The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-03


arut nf human nature cause ~ npn-
elder 10 Ahal u mas be aiIlbuifh, aud
wu-rfin roupisls The remedy Eyrry
evil passi ~ NJ the heal 80 ~ W nave
neeli rluurd iutl spllnn, hfraphrs NJ
lunle Rnd private lfnsl, Tpnlsfyi em-
I, zllrmrul, rpplal spandAl, martial ius
nd. my, outrage and murder earh
MIN l,t swell the calendar, and sprluu
up la places And Du q planr Whsle We
guuld naturally l0nk Tor nplhlfg bur
psaee, Affection aud order CAPITALISTS
have nflen lOngfd fOT Time when the
whole social system would move 40
0bedienily undsr the reign " law 10
do stars aud suns, aud yet II seems
sometimes % day Ne u all their hopes
were ~ DO blasted, and the earth
would only become pure by the pro-
cess Of Khausling lts own corruption,
10 long as men know that wealth, like
charity, covers u multitude " sins, and
that their s1isnees, howeyer ilagranl,
viii be e0ndOned IN proportion " their
social standing aud ppHlllOni 30 long
will We hear 0f dishonest bank presi
dents, emhezzleTs Of trust funds aud
fraudulent directors 0f corporations,
II IN Hs true u saylng to-day, 40 it was
wLrn Shakespeare wrote VI
" Plate sin win gold,
Aul lhe sirons lance Of Justice huFlefh
breaks,
Arm ., WIN RAGS . pisns. straw doth
While The burglar or the hFh way
mHn nre nunNhed hpiN socially hnd
legally fue hAn who has laid his
plnus caTemlly, who las for years Hys'
iemntiunlly dtffnudrd those who trust
Ell N him aud has fulned the poor II
me very man whom society readily
forgivrr, looking upon him ~ one
more tiuned against than Hlnnlng
The specuIhliona Ia which he engaged,
IL IN Argurd, have turned out uni0rlus
nntrly, olse lao would have been nble
10 refund the money which he appf0-
urlatrd. lie was the prince Of good
fellows, genial, benevolent aud ghatl'
table, aud has suffered enough without
irflGling any Aeyerer punishment.
And nu u goes on until ~ last hH NJ
most begins 70 fancy himself n martyr
and think that the estimation IN
which he In held by society lustlla
INN ln the course which no has
tilIpu and relieves hlm from any
impu'aliun which iHatldlOua Judge
or Jury have paased upon him, "rell
mo candldly,h said lawyer 10 u client
fur whom he had ,urceeded la securing
IA verdict Of acquiltal on u serionr
charge, "are you innocnnt or gnlltyVl
"Well," replied tho man, "when !
cane into court thought was guilty,
tut after hearing you speak In my be
half hrl eve mn Innocent There
ARE always men ready for a consldera
ton TO prostitute their talents towards
enabling criminals 10 again he let loose
upOu society. The very men who talk
the lOudest M TO the necessity of ma
tIonnl integrity, and who pour out the
Walls OF their Indignation upon those
whom they claim are undermining our
constitution, and bringing the republic
into ,sgrace, nre the ones who would
At once defend u murderer or n ravlsh
er, End take their fees IN con
scIentiously as II 1t had been earned
ia the cause OF virtue and morality
Independent OF these causes the sys-
ten Of compromising with criminal
has also had an effect In adding to the
calendar OF crime There IN hardly n
day passes In which we do not find adj
vertlsements in some journal offering
"A reward fer the recovery OF stolen
stolen property, aud adding "no ques'
tious askedu We cnuuot blame PEI
PIE fthey some times adopt this plan,
when We nsider that II they inform
a detective of their loss he will, In the
mai ,rity OF cases, tell them that this IL
the only way 10y which they can re.
cover their property lie knows ire
thieves, he admits, hut IN" pin idrJ Is
securely hidden, and the best plnn T.
TO offer a reward The Git st0rmt
and argues, hut the preteruatuIally
wjse.lookiug official retains his Imprr-
turbahillty, and the victim Is compelled
to come TO terms. In the bp-
ginning OF 1876, bank in North.
hampton, Massachusetts, was robbed
of money aud securities To the value
of three.quarters of million 0f dol
lars. The thieves attempted to neg0
tate with the directors for a return OF
part OF that SUN, but without elect.
Some of the deposit0rs, however, con-
cluded IL would be worth trying, and
several meetings were held with Il
third party to effect q settlement The
detectives then ''shadowed' the COM
posltors. and the result was that IN
February, 1871 three OF the robbers
were arrested. One Of the parties en-
gagged in the robbery OF the Dexter,
Maine, savings bank in 1875, and a'so
in the recent attempt IN the SAINT
bank, which cost the brave cashier his
life, was few days ago arrested ana
identified. II appears that he also had
A hand in the breaking of the Win
throp, Maine, savings bank. Ill the
later ease a few weeks after the rob
berry the thieves offered to MAKE y
compromise. The agents OF the oai'k
went to New YORK and met the rep
resentatives OF the plur derers, who
retu5 ed about one,halt of IN money,
retaining The balance as "comm's'
siop.n STAGE that lime regular gang
oftniey,s seems to have operated III
the villages OF New England, evident
~ believing from former experience
that they could commit tn ir crimes
with impunity. The Boston journal,
in comment upon this, says that the
ufacC that the same meu, anu few III
puyaaer. continue these depredatlons'
lp.ds To the conclusion that they are
compelled to paya large portion o. the
booty TO the detectives, or In th'i
words, u class of men who maze
bust, esq OF watching great criminals,
either to deliver them over to the ON
GERS of Justice or 10 become acces'orit :,
- the crime by protecting them y
Now, it surely ia not CONSIST
eut with what ought to oe eN
pected from men who are APPOINTED
to bri,.g. offenders to justice that they
should SO a.. ~ Ego betweens II
may he neces 3ry that detective .,S