The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-09-30

acted the Honest, Manly, Liberal and Pious
Citizen During the Day That He Might
Rob with Impunity at Night-winds Up
HIS Criminal Career by shooting at an
onicer tn Escape Arrest and Instructing
His Pal How To Commit Perjury.
kenosha, Wis, Sept. 2S.-Yesterday's
sun rose to find oliver IL. L. Sackett
clad in the garb of a convict, his head
shorn OF its brown locks and his heart
heavy with the disgrace he must for
ever bear. Before the night closed in
ms long sentence in the penitentiary at
Naupun had begun. one day had been
WNrcken from the calendar of pain and
servitude, and the world had lost for
term Of years one of its greatest hypo-
critics, a dangerous criminal and pub
lie scoVrge. oliver II. Il. Sackett, of 45l
West Fifty-ninth street, Englewood,
llls,. the Y. NJ. c. A. leader, the valiant
church worker and the head and front
of all charitable undertakings in his
9eighborhood, stands convicted of the
rhine of attempted manslaughter and
burglary. he is sentenced TO seven
and one-half years at hard labor as ex-
piation for his crimes. AS the prison
walls close behind him his record of
hypocrisy and double life is being un-
folded TO the world. His friends awake
TO the rude realization that they had
harbored in their midst a serpent.
whose heart was black with deeds OF
shame and whose unworthiness was
great.
Led Double Life for Years.
This mans life was one of contradic-
tions, a mixture of good and evil,
combination of deceit and honor. His
was a double nature in whose compost
ton entered the opposite qualities Of
generous impulse and inordinate cupid
ity. His early steps were in the direc-
ton of good. but the evil predominated
as the years passed, and hypocrisy was
resorted to for the purpose of covering
up the iniquities his coward soul dare
not face. For years Il is supposed this
man led a double life, a life consecrated
apparently to well-doing and noble
works, but in reality devoted TO pur-
suits which society says are unlawful,
for they affect its safety. By day Sack
EFT was a business man whose dealings
were honorable and whose relations
with the world reflected credit upon
himself and his connections. He was
jealous in the discharge of his religious
duties and found much opportunity for
the display OF his nobler instincts. His
fidelity to his family and friends was
never questioned; he was respected and
admired by those with whom he came
in contact
One Half of Which Was Informers.
BY night the nature of the man was
changed His evil side showed itself,
and he became a most potent agent
for evil. His crminality is beyond
question. He robbed other men of the
fruits of their labor that he might en-
rich and fortify himself in position
where he would be secure from the
arm of justice. He stopped at no crime
to cover up the deeds of his evil hand.
Shrewd and crafty in all his works,
he realized that discovery meant ruin.
and determination TO maintain himself
in his position of responsibility led 10
the destroying act that cuts him off
from home, friends, and liberty, and
exposes him to the world as criminal.
OF the two natures of Oliver Sackett
Englewood people knew but one. To
them he was all that is manly and
honorable. To business men with
WnOm ne ndQ dealings ne was re-
garded as a shrewd, capable tradesman
who was peculiarly adapted TO the
work he had undertaken.
He Had other Associates.
But another and a different class
knew the opposite nature. This class
was composed of those whose names
are found on police records. whose
faces adorn the rogues' gallery. Crooks,
burglars, thieves were numbered among
the acquaintance and were the asso-
cites Of the hidden life. 1t was with
these men that Sackett chose to cast
his lot, hut less brave than they and
more crafty he transgressed the laws
and still maintained his position among
the upright and decent. Honor among
thieves was his safeguard. but he
trusted too implicitly and his down.
fall came at the hands of one who
shared his crimes, but was willing to
sell his coinrade for the price of his
own liberty. The Judas he had trusted
gained nothing by his disloyalty and
only brought more trouble upon him
self.