The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-06-23
Our CRIMINAL COLONY IN CANADA.
How some OF thr Runaway Rogucs Disport
Themselves I'm Their City of Rrrugr

How some OF thr Runaway RoSucs Disport
Themselves In Their City Of Rrfugr.
A Montreal correspondent of the New
York Mail and Express writes "John G..
Emo heads the list of criminals in Cana
da. He is living at Quebec The house
he rents is large, and the situation de-
lightful. 1t is two and a half miles from
the postoflice. Ihe rent he pays-ncar-
ly 81, 900 years., for Quebec, cnorm-
Gus. This means, proportionatcly, about
81, 600 to $1,000 per year in New York.
Rents are very low in the Gold kock
City, and the Emo house at Bcnuvolr is
one of the finest i'll the suburbs Finan-
cially, he appears to be Mt case. 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 are they visited by 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 pretcnsions-th Garrison Club
SrIIhc old French families do not ask him
to their houses. His ncquaintanccs are
principally made at barrooms. Some
few society men have nodding acquaint-
ancc with him. Society is exclusive,
and the OLD noblcsso have long memo
rics. When Emo gives dinner parties
they are only attended by his legal adj
vlsers, OF spectators who may wish to
sec him. The Commercial Club he be-
longs to is IL small place where men of
business meet. 1T has no social Sgniti-
cameo and does not prctcnl to any.
Many respectable merchants belong to
it. These men meet Emo in II business
way They do not ask him to their
homes. Some of them 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 cXaggcrntions.
He attends cooking mains and billiard
tournaments, and he is n constant visitor
to ST. Roch. Thisis the toughest sub
urb in the city.
"Thc New York Aldermen and their
friends attract much attention. They
are Billy Moloncy, Charley Dempsey,
keenan, and De Lacy. They all have
rooms on the same floor Of the Windsor
Hotel, with the exception OF Billy Mo-
loncy, who is i'll n small house near the
hotel. De Lacy and Keenan, are great
chums and are rarely out of each others
sight. Moloncy aud Dempsey, how
ever, seem to be eng gage in picket duty
and throwing inquisitive people off the
scent. They all live like lor1s, getting
the best of everything and scattering
their money about like water
'Ncw York has not II 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 intrust-
ed to his care. The people whose money
he had were chiefly poor, struggling men
and women, who had saved the gather
ings intrustel to him after years of self
this man thought they were saving up
for the rainy day. Many of his dupes
were laboring men, clarwomcn and
| orphans to whom small sums OF money
had been left He encouraged the peo-
pie to deposit their money IN his keep
ing When he got what he considered
sufficient for his wants he left. He made
paupers of hundreds of poor people in
Chicago. He does not appear to mind
that. He is running prosperous bust
| ness here. The writer saw him in n
buggy yesterday. He sat behind fast
trotting 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 ut ease, for all his assumption OF
indifference. They have nc ;ced that he
always employs the one dr. cr to take
him to and from his place of business.
They think he is afraid of being kid.
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