The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-02
CAPIrAL PUNISHMENT.
Brother jackson Thinks That SwInd-
Iers should BE Hanged.

The H. L. c. and Others-There is a
division Of opinion regarding capital
punishment and it seems to be an awl-
ful question to think about but some
times l for one. believe ID justifiable I'm
certain instances.
Take for example Zimri Dwiggins, the
Chicago banker. and his crew. They
established branch banks with the ap-
parent purpose of allowing them to fail.
They had two branch banks in Indiana,
one at Kempton. the other at Green
town, o. Most likely they made the first
proposition to citizens i'm those COM
munities to establish the banks: they
failed. 1t is now apparent that their
original intention was. to allow the
banks TO fail They undoubtedly made
money in the operation. OF course if
Dwiggins and his associate conspirators
can repeat these opera tions in some
other state or locality it is reasonable
TO suppose they will do it, In view of
so many other defaulters of large pub
lie trust where honesty and confidence
form the base of operation. the question
naturally arises: Are Dwiggins and his
gang honest? Are they any better than
the seTni-barbarous pirates Of distant
countries? Are they any better than
the outlaws on the frontiers? / answer,
they are not as good. No difference how
their personal appearance may be. no
difference what society their families
move in.
The Plankinton bank Of milwaukee
which was worth a million and a half
dollars, failed through reckless use Of
its money outside of its real line of
business, but very likely il will get the
best of the result just the same. The
directors were arrested and that in
cluded the L. 5. district Judge OF Wis
consin, as he happened to be one of
the directors. The judge was indignant
and may be innocent, but he was in very
bad company and is in for it to some
extent at least. So many criminal
bankers have cropped out that the hon
est bankers must regret the spotted and
extremely disgraceful phase into which
they are plunged by dishonest bankers
Of high and low degree
Most all banks want deposits of
money 1t helps them along i'm their
business and poor people and people of
very moderate means are the greatest
sufferers with a dishonest bank Poor
men and women have labored and prac-
ticed domestic economy half a lifetime
TO get a few hundred dollars ahead for
safe keeping from rOgues and accidents
Some deposit in bank. If the banker
prove to be a cold-blOoded villain the
poor depOsitors have their wears Of toll
practically for society for nothing as
TO themselves and are thus rendered
worse than slaves in any country
The example those bank swindlers.
county office defaulters and other great
defaulters display is sufficient to Justify
capital punishment. In the aggregate
those bank cOnspiratOrs and other de-
faulters of great public trusts cause
more loss OF life than any murderer by
nervous exhaustion and mental anxiety
as to individual existence and relation
to society and civil government They
are obnoxious warts, fulsOme tumOrs
upon society. and government caterpiI-
lars. They are leaders Of rascals and
incentive to rascality. Some persons
not accustomed to phiIOsophize and NOR
alize may reason thus: well. If those
fellows can get along by swindling.
stealing and dishonest scheming / can
too.
The law Of capital punishment may
be abolished sometime. but local senti-
ment stands supreme. A few 'picnics''