, 1879-06-01
TRANSFORMATION
:ron7 a Business Man to a Sen
fenced Convict in an
Hour.
Trusted Employe Who Robs His EN-
ployers, Buys Them Out,
nd Employs One OF Them as Travelling
R1au-The Love Of Money.

nd EmDIOTS Uue VI 1utW MS 1AAscuAb
Man-The Love Of Money.
e,ec almost unparalleled in the history Of
-:.r;,s, trials came up yesterday before Judge
aath man was arrested in his OWL store at
.o.ao = n.. and at o'clock he had been SEN
tsacad td TO the Penitentiary for term Of seyen
Eaa-s tsa- Ancell's case, when that traveller was
s,a1lr cantured, was rapidly disposed OF, but
49,. ras q much more rapid instance Of con-
ns-s,on p from Tree man to . convicted felon.
rhe facts are as follows:
EDWIN .. HARRIS,
married man with family, residing at No.
-a1 prairie avenue, is the man booked for Jol-
- In 1871 he (then single many WAS engaged
- hookkceper and cashier nF the firm of Nc
.,,1sv Yoe d Co., wholesale boot and shoa
sao1ers. he stuck to that firm for seven years,
.ohnnr them all the time, and with the money
Nh,.h he stole from the firm he actually bought
.h.,n ont and started in business on his own nc
soont When arrested yesterday morning he
w. fonnd at his store, No. IS Lake street. He
.,+ ~" m his hat, told the Bailitf he would go
s,oro oulctly, and had only one wish,-
:. reen the affair from his folks.
1he 'record Of yesterdays court proceedings
III toll the story OF this strange case better
than anythlng else.
About noon yesterday State's-Attorney Mills
.a 1,are Rooth that a man who had that
In1olu1eu ou35 ~ - 1.-.o.., 49,, a,,>t>,-
morning ocen 1aoc1eu 1o' !a1eeus Anu sAioe~
element desired to plead guilty to both charges
and gsnted sentence passed at once The
nrt.oper, Edwin B. Harris, was in court, and the
t.".-.sn+ was read tn him. He pleaded
anatI .~n
"enA'y. arr. uu;. ,,o,, ,,ndaxst,n7
lne Co1lt sa1u' ~Al' haA1 1oo oooeA e'0N-A"
that The punishment Is not less tnan one NOT
more than ten years. imprisonment to the Peni-
tentiary, and you plead guiltY." To this the
1r;soner replied, ssYes, sirs
Mr. Mills then called upon
MR.. T. G. 1os, t
one of the chief sufferers by Harris misconduct,
for statement of the facts. MIR. Yoe said that
Harris vent into the employ of the firm OF Yoc &
"a. in 1871. at a salary o1 $500 year. which was
afterwards increased to 81, 900 on account Of his
competency. Several Years later the urn was
changed to AcA1.ey, ios c " ~, "4o @ eon..nacu
10 business nn..1 iu, ionra ~, scrount
vas 1mpossoie 10 eontuS .onGst " ~ o,a
OF thef cno.1uoas .osTes; ; ~ ~ sa.+1ina
ceedeo % Meaule9, O1Ae y ~. ~ eSss.nE, e1nES,
lne oooks le" uas0 a.e atEas ~ ;,,o cana
was oseoss9cu; an ta.et lii, ~ for ~,
alnouuL NJ ,.s,e, - 1ue MD r1;re IL
eApiauauous MH.cu W soutu "os has.i .a;S
called upon 9arlls, WHO CANT o'et aIu ea,o aao
taat ne Goulu noS rnueistmanu a.. - .sY3 uY
or 50 a1leI ne mel M1. 10y " eiaih stIee' 1lnu
sald tuat ne ues,lco - spe1h " nnn' 1nsy
went around 10 lne ONCE o. oTSMs'Er ~ ~ on
Washington stleet, auu u4eh +t ~ 1 s-'ot t,taf
pWn .ausaaks, Sac ,,as nS ~, e. toth.,
~; 1oe was as5ounugu' an9 ,ea ~ us la.ued and
~. .ohetut ootsl s4-If TEa " -. - t.9s .3
han e stoTy 1epeaaeu. ,d ~ ~. la ~
:1Fe noles: ne sato ne eonu t; not sse ars auns
At present, put III II ae n3u Lnle a ne Noatu @ paa
hem IN 1ulk 1ne D9ose "e!e sslenee , ~ sz a1 non
las1ng me years ol 1osoo-'9 . ue ~ suhl y. e1vo
0as 1onna TO oc mlss!nS' AZ lus noohs uase N.Y.
aoryet oeen examined; hits auets e1o nao WA .us
tota1 oa amount sIoisn ~ pcl"Ssu 2Laop auu au
sloUU; hafIIs rs on t01o az. 1oe Iuas ne usea 10
ake aoout >.,oyu . }eaI' mn,cn ne Aeps ~
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