New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-26
ErFEcr or c0yDoyING cRINE.
A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE or THE EVIL OF TURNING
EMBEZzLEEs LOOSE TO PREY UPON OTHERS.
To the EditOF OF Ths FrtDuHs.

A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE or THE EVIL OF TURNING
EMBgzzLErs LOOSE TO PREY UPON OTHERS.
To the EditOF OF Ths tribune.
SIR: | went receL>iy in person to
the TOnbs warrant for the arrest OF enpoYe
who has been eu,btziins from ous firm. III, circun-
are such THAI think myself justified IA ealinE
the attention OF the business community TO the general
subject Of condonng Ills crime. wnicn has become
atrmlngy prevalent and to iIe responsibility for It,.
which certainly belongs TO great many who have been
robbed.
We engaged orr embezzer afterinqniry OF memberoi
a firm which had employed him many years. This mem
her the most satisfactory testimonial 10 mis- hon
esfy. When his entertainments from us were disc0y-
cred. however, and lac had been brought 20 confess
them. he catechized his relations the firm
which had recommended HIM to us, and then he con-
fessed that lie had had similar trouble " with them
We applied 10 this firm for an explanation IL then ap-
pcared that the member of the firm who nended
the man TO us. though son OF its head, never had
heard of rhe crime. That many years The
dishonest clerk then younS man, possibly mar
ried almost certainly chdless.
Mark the result pursuing inquiries wa learned OF
another establishment which bad employed This man be
fore he We were told that he had stolen
from them to the extent OF hundreds OF dollars,
and that the firm had his written confession in its safe
Moreover, It mtimated that they had discovered
that other crimes similar kind had been traced TO
Yet no step taken by any them to have the
criminal brought to punishment The only Inconvenience
TO him to have been the necessity OK ndgg anew
place without the ability TO refer TO his last employer
He comes to u.s. and we are to the of more
than u thousand dollars. and his whole deueanor ind-
Gates that mis- worst apprehension Is Of the loss Of bis
place Here then, is q mau who apparently has made
profession of embeZZement from ms yOuth up and SO
far found It Il safe occupation. The neglect OF tue
house robbed nrst 10 have him punished or even 10
have all those connected with the house know OF tno
crime occasion loss 10 NJ
other firms Worse than that when al last he Is brought
TO Justice, is not he alone who VIII greatly suffer no
now has wife and large family OF children. the pro-
gpec OF whose terrible agony and their permanent Id
dry aud suffering hereafter makes the step ala aDous
| 10 take simply hrartrendlng.
ask business men, for rher own sakes and for inc
true well Justice, 10 consider Ineso
things have been told that probably not oneou "a Q.
the OF endorsement come 10 light OUT arc
condoned or compounded by the victims. ana my eA
perience In this leads me TO fear that this esuuse
be true. Evidently this course Is tending 10 uAv
making indeed has made. this Kind OF crime sale nas
the number guilty or IL vastly greater than ne Jaw
permitted TO take Its COURSE Men seem ~ Oos ~
uniting the crime ana the person be has wronged vi,
have lost money" the business man says but we wiz
get it back by sending this man to jail VIII M
| be a warning TO him. IL VIII make US con
siderable trouble n we have him tried ana
no one will find anv fault with us II we let him co. No
one did find any fault IN the case have stated unui
many years after the first endorsement but Low VIC
say TO those who victims before US that tneir ne
one other firm has more to make the same cou
plant. Worst Of ALL poor, heart.orokeh womHn, Will
several suffering children can truly say ~ y1aJi
fault that We are left thus, shame ana misery oo1
help them; but also God help US 70 90 cur auy nnS
| show mercy to the great numbers OF me comm snss
whom we do not see as wen ss 70 inc near 20 Us thu
| we too often see them only
| Netr York, jan 70 1880