The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-06

fuE HAI0BI1C sIOk % LIZ.
T;asss Il . pathetic side TO everyday life,
sats svsry business disturbance muisipliss
She revelation Of that melancholy spscts-
eis, a good man gone wrong" The tale
ereps the other day briefly annoupced
Shat defaication os so. had been dis
covered In the cash Of the National Bank
Of Paterson. y. j.: Abraham Fardsn. the
pasai,y teller, had becn arrested and con-
1<ssad. He IL 80 years old and unmarried.
andl,ad been connected With the bank Tor
sEeasy-six ysars.
RI, Esan Of any Imagination. any
s,rspatbetic capacity 10 put himself In
another mans place. what pathetic story
oil rsss and fall. af good fame and shame
h contained In this briei dispatch! Here
r. ss,an who entered bank . young and
denassess promising fellow, when - years
of sxe; he must have bssn man Of more
slisa average sobristy, industry, intsIii-
gtnhs and fidelity. OF he could not have
keps his place and the confidence OF
She bank for twensy-six years. And
yet ~ 50 years of ags this unmarried man.
Wits tvsnty-six pears Of that conquest
Ne call character and ssputattou bshind
hiEs. b revealed - . dsfsultsr. To oos
MINIS this IL . most pathetic spectacle.
Nhsis 70 heartless cynic Of 70 natural
bora scoundrel and ssindler the fall Of
ti,ss man 1t 50 years Of age may b sub
jset far snesrs and jssra % our mind Il h
ssrsgsdy. not . comedy.
IL. was the grsatrheartsd and strong
brais,sd Scotchmap. Robert Burns. who In
substance wrote Everybody knows what
> nssn has yielded 10. but the great
hsarspi. compassionate. charitable and
meresial God alone knows what he has
resisted" burma WAS no maudiin ssnti-
messsaiist; he Was = man Of vigorous
understanding a we'll 40 dramatic imagi-
nasian and he did not write this ~ plea in
abatement Tor wrong doing. but simply TO
Sernisd us that there Was q difference
between IN utterly immoral man who
fsons youth up wages war against the
Yighls Of his fcllow-men In order 20 Gratify
his rsssions Of lust. ayarice or ambition
ai,d = man Of native moral sense Who does
for ysAss struggle against the weakness
thatslaims him It's captive At last. There
are sinners and sinners; there are sins and
sins there are sins OF the blood and there
are aims Of the spirit, and Burns. who
knes that he had suffered because he had
yieIaei to sims Of tbs Meod. put in manly
ard generous plea for men who had re-
sisted The temptation 10 rims Of the spirit.
The fall Of this New Jersey bank teller,
atses twenty-six years Of faithful service,
ve have said. seems 10 rs Hike a tragedy.
Haze he been naturally an uamorai man he
eeasa not have rendered twsn.y-six years
q honorable. faithful and capable service
~ hss bank. lie entered that bank whom
hs was in the bright morning Of his
youth: in twcnty-ax year, faithful. SER
vice he must have formed . large circle OF
fesreciahle acquaintance and friends; he
n.aat have become decent and popular fig
ufe.in his community; he must have been
of same social consequence and must have
felt that he enjoyed the esteem and kindly
regard of large number Of his
fsllaw citizens. We assume fairly that
shss must have been the case, because q
six years In city Of $1,000 inhabitants
Without becoming a decent civic figure.
The fallen man had reached 50 years, an
see when the blood begins 10 cool and the
frantic ambition TO iangulsh. and vet AZ
10 he throws away tho conquest. the repu-
ts.ion Of twenty years that we call char
netes. and Is revealed a. q defauiter, is
Al nA h.
hesn. lifelong suckers. spongers and
swsadlers are today making his
nssns rieald Jest. A. il he
hsa been one OF themselves from
sasth ar. He Was not; he was q man
who had for nearly ,wenty-six years ruled
his passions; had praeticed sels.isnia.:
had lived soberiy; had secured public con.
tsssnce, and yet no fell a, last. Yes, he
aIa fall AZ last. but his fsll eanno, make
as forget thai for any years he Sc. a good
example and achieved an honorable career
There Is no historical doah: that the illu,.
srnus Lord Raeon sold justice for hr.he,
be admitted he had done 30. eu, nleaded
that u was the recognized habit and prac-
t.ee af his time. Socrates would no, have
so'a iassiee Cor erioss: nor Jesus Christ,
npa George Washington. nor Abraham
s.iaso!n. OF blessed memory.
4 moro pathetic story even comes to rs
Ia ne suicide. on tho 9Th uls.. of f. 4
fssscls. the derosei cashier OF the Pitts
fAst. Mass. Nstlonsi haak. rraneis va.
in Ills sssh year. lie VAS the sen Of p.eus
parents; he entered the P..ssfe.d hank n
~ years Of age, IN isas: he became cashier
In 1894, and held this position for twenty
nsas years. He was impiielsly trusted
~ ais bank; sas universally regarded a,
q ss,s tlnaneier and was considered "a nil
lsr of financial strength In mir bushes,
caamaaity." He was tesdias member
~ slse Baptiss chacch: he MAS perscns.ly
attractive. and xxs cordla. aud an
prslsehah!s 10 oil. And yet tbs man.
sfss. serving his hank ss cashier
'eF nearly thirty years. ended Ais
ife wish . pistol che: when he vas
aefpsses Cor hin financial srrrrularstie.
Soe. this RAN Francis Vas . MOS, nc.
sceplished and genial RAN: . trusted
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