The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-07-20

A LAWYERS CONFESSION.
illustrating II Chapter in tho 1itn ~ 4
Mul!nnutrr,

"Do Son see that gentleman coming
up the strecta' asked the ald-timG
New Yorker Of 4 reporter for the Press
as he stood on the corner of 23d street
and Broadway n few days ago. .D4
am willing to risk heavy odds that
there is 4 secih. in his life that YOU
DIRT Know. and not one in 4 hundred
of his business or social friends do,
either. Yes, he is a millionaire, and
considered by all his associates L" he
one of the most hurofAi,le al hen to
deal with. His te!'iittiiojn is deserved,
for, althdtah he is sharp and shrewd
in driving Il bargain, he is Il thorough
ly honorable man.
"You would not think that he had
ever been arrested for embezzling mon
cy from an employer, would you? OF
course you would not. Why should
you? And | give him the more credit
for OUTLYING the past, and ti~iuinphing
over it; but for piirc, biaZcn nerve and
cheek, that MAJ did an act once that
| don't believe | have ever known to
be equaled.
"When he was quite a lad lie was
employed rs confidential clerk, to a
well-know dry-goods firm in the city.
He got into fast ways of living, and
took his employers money to keep it
up. He was detected, arrested. and
indicted, aud when arraigncd at the
bar pleaded guilty. His youth and his
admission of guilt softencd his employ
cr's heart, and at his instance sentence
upon the young man was suspended.
After he was set free he went To Pitts
burg, found employment, changed his
mode Of living, saved money, and got
himself iii such shape that when u
chance occurred to make a good in
vestmert in the iron business he was
prepared and he became 4: rich man.
Not much over ten years, and his
business became so enlarged that he
was forced to establish q branch of
flee in this city. He did so, and came
here himself to take charge of it. He
hadn't been here long before he
got into Il controversy with II rival
house, and the quarrel grew so warm
that one of his enemies published Il cir
cular giving an account of his early
crime and subsequent conviction. The
circulars were spread about and y suit
for libel was brought against their
publisher
But the story was true, you say?n
"Of course it was. There is where
the peculiar nerve Of the mar was dis
played. He knew the answer 10 his
suit would be the truth of the charge.
lie knew it WAS true, aud he recognized
that, no matter what damages might
be awarded him for the malice dis
played in publishing the story, if the
truth was established in court lie would
be the loser. Therefore, he went to
work to prevent the truth from being
proven.
see. The suit came to trial. The clerk
of the court in his record of convictions
should have been bound and was sub
p9naed to bring the records into court.
He did, and the defense was dumb
founded TO find not n trace of the rec
ord Of the plaintiffs conviction. Their
collapse was us complete rs was his
triumph"
'.H0w did he manage it?:"
ale employeda well known criminal
lawyer, now dead, to get those records
out of the way. The lawyer did the
work and it only cost him $500 to do
it,
Chow did you find it out?"
II was the lawyers associate at the
time. and knew just what was going
on. You are going to publish the
story, you say. Be careful and men
ton no The story is true, every
line of it, but you can not prove il,
either. No, right is not always might.
Look closely at our millionaire. He
does not look as if his conscious
bothered him much, does he? cues,
his conscience isas strong is his nerve"
-NeW York Press.