The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-07-05

York lawyer followed. as It was,
By his senteneo t0 Sing sing for
ten years, opehtto be 3 lesson for
lawyers an overthc country, espe-
cially for those shady members 81
the profession whose iavorite prao-
tice is 81 The order called sharp
Dnnis hrothor-inlaw was teller
in tbe Mahhattan Bank lie had
borrowed, as he called It, some
$1,000 Of the banks funds which
he was unable TO replace, having
lost il in speculation. He applied
to Dunn for legal advice. GLOW
much, asked Dunn, "ofthe banks
money can you getholdoig" "Any
amount" said the teller Cat this
time" "Can you get a milliony"
asked the lawyer. eyes" replied
the teller. eThen takeit aud skip,p
advised the lawyer.
The latter had less nerve 81
more conscience than his legal adj
wiser. Tie might have taken a
million but his heart failed him
and he took only 100000. Then
he went back to his lawyer for
more advice. The advice he got
this time was to skip to Canada;
but lest he might be cxtraditted for
robbery has was further advised
not to take the money with him,
but leave il in good hands in New
York. The good hands" selected
were those of the lawyer
Had the lawyer been true TO his
client their joint knavery have
been successful; but be was not.
He both took the stolen money in
to Wall street and, as many an
other has done with money that
was not stolen, he "dropped" it
there. Then his client and brother
in-law turned on him and he was
arrested on a charge Of completely
in the robbery ofthe bank. Neither
his own legal bubbles nor those
OF the counsel summoned to his
aid awaited him. After full, fair
and impartial trial he was convic-
ted and sentenced as already sta
ted.
Tn sentencing him the Judge
said; 'rYour moral guilt is greater
than SCOTS. When he desired to
pause it was You who urged him
to pursue the downward path. II
You had not checked his impulse
to settle with the bank, he would
have been none the less a guilty
man, but would have at least had
some hope of retrieving his posi-
ton so that he might possibly have
something of a future. You are
the tempter who prevented him
IRON doing that. and induced him
to take the enormous sum ofmoney
which resulted in his immediate
fight"
Such q result ought to put q
check to robberies under the ad.
vice OF counsel" but we confess to
very little faith that it will. The
average shyster regards himself as
altogether too shrewd to be caught
in the trap that captured Dunn
and so long as the shyster stands
ready to advise the trusted custo'
dian of money how he can. steal il
with probable IMMUNITY, weak vic.
Tins of his advice viii not be want
ing. The judge who sentenced
Dunn pointed out, injudiciously,
we think, how Dunn might have sue.
eeeded in securing considerable
sum of money for himself and bis
client if he had kept out of Wall
street. What led to the proseeu-
ton, he said, was the fact that
when Scott had through his friends
settled with the bank for some.
thing like one-half OF the amount
which he had taken, Dunn was moi
ready with that half to furnish it.
fit hal been furnished probably
the prosecution would not have re,
suited as it did. The bank was
willing and anxious to push the
matter, but there was no money to
be realized. @Suoh settlements, .