the hope that the trustee may have some per.
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there canout be too severe a uuulsl ment.
CURIOUS STORY Our Baltimore correspond
ent sends the following Among the studeGts OF
the Baltimore Dental Collcgt during tho SEES,
sion Just closet, was tall and rather good
looking young man, giving lis name as w D.
TbrailkilI, of Fr.rkin, H. HIS SuliOu-ncss
AMI respectful depJrtm.u! won Tor hlm The es-
TEEN OF his classmates, and he was looked on
by the faculty as j gentleman OF some ability
and OF promise Toward the close of the ses
sion he mAio known privately his want OF
money aud the Dean Of the College, with u
liberaIity showing MS confidence IL him, allow
ed him to gradual owing considerable SUN
for tuition fees. Some days after this MIR.
Though now De- l., LETT Baltimore for his
houc in Kentucky, and it was supposed by
his acauaiutances 10 thar city that he had ar
rived there safely. But 10 the course Of some
ten or twelve days letter was received by the
Dean above meDtioued from f,rmer partner
. OF Thraikilrs, stating that a letter hai been
received BY some Que i'll Franklin, KY, which
: letter contained the startling Information that
Dr. Thraikiil, in passing from one car to an
other, at or near Charlottesville, Va, had fal-
len between the cars and was crushed to death,
serviying but few minutes, IN which time lie
dictated letter 10 fellow student and travel.
Ter, addressed to his atfunced, who resided 10
the town 10 Kentucky from which h. hailed,
bidding her farewell, telling her uot t. grleve,
g., and requesting that his body be buried at
Charlottesville This letter, duly received,
was read by the young lady, who forthwith tell
uto such dangerous spasms as to necessltate
the presence Of q physician, and for time II
was feared that her lite was 10 danger. 4 very
neat and appropriate obituary Dotcc OF the
doctors uptimely death was published IN the
local paper of his town, and bu; Tor sotue per
sons there to whom 1t appears he was lndebt-
ed, doubtless be would have sIumDrrcd quietly
10 his grave at Charlottesville. His former
partner however, to whom he owed some lit
tie money, took upon himself TO write to Baltl
more the alleged facts IN The case, giving dates,
&c, and stating that if the story vas true he
wished to make some effort to retain Thtall-
kills baggage, as he had me OF his (thc part
ner's) instruments. Unfortunately the date
given as that OF the fatal accident was day
previousto that on which he was known TO
leave Baltimore, and Il little correspondence
with parties 10 Charlottesville aud elsewhere
disclosed the fact that no such accident had oc-
Cured, aud 90 such mau killed, aud on closely
inspecting the envelope OF the letter purt'ort-
iug to have been written in Charlottesville
Cincinnati post mark was discovered, and also
suspicious resemblance 10 the handwriting to
that Of T. Further inquiry revealed the tact
that he was Indebted to various parties IN Bal
timore, but SO far as can be ascertuned The
SUN total of his Indebtedness is not probably
over few hundred dollars. What motive pos.
sessed the man ID this day when the shifting
off of debt is considered rather an acc,mp
Iishment than otherwise, and the jlIing Of
sweetheart mere trifc, to trump up story
SO tragcal and SO easily exploded by inquiry,
is difficult to imagine, but Of the t; uth OF the
story as | write it there Can be 10 doubt what
ever. There is 90 lille insurance question To-
volved, so far as is known, else This might
throw some light on the motive, but altogether
the whole affair is queer.
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