The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-15
yAv WHO wpr AT a PLAY.
Accused as te CLERK Is in Men
Un'' and Yemen

. = Accused as te CIerS IS IN Men
On' and Ncmen."
IRON. the Ne1 York Press.
.,,r.raI scene occurred at Proctor's
--.r.tbird street theater, on Friday
-, which attrsc6d the notice Of many
'--,s in tie front ssts Of the orchestra
the picture Of tall, strengthening
ovsrcorne withmotion at the mimic
Is1 -,ssntation before Inn as to be almost
Iy.ri9ns Of his Surroundings. A few
e-.,ns recognized him as a we'll
re- man. promineB in political and min
IsFairs. who is al present visit the
- ss.-onolis in the iterest OF extensive
sasneial operations t was during
a,5iTi act of the ply Men and Women"
W . ..ane represents. meeting of the direct
I.' ,f national balk at midnight. The
Gss.i,,,ti n is on thesve of ruin. A heavy
lls-i.arion mas occrred and the young
usS-!-tant cashier of the bank is Charged
a. The crime. Hi is brought face to face
VIZ his accusers Circumstances are
,s.-o,glv against hin, and his guilt appears
ss's,-ive 10 the bank officials. The only
Uorbo could cleai him is the cashier, his
sls.rd who is the BAL culprit; but he sits
I'm head hung own, too cowardly to
speak. -. ,,+ors;.v chat 10 OIL
,,ast real. the sceneis terribly impressive TO
al L must have leen more than that to
tbs man whose emotion attracted the atten-
tion Of his neighbols His efforts to gulp
~" bio Iumps thSt choked up into his
throat was apparent and tears flowed freely
So7vn his cheeks. Many people watched
hin, cnriously. Finally his friend nudged
lin and whispered, Lets go outside.
Wora than one pair Of eyes watched the tall
man as be moved away and doubtless many
coniectures were made.
Thew had barely reached the lobby, when
che tsil man turned to his friend and said
soIamnly. "My God, but that was realp
"Stuff.n replied his companion, merely
good acting, that's all"
"Not to me, my boy,T was the answer ;
.do YOU know that that was all real to
mer
An hour or so later the two friends were
seated in quiet corner OF an uptown cafe,
and while they slipped their liquor and
puffed their cigars the westerner told his
story;
years since left New York to go out west
with the hope of becoming somebody.
had been out of college about year or so,
and. like many another young man brought
I'D in New York, / thought l knew all
about the ways Of the world-its wicked
ness and wiles and deceits. NV destination
was small town in New Mexico.
sit wasa Wild and sparsely settled country
then. There was only one transcontinental
railway. My position was that of cashier
and assistant bookkeeper in a large mercRn-
tile house. / got along splendidly for a
long time, and was generally regarded rs a
very steady young man. 1 became
acquainted with lot of mining men, who
had plenty Of money to speLd. Among
them were one or two eastern college men,
who had already made their pile. They
thought I was rather bright young man,
and felt flattered soon began to spend
more than | earned. Then the desire to try
my luck at cards sliced me. won some
times, but, ike all gansters, Immediately
squandered my winnings in pleasure. My
losses were always taken from my salary,
which I had already drawn on largely in
advance. My indebtedness and habits were
known TO every one in the store but my
employer, who trusted me implicitly, and
whose house was home to me.
There were two or three fellows in the
store who disliked me bitterly because /
enjoyed these greater advantages from the
head of the bust ess concern, but | did not
know it. One day there was a slight dis
crepancy IN my accounts. and two of the
clerks charged me with stealing. l was
stupefied and thought of nothing but pro-
testing my innocence. My employer
wanted to believe me innocent, but the ex-
posure Of my gambling habits and over.
drafts showed a probable reason for taking
dishonest steps to get money. Afterw
one IT my accusers was detected in a rob,
berry, That lifted the shadow entirely from
me. Tonight lived all my sad experience
and suffering over again. Do you wonder
that was deeply affected?"