Telegram-herald., 1890-11-03

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poor vie sas kalf erszs4- Bat she ~as
brave woman ana told hin that
although sAs valued her daughters ed
UcAIion 4nd happiness ana lie above all
else Jet she would not let heE husband
do himself 50 great an injustice. AID she
took him by the hand and In tie silens
watches Of that n.Eht those Two URhap-
py people walked along the streets
until they reached tbs homs OF the
senior member Of the Ern where the
man was employed and whose store be
had robbed.
The woman nervously rang the bell
and although the inmates OF the house
were asleep, she remained there until
a. last the door was opened Then she
took her husband In the parlor and ths
head OF that great jewelry house sat
down and listened amid ner sighs and
sobs 10 what she had 70 say. She bade
her husband 70 tell all aud be explained
the robbery fully. told whore he had
pawned the stolen goods and the woman
handed the money be had obtained 10
his employer. asked him 10 redeem his
property and forgive her husband. You
would have thought that any man would
have been touched by the poor Soman's
sturdy honesty and tears In that mid
night hour. but this employer was not
he locked the door OF his house. dressed
himself carefully, went out called a
I policeman and had the poor fellow taken
TO Jail de recovered his goods and the
Law was about 10 take It's course when |.
sisting on the bench there. saw that
there was some story behind IL all and
decided 10 investigate IL How elo-
quently that poor woman pleaded for
her husband that day in my presence |
shall never forget and how stubborn
the employer who sat opposite her and
Shylock-like demanded the pound of
flesh will always be bitter remem-
brance 10 mo. / told the man that the
case was a peculiar one and it seemed TO
me an opportunity for mercy as well as
Justice.
''You had better decide" told him,
mot to prosecute this poor fellow. He
has never before been accused OF any
crime. He has worked faithfully for
you for many years. De is deserving
of some consideration from your hands
/ and this woman, his wife, who was
strong enough not to -llow him to COM
NIT this great crime is deserving of his
presence and support in her declining
years"
The woman thanked me very CRATE
fully, and had hardly done so. whom her
husbands employer arose and in an
angry tone said that he would not for
one moment stop the prosecution He
was determined to make an example of
this man. Nothing could change his
mind. He insisted that prisons were
for just sGCA persons as he and that tho
sooner he was placed thore the better"
Il allowed him TO talk in this way
for perhaps ten minutes. Then | told
him that had carefully listened TO all
he had said and that he had not changed
my opinion one bit
IL don't believe" said to him en-
phatically. that this man intended to
mmit a cTime. AS Judge | am en-
powered TO suspend sentence. shall
call this nan up in court tomorrow:
shall tell him | have investigated the
matter thoroughly and shall suspend
sentence in his case. Meantime. sir.
bid you remember that somo day tho
tables may be turned and you may be
anxious to have some one plead in your
defense as eloquently as this poor Uom-
an has for her husband"
Now this is the strangost part Of the
story. The man was brought before me
the next morning and withdrew his
plea of guilty" suspended sentence
in his case. Some good people that |
knew obtained enough money to allow
his daughter to secure her musical
education and she is now we'll known
in New Yorks best musical circles.
obtained position for her father as
purser on one of the outgoing steam
ships, and he is as honest as the day is
long and as faithful as nan can be for
the service | rendered him, while bis
employer who was so bitter against him
has been brought up in another court in
this city for fraudulent practices. and
narrowly escaped States prison for his
crime. FOSTER COATES