Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-27
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Each day a. look ober my paper, said
the old man a. the lights were turned up,
| see ease of embeZzlement, wholesale
robbery. a breach OF trust or misuse OF
odder peoples money. One day It am
de cashier OF a bank; de mex day II am
a city or county treasurer; de mex 1t am
some confidenshui clerk or bank pres
ident, or de treasurer OF some corpora
ton, It IL an era OF swindiin' al en-
berlin an fraud. No man who has
money in de hand OF friend or ens-
ployee feels safe. No man who depends
upon another man knows what day may
bring forth.
Who brung bout dis state Of affairs:
Who profits by IL! Who aids dc offend
ers 10 escape!
There WIS silence throughout tho ball
AS tho president paused and looked NJ
and down. Samuel Shin was about u
rise up and ex plain that he hadn't made
dollar out of it yet, and didn't expec!
to, whom Pickles smith hit him with the
big end of n potato and Brother Gardner
continued:
| arraign do bar of ds kentry and
charge dc lawyers, big an little, wid
be:n' de direct cause oh dis reign OF
honest only till ders am n chance q
make haul by benz dishonest. One
man outen three will be dishonest Oh
all occasions. dar am a chance &c
ESCAPE consequences. 1t dar was no laW
10 punish dishonesty, We wouldn't hno
ono man in twenty doin' dc honest thing
for principles sake. IL am do fear OF
consequences which keeps thousands
oh clerks and cashiers an treasurer
| honest.
An what do do lawyers say TO eber.
man who's fingers itch to make haul
DEFY might as well advertise nj reg ;al
rates dat dey will guarantee to clear aan
OF de law for sastin sum. Let nue. stea
$4,000 In cash an nine-tenths Oh IL
! lawyers in Detroit will be eager TO defend
me--to effect compromises hush u
uls-to cieaf me Oh punishment. About
de best legal talent 10 America makes G
specially of defendin' criminals. Any
lawyer am looked upon as good 'nut FOL
prosecutin' attorney, while Go VERY
keenest talent I'm reserved for defense
ob thieves, burglars an de odder Law.
breakers.
Tiine after time men have stolen OF
embezzled and dc lawyers hab taken q
share ob de plumber 10 clear 'em. We've
had half dozen cases right here wild
in two years, an We are sartin " have
more.
Lsmme steal ton OBJ coal an up go
| Lemme got my claws on $4,000 an
doan 90 up for shucks. Imay be rested
an toted off TO Jail, but inside OF week
do case am settled up, and l walk ds
streets hero. De lawyers return xi0,OW
Of do money, pocket $500 an ham mt
| fifty as a reward for bTingin' 'enn good
fat case.
Suppose il were known dat ebory bur
glar fairly convicted would receive TWEEN
~ years in prison, wild no possibility ol
pardon, would vie have one burglary
where we now have two? Who makes
burglary paying perfeshun9 Dc Law
yer.
II clerk who embezz.cd was sartir
to receive five or ten years, sentence
| how many cases of embezzleiEent woulc
you bear of in year? Al who makes
embezz!ement paying business? The
Lawyer.
II dat Rochester bank president an
sent TO prison for twenty years, wha'
| will be do effect on odder Rochester
bank presidents? But hs won't be. DE-
lawyers have gathered to his aid, an vii
defeat justice.
am spokin' of Whist believe to b.
do solemn truf when / gay to you da
law haa become farce, and lawyers d.
middleman tween robbers an de robbed
De question nm how TO break de law
not how to enforce It. /. ara no. how
to put a thief in prison, bat 10 keep hin
out. Let VI percsed 90 business, feelin.
dat whatayor crimes we commit we stan
two chances of aoia' clear TO one of pun
ishment.