The morning call., 1891-12-06
THE WHITE CASE.
. Lover Of Justice Reviews the Trial
for Embezziemcnt.

. Lover Of Justice Reviews the Trial
for Embezzlemcnt.
Editor Morning Cdil-SIR: The submission
cf a free people to the executive authority OF
Government is no more than a compliance with
laws which they themselves have enacted. AS
the ruin OF prosperity of 4 State depends so much
upon tie fearless administration OF its laws it is
necessary that Justice should be impartially adj
mnislered at home and the national honor
firmly maintained abroad. By this means the
ourdi nee Of the citizen VIII be voluntary,
cheerful. and l might almost say unlimited.
The situation Of the jury system OF this State ts
certainty ala'mlng enough 10 arouse the atten-
tluu Oi every man who pretends TO concern Tor
lie UuUilc welfare Appearances justify sus-
Iici0n, ard when the jury system has b come
mere SYNONYM for everything that IS rotten and
corrupt tile vitals OF society have been attacked
The safety OF The ma lou IS al stake and suspicion
is a just ground OF inquiry.
As an old citizen OF this State and an uphOlder
Of the laws. right ana justice, l trust you will
not deem u amiss for me 10 address yOu regard
Ing tie rmbeZZement case Of John White, late
business manager OF your esteemed paper, and
Tie actions OF the other morning dallies in con-
neciion WIN tie case. Brushing aside all legal
tccLuicalltles aud bubbles, layman finds HIM
self face TO face win the following facts:
As a boy John White entered lie employ OF
The Can Company In a minor position. BY
Caiefu attention to business integrity and up
Iighturss. Ire gained the complete confidence
Of his employers, and was advanced step by step,
until eventually appointed business manager OF
the entne financial interests Of the Gail Com
pauy. He owed his advancement In the world to
The proprietors OF The CALL, and how did he re-
ward their truStfulness and KINDNESS? The
answer Is hard one Out the facts and Whites
own confession warrant ~ by betrayiug their
confidence, neglecting their business and embez-
cling their money. For some time after his APP
poIHiuent White seems 10 have kept The narrow
path Of recitude, and then led away by desire
for gambling .ud hoTse-raciug, and The glitter OF
other peoples gold, lie suceumbed 10 what he
modeSliy calls " carel-ssness," aud helped him
sell without limit 10 the funds OF the cUmpany,
whose trusted servant lie was. On being taken
taken red-handed and brought 10 bay
White. feeling as he must have fell,
the wrong and outrage that he had
prrpetraIed upon his employers, broke down,
and over his own signature made TWO confess
sioas In writing, stating that h had appropri-
ated large sums of money and lost II in gambling
and speculatiOns Of various kinds. Are not
these confessions most likely 10 be absolutely
Iiu-, taken shortly after the crime had been de-
tectrd ana when the criminal FELT the enormity
OF The Offense and OF Ills base ingraillude? Is IL
IN human reason 10 suppose that White accused
himself wrobGtuy OF having committed felony?
on being arfested-the only course open to the
State, in The minds of ali right Ing men-he
at once shows hight, ard by a system OF legal
bubbles peculiar 10 the legal machine OF this
Staie manages 10 clog the wheels Of justice so
that The Mills OF the gods do not begin 10 grind
for almost year and a half alter he Is
arrested. The tiial Is al last reached and twelve
jurors after being carefully selected ard ques-
tOued as 10 their ability 10 faithfully serve, are
sworn before llelr God 10 try the case according
TO the evidence and the, Law given by the court,
and a tue verdict render without fear or favor
The facts are as stated above aud are borne OUT
by The undlsputed testimony OF Witnesses.
Whites confessions are admitted, and The case
stands against him clear as the light from the
midday sun. While takes the Stand in his own
behalf with an air Of complete confidence as 10
tie result, and tells his wandering story with the
ali Of an Injured man. He has seeming re-
morse Tor his Ofense, and backed up by lie
comments OF certain newspapers tells an entire
~ new story Of his ieals OF kleptonaulae care
lessnrSs. In The first place lie tiles TO deny his
confessions, but on being cornered admits that
they are true. Having no plain. substantial de-
Tense, he next eDdeavors TO persuade
The jury that the proprIetors Of The
CALL consented 10 his enibeZzling money
nom them, and, in TACT, encouraged
him to seal their money. This certainly Is The
brst of this kind on record. Then again,
changing face as the chameleon does her color,
he makes even a more dastafdly Charge and
sc IS 10 besmiich the reputation OF the clerks In
tie Ciice by saying that every one was stealing
but Wine. Yet. fOrsoOtb, this man had complete
cbaite OF affairs, was the master OF lie Office,
received All The cash aud was supposed 10 con-
duct matters appe.ta'ning thereto In a thorough
aLo Dusinesslike manner. This certainly was
tbe hnklnde>t cut OF AL and tile weakest link In
MS Iimsy and absurd defense. / am too well ac-
qualhitd WIN The manipulation of juries In this
STATE 10 think there ever yet was an argument,
however coniormable TO law and reason In which