The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-15
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several persons VINO nave AchleVeu
bad notoriety by reason Of unfairhful
stewardship have lately been made to
realize that the way of the transgressor
is hard, and that honesty aud fidelity,
though probably not yielding such i'm
mediate and extraordinary financial re-
turns, are far better lines Of policy in
the long run. Young Mr.. Weeks be-
trayed the trust reposed in him and
wasted a million or more Of the money
of his victims. He thought to escape
the penalty of his misdeeds by flight to
Central America, where he hoped to on
JOY his ill-gotten wealth in fancied Sc
curity. But he was traced to his hiding
place, given over to the custody Of the
United States officers, brought back to
face the wrath of those he had betrayed.
The scourdrel can not be brave, and
Weeks poltroon spirit exhibited itself
in his plea Of guilty. for to him prison
was Il haven OF refuge from the presence
of his dupes, and the solitude of a cell,
frighttul as it is, preferable to the accu-
sations Of the wronged. His sentence
OF ten years may be reduced to six and
a half by good conduct as n felon, but
enough other indictments hang over
him to insure him tho time of several
generations behind the bars il his MIS-
cradle life should be prolonged to the
end of his just punishment.
Efforts to bring that other Wholesale
,uinI1ov Mororn to $hn hor ~ ,,,t;or
seem in fair way of successful issue.
His extradition has been asked and is
expected to be accomplished soon. His
conviction is certain if he can be
brought back. A fellow-townsman OF
his, n Scheig, who robbed a bank of
which he was the trusted teller, was ar
rested but a day or SO ago as he landed
across the ocean, fancying he had es-
capped the clutches Of the law. For
months, with companions OF his
selection, Schsig had been
jaunting around tho south,
wasting the money he had stolen, and
when stated with that sort of pleasure
he sailed from New York for Europe,
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revelry and high life. But as he came
down the gang plank an officer took him
in charge, and he will come back to
Minneapolis, disgraced, in chains, with
the certainty of conviction, a felon's
stripes for clothing, and a felQn's cell
for lodging. No wonder that he made
desperate resistance to arrest and that
he even tried to murder the officers who
a~pprehended him. Detention and i'm
prisonment far from his former friends
and companions in honorable life and
business would be vastly preferable to
facing in his disgrace those once proud
to call him friend, believing him as hon
est and honorable as they. But justice
will be done, and back he must come.
For years l.. A. Hillinrd, q bright and
capable young man had a position OF
trust and responsibility in the business
Office of the Chicago Tribune. lie be-
trayed the confidence Of his friends and
stole 10000 from the owners Of the
paper. For months he e!uded the Off,
GERS, but is at last in custody. His fl.
ture is blasted, his usefulness gone for
ever, his friends and relatives bowed
down in shame. There is only woe and
lamentat!on in store for him in prison
and for his relatives and friends in their
honest homes.
1t is a homely saying, but worthy of
all ncceptation: Honesty is the best
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