The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-06-24
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OUR CRIMINAL COLONY IN CANADA.
How some of the Runaway Rogucs Dispor
Themselves In ThcIr CITY of Refuge.


Themselves In Their City of Refuge
A Montreal correspondent of the New
York Mail and Express writes: "John C.
Emo heads the list of criminals in Cana.
da. He is living at Quebec. The house
he rents is large, and the situation de,
hghtful. 1t is two and half miles from
the postotfice. The rent he pays-near-
ly 81, 600 years., for Quebec, enorm-
Gus. This means, proportionately, about
80, 600 to So, 600 per year in New York.
Hents are very low in the Gold Rock
City, and the Emo house at Beauvoir is
one of the finest in the suburbs Finan-
clally, he appears to be at ease. He
drives good horses and is liberal with his
money, but socially he is not known.
Neither he nor his wife is ever invited
out, nor arc they visited 10y society pco-
pie. Emo has never been asked to the
Garrison mess, and does not belong to
the only social organization in Quebec
OF any pretensions-thc Garrison Club.
Ihe old French families do not ask him
TO their houses. His acquaintance arc
pr1nclpally made at barrooms. Some
lew society men have nodding acquaint-
ance with him. Society is exclusive,
and the old nohlcsse have long memo
res. When Emo gives dinner "'parties"
they are only attended by his legal ad-
Vlsers, or spectators who may wish to
see HIM. The Commercial Club he be-
longs to is small place where men of
business meet. 1t has no social sienifi
canoe and does not pretend to anv.
Many respectable merchants belong to
1t. These men meet Emo III business
way. They do nc ask him to their
homes Some of then may drink with
him at the st. Louis Hotel when they
meet him there; that is all. He visits
the houses of two or three personal
friends, but the stories about his being
received into society are exaggerations.
lie attends cooking mains and billiard
tournaments, and he is constant visitor
to ST. Roch. This is the roughcst sub
urb in the city.
friends attract much attention. They
arc Billy Moloncy, Charley Dcmpsov,
keenan, and De Lacy. They all have
rooms on the same floor of the Windsor
Hotel, with the exception of Billy Mo
loney, who is in small house near thc
hotel. De Lacy and Keenan, are great
ch'ms, and are rarely out Of each others
sight. Moloncy and Dempsey, ,how-
ever, seem to be cngagei in picket dutv
and throwing inquisitivo people off the
scent. They oil live like lords, getting
the best Of everything and scattering
their money about like water.
"New York has not MONOPOLY of the
criminals here; Chicago makes very
good running for second place. Morris.
the Church deacon, and trusted adviser
of widows and orphans, heads the list.
Morris had thousands of dollars intlrst-
ed to his care. The people whose money
he had were chiefly poor, struggling men
and women, who had saved the gather
lngs lntrusted to him after years of self
sacrifice and privation The victims Of
this man thought they were saving ND
for the rainy day Many of his dupcs
were lAbOrmg men, charwOmcn and
orphans to whom small sums of money
had been left. He encouraged the pco-
pie to deposit their money in his keep
ing. When he got what he considered
sufficient for his wants he left. Hcmadc
paupers of hundreds of poor people in
Chicago. He does not appear to mind
that. tic IS running a prosperous bust
buggy yesterday. He sat behind fast
trottlng black. The flush Of health was
present on his countenancc. There was
no cowardly conscience in that mans
face. But the detectives say that Morris
IS not at ease, for all his assumption of
indifference. They have noticed that he
always employs the one driver to take
hm to and from his place Of business.
They think he is afraid of being kid
mapped"