The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15
He WOULDNT CONDONE.


He sat in horse-car and howled for four blocks
that he had been robbed of his watch. He was an
old person and seemed to be very much exercised
about it; at one time he stepped out the plat
form bareheaded and held up his right hand and
swOre he wouldn't condone il. Several youngee
persons who got on the with him assisted in
making great row about the robbery; Of
them talked so learnedly about 1t that the passen-
gers couldn't quite make out whether he was ex-
patiating on the outrage describing the old gen
tleman as an escaped gyascutus they all agreed,
however, that 1T was what they called "dams
"shame,' and that it never should be condoned.
Then policeman came in, and the old person
charged an Ohio gentleman in the car with the
theft The young fellows who had been fumblins
round the stranger supported the charge, and they
all went off to the station-house together.
"Who are these partiesf and what's all this row
" about Z" said the magistrate.
swell, this ERE ola 'un," said the officer, b
Sammy the Reformer'; he used to be in with
Tweed, sweeny and that gang You may remem-
Der, some ten years ago, we came near pulling
HIM in with Tweed in the Seymour Hoffman job,
but he got off on abb; said he was only q
dummy in it. He's been on the Reform Law for q
year or two. and claims TO be connected with the
Society for the Suppression of Vice. though the
company he keeps don't look much like it."
Who are the rest OF these fellowsf"
ahsy with 0S pas @
used to testify to Tweeds good character when
:. the old man got in trouble The black whiskered
imam in tho Albany business. The other fellow is
- kind of nevy or something to the old party
And the otherY
ooh. he's stranger Never saw him before. He
nes an UhS man ass .ms man these lei
Then Sammy said: 81 don't care anything about
"the watch, but do want to have stealing stopped
and thieves shown mp. Don't ask me TO condone
"it, for j won't do it,"
Upon examination the watch which Sammy
claimed to have lost was found to have the Ohio
mans name on it; and many passengers testified
to seeing the young fellows crowding the OHIO man
and trying TO pick his pockets. that two of them
confessed 1t, but said they thought it was Sammys
watch. and they wanted TO get it and restore 1t To
him. And the high-sbouldered man, who it APP
peared was making signs to the other fellows said
he thought II was Sammy's watch. too; but he had
no idea of getting it back in that way. He only
made signs to the neyy where the watch was, and
how careessly the Ohio man carrying it. as q
sort of danger signal Neyy said he understood tina
"Then it seems,'' said the magistrate, that this
" was only AN nchoate offence attempted by
these NOISY witnesses III the interest of the person
"who claims to have been robbed. Was this done
with your connivanee, Sanuelp
mot AT all. assure you, Judge. Never dreamed OF
lit; never saw any signs pass between these
young men aud when dld see them disapproved
them ad me d S my nsvy wGaa 40 ANY sIcn
" he was caught once or twice before. have shown
mpattienoe He ts did very wrong mIs
! " had my watch, which Is the TACT"
| 4" Well, then, this gentleman very plainly has
| - his watch, and the attempt to steal it by
Sammy pals-or, as the high-shouldered man calls
81 Them coparceners'- only an inchoate offence,
| '' we'll dismiss the case"
| "Couldn't you find, Judge" said Sammy, softly,
90 that rs the boys failed TO steal the watch, the
| " reasonable theory"
1--WE never do business here in that way"
| What Neverp
| Well, hardly ever"
| "Then," SAID Sammy, :" desire on this interest,"
inP occasion TO assert my entire belief before God
land my country, that he's got my watch.n And he
stepped down, remarking that he would never
e condone it.
| Kentucky journalist met him ON the steps and
whispered to him confdentially they walked
away together: +" If you only keep that a-gong the
public III have to give you watch to get rid Of
"you"