Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-08-31
Fish of One, Fowl of Another.

foreign to our system of govern
ment, still it occurs SO frequently
that the saying cannot be success
fully contradicted. The people of
the state were shocked some two
years ago, because one Sandy OldS,
a gambler and thug by profession,
who shot down fellow gambler in
broad day light on the streets of
Portland for no other provocation
than that the other gamblers 5
games was interfering with his un-
lawful traffic, was sentenced to
prison for the short period of but
twelve months, and the same Judge
sentenced a poor fisherman at AS
toria, who stole loaf of bread to
feed his starving wife aud family of
small children, TO three years in the
same penal institution. Sandy Olds
had thousands of dollars to defend
himself and If possible TO prostitute
the court while the fisherman had
nothing. Another instance: Last
June, we believe, poor man, was
clerk of a school district III Lane
county and used for his own use
some eighty dollars of the money
belonging to the district He was
promptly arrested, but before his
case came for trial he repaid the
school money, every cent of it;
and in fact, when he used the mon
ey of the district he did not know
he was committing a crime, as he
intended paying it back, and did dc
so, before the district needed 1t, bu,
the dignity of the law had beer
rudely shaken, and the man was
prosecuted after he had restored the
money, and owing to the able ant
vigorous prosecution of our district
attorney the man was sent to prison
his family scattered over the
/ country, and a part of them takei
to the poor house. But the dignity
Of the law had been upheld. Las
June, in the district of the sam,
attorney, the bank of Hamilton
f Job & Co. bursted up under yer,
peculiar circumstances. Whei
they closed their doors there wer,
i'll their vaults $4,000 of stat
, money, SII 900 of Benton couiit,
: money and 81, 200 of Lincoln count,
money. This money is still with
,, held from the various parties wrong
, fully and unlawfully and the partie
= who withhold it are walking tn
= streets free men while the poo
! school clerk Is IN prison. Ofeours
we do not suspest that the possi
bility of the Jobs having none
e prevents Our proper authorltie
e from sending them to keep CON
4 pany with the school clerk Th
: clerk probably made his mistak
: In paying his money back. An
still some people wonder why theI
is growing disrespect for or
courts and prosecutors. We woul
like to ask OF able district attorne
how he aoiistrues Seci ii772 @
page 9r4, in volume il of Hill
Codel Why Is II placed ther'
Has it ever been repealedi Is
Constitutional hiid II none OF Il
three why the Jobs afe not pros
p gifted uiidef Its provisions. 1t rea'
as follows! "If any persoh slit
receive any money whatever fro
this state or FOR any county tow
or other municipal OF public corp
ration theteini or shall have IN h
possession any money whateve
4 belonging TO sdeli STATE count
1 towii or cofpcfation, or III whi,
\ suclt state, County. town. or corp
ration has AN interest, ahd shall
any way convert TO his own Use al
portion .heteof, or shall loan, wi
4 or without interest any porti
! Thereof OF shall neglect OF refuse
3 pay over aiiy potion thereof, as
!; las firected and required OF VIII
e lawfully SO demanded TO do, su
). person shalt bc deemed guilty
q larceny, dud upon conviction the
10 Of s;lall be punished by imprisc
g mel, in the penitentiary not II
4, than one nor more than fife
years, and by fine equal to tw
the amount so converted, loan'
o or neglected, OF refused to he pa
as the case may be-"