The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-03-15
WINSTON-SALEAI, N. G. THURSDAY, MARCH Is, 1888.
BILL NYE AND BURGLARS

w AAN ~ W.
| BILL NYE AND BURGLARS
HE PAUSES TO MAKE A FEW RE.
MARKS TO THE FRATERNITY.
| An Industry Which He Thinks Hat
Reen Sufficiently Fostered-NoL Long
! er Recognising the Claims Of House.
Breakers-Out of Politics and Inde-
pendent-People Who do Not Adver-
tise.
ST JOSEPH, Mo-, February 2S.-
When / reached this point yesterday
found in bushel basketful Of for.
warded letters the following peculiar
epistle:
Dear Sir,-Along with other good
citizens am pleased to see the human
itarian efforts now being made to de-
wise some form of quick and painless
death for our murderers and other
criminals who may have to suffer the
death penalty. Such efforts denote a
refined and cultivated society, one
that would in no way countenance the
slightest injury even to the most wick
ed dude that smokes cigarettes on the
elevated stations.
As one good turn deserves another,
and as by some chance one of these
nice, good intentioned people may,
under an unlucky star, come in con-
tact with one of my profession engaged
in his regular business, you would most
certainly fill long felt want if you
would invent some quick and painless
method for criminal to murder his
victim. Murders are too often linger-
ing and painful. Why should there
not be reform in that way? Should
you kindly lend your genius to help
our profession in that way you would
gain the lasting gratitude Of the pub
lie as we'll as Of many
BURGLARS.
Ne,U York, Feb. "a, 1888.
In replying briefly to the above l will
state that no burglar came to my house
for favor and went away disappoint-
ed, provided l was able to contribute
to his wants and provided he went at
1t in the right way. I have never
jumpad on a burglar behind his back
or taken advantage of my great
strength to do him up.
When burglar is in my house he
is my guest. If he be willing to take
things as he finds them he will have
no trouble with me. But l believe
that, as a class, burglars are already
favored more than any other people.
l hesitate to do any thing to advance
their interests until other industries
have been fostered more.
Burglars presume too much, l think.
Because they have free entree and
ca, tie blanche to the drawing rooms of
our best people, they want the earth
and make themselves disagreeab!e. l
do not wish to hurt the feelings of my
correspondent, especially if he takes
the paper regularly. but for one, am
going to quit protecting and fostering
the infant industry of Amer
ican burglary as against the pauper
burglar of Europe. say, let US get
our burglaring done by the best and
cheapest methods Let our burglary
take its chanches in competition with
that of effete monarchies, just as every
thing else will have to do some day.
In the meantime, / do not propose to
do anything in newspaper way that
will look like an attempt to retain the
burglar vote.
Let the burglar rustic for his wages
the way l do and the way other work.
ingmen do. l know that burglars
claim they are poorly paid because
their work keeps them up nights SC
much but newspaper men have to work
nights also, and unles, they can rot
prosperous burglar once in a while
they have hard row to hoe.
And what have the burglars ever
done for me that should now be cal
led upon to advance their interests?
When they had no other place tc
go, have they not always felt free te
come to my house? And how have
they rewarded my hospitality Wher
they went through my house last yeal
and found condition of things which
would have moved the stoniest heart
what did they do7 They stole val.
liable autograph album which had
Ueen sent me to write in and I had il
to pay for. They took valuable um
brealla which I had borrowed few
years ago, and which 1 intended to re
turn to the owner afier a while
They ate some cold rice and sorghum
which had been set aside for the use
of other guests, and then they left
the gate open SO that cows got in and
ate up my lima beans.
Now / am asked to use my infu-
ence in the direction of better sand
bag fecilities for burglars and more
reliable style of rapid transit between
the tax payer and the New Jerusalem
In years past will admit that
was running for Office good deal, and
| / had to do things that would retain
the burglar vote, but now am firm
in my convictions and outspoken for
what believe to be right. A man
engaged in trying to be his own sue
cessor in the portfolio Of Justice of
the Peace is not free moral agent.
It is more or less so in other offices,
but it is especially SO with Justice
of the Peace.
now propose, with the help of an
American people and an earnest, man
ly effort on my part, to shake off the
burglar and come out and take high
er ground. / viii go further and In
clude the patrons OF arsony and other
Socialistic organizations. Henceforth
my voice will be heard in more or less
stentorian tones in the interest of hu-