The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-02
1ae aospfa CLANS AND THEIR WORK.

IHf ROBBER CLANS AND THEIR WORK.
Ia every state and indeed, IN every
community, Is 10 bo found u species Of
ooal crime peculiar 10 itself New York
lad her municipal thieves, and by reg
son of their immense operations ana
Ihe long years Of uninterrupted success,
they became llustrious, All ehrlHlen'
dom rang with their exploits, and stood
waiting with anxiety the final donou'
mont, Since 1Seed's day the banks, but
more especially the savings institutions,
have continued the system Of public
plumber, only varying the action u little
The national government too has had
IL system and iis own operators ana
who shall say they have not won glory
Congress and the senate has paid costly
tribute TO the robber lnstlnols OF their
own clans, Poor Louisiana can leallly
that by different means, but equally nl'
Rcienlly, she has been robbed uhNl
there was nothing left TO tempt lhe
cupidiiy of the thieves bequealh'd 70
her by reconstruction, Chicago and w.
Louis too, have felt tho grip of the rob
ber The large railroad aclemes OF the
nation have gone into the hands OF res
oelycrs because the honest earnings
have gone into tho hands OF thieves
There Ii robbery in thcair, N assumes
all sorts Of shapes and takes upon l'Sell
all sorts Of conditions, Perhaps the
least Objectionable form In which " Is
likely TO come up, was that by when
the train At Allen, the other night, was
made 10 pay tribute to tho robbcr braves
of Texas. This was At least open and
bold. There was no deceived client in
nocent dopositor or trusting bondholder
mulcted, A corporation only which
made money by carrying money was
the victim, Hard rs II was, yet this
form OF robbery is the least rcprchons'
blc because compared with the others
we have mentioned IL Is innoxious,
A number Of such robberrics have ocN
cured Of late years in different parts of
the state and United States.
The causes are very plainly indicaN
ted, The express and stNgc companies
are known 10 carry immense sums OF
money on trains and vehicles oil I'M,
protected, thus strongly tempting the
cupidity of the lawless They must bo
compelled by law to carry guard sui
licenily strong 10 insure the safety OF
their treasure in transit. II would be
humiliating, we grant, TO see an armed
guard accompanying each train, but
better this Than the treasure of the
company and the lives Of its employees
should be sacrificed, There * no re-
s,raint halt 10 strong ~ that where
thege is u strong probability of n stout
resistance. Tho state should organize
this guard aud control it while the
companies be taxed for its mainton'
nnce, and their remedy would lie in in
creased charges,
The most effective precautionary
measure would be the employment 10y
the state of sufficient and compeicn
corps Of detectives, who would per
wade the hnunts of these men
Watch, at prominent entrcpots the
ingress Of these fellows, and shadow
both them and their operations, unit
the overt act is committed, and theI
visit both with the full punishment o
the law, The ease and facility Will
which escape is secured, strongly in
yites to crime, Let the government $,
strengthen its hands, and so systema
tie its effort, rs that reasonable dan
ger OF arrest appears, and such robber
les as that vt Allen the other night
becomes rare and difficult enter
prise. In this case there has been MIN
thousand dollars reward offered 10
the apprehension of the robbers. Hal
Of this sum would have insured tn
train against the outrage, yes, n TWEEN
tieth would have been sufficient.
The promise Of all this is, that thes
occurrences are sure at last to produc
their own cure The government will
at last be goaded to the point where i
will resolve to use little of its powe
to protect the people, and not waste i
all in the vain attempt to capture with
out adequate means,