The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-04-24

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TO associate with squsre men l
don't feel easy With 8 crooked men
/ can only tell yge my oTn expert
one and that Of e few men Ike me
/ never wanted q Eve dollar bill on
anv man. The most Of the crooked
men / know are legslly married, nnd
thew love their wives ana childrea
not only a. well as other people love
theirs. br, use them q great deal pct
ter. They set their hearts CT theln-
These children AID often the mother
know nothing Of the iatner's way q
making money. TIE crooked man
i awful fearful Of everybody He
must constantly be on his guard VIII
SQUARE men and with his own kua
There Is Only one place in The world
where be can feel az ease That
place Is bis home, aad be learns 70.
love H."
Where Do crooked men live!
MANY OF them keep saloons or
hotels 10 the Suburbs Of ciiies- tley
Do this for the sake Of geuiag cover
l. gives them The appearance q q
regular b~usiaes-, and tbey are also
u of the road OF ordinary observa
ton They can ieil better whether
or DO; they are beiog watched 10
those thialv settled places Bli i1r
ms pari i hage ul~ags lived 10 lhe
civ open and piaiu Nhen leit
nv last house ! lid he muu Hnen
/ surrendered he ky thar y . a.-o
presented = bil lheIe isr . ave cen.
stamp ne could 20 % mE arA ]
never iefl q leigt0trlosa sel ttel 4
c.uld1t come back 10 % open o1J p
lignl"
I'll YOU wished 10 dsd q ~Cr5osso
MAJ DO tals cry, sud had D. pic TIE
streets 70 10. 4 f4r him. aha Par-
tue CTS would y q Fislst
Il woulda', k8ow 20 ght hna
the c~rookeaest man mas J have
known 10 any respectable part ID i1e
ely. u sou mean sneak alves
aud pickp0ckels, you kn0a just ls
much about them as ] do. / know
nothing about them. / have always
lived il respectable neighb0rD0ods.
My wife was slways dressed Ike q
lady, and the furniture DO my house
was The best thai money could bay
Nv bed cost Sip0.'
Are the wives Of crooked men
usually good women 10 their homes,
aud faithful 10 their husbands =!
AS a rule they are, bat there are
some exceptions, as you might eK-
pect A crooked man Is apt % have
bis ups and downs, eld the Wi.e's
consta1cy is sometimes put % severe
tests. Sometimes the giie learns 20
drink, aud then everything, children,
and al, 20 10 ruin. / have always
hated drinking, especially 10 women.
To you The life Of e crooked man may
appear interesting, bus 10 ne outside
Of the special transactions Ia which
BE may be engaged, il s quite az
ordinary thing"
How DO crooked men lrst become
crooked Do they inherit The dispo.
sition p
j don't know how il was with tie
men / knew. / found them crooked.
] guess their parents were square
enough. know ny parents were.
] was pushed into the business. I
had money. l was pushed into The
crooked men who tried TO ruin NE.
was the only one that had money,
and they wanted H. / can stand G
thief, but / cau't stand a liar With
. liar ! don't know what 70 d0.n
The reporter then visited tNo
criminal lawyers, each Of extensive
practice. One of them said you
want 10 know shout the domestic
lives Of men that handle the jimmy.
DO you? Well. the best of them
mean the mos. successful-are brave
men. The nan that takes The jimmy
10 his hand 10 break into a house is
not driven to it by any sudden i'm
pulse. The scheme must be planned.
He always risks both life and q long
Imprisonment. These men are Just
the kind TO win a girls heart IL is
astonishing how often they marry
10 good families or win a mistress
from them. The women are true tC
them when they get into trouble
The children generally 20 tue wrong
way through force of circumstances
though the parents are DESTROYS Of
bringing them up virtuously. The
usual home Of a theft is ia furnished
rooms, where no references are re-
quired, and where there is DO tea
table gossip. They eat az restaurants
The affection bet cen husband anI
wife is often intense, but ii is seldom
lasting. A woman who paWns al
Ter iewelry to pay the cost Of getting
him cut Of prison viii, perhaps, il
the very next case be o wines.
against him.
The same characters are coming
up again and again ia nv business
but / never know untii / talk %
them what motives are accusing
them. The impulses Of the crimiua
classes are generally coed | know
a woman, for example, who keeps
disreputable house. Her daughter
is now being educated 10 4 fashions
bic convent school. but doesn't knew
how the money is got that pays he-
school bills
The other criminal lawyer: The
average thief cares no more for hi.
children than be cares for Jumps O.
wood. He generally becomes 81
tschsd to a disreputable woman. IL
may love her intensely for a time
He does nothing from day to day
while he lives on her earnings. Nov
and then be viii make Q strike in hi
line. This money soon goes again il
gambling, and then be lives again OF
the woman. ] noticed this, tina
when the woman win pawn be
clothes and wear her shoes out il
running TO lawyers for him, We
when the woman gets caught shop
lifting. the man never comes nea.
her. But the affection even Of ID.
woman is shortlived. Let eithe
man or woman be sent to prison 70
a year or over. the other viii no
wait q month before she or he pick
up another companion. II they az
married, the one out Of prison wi.