Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-28
SACKETT'S CRIME.
Case of Amazing Depravity De.
veIoped at Kenosha.
EAN WHO LIVED A DOUBLE LIFE
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
Officer to Escape Arrest and Instructing
His Pal How to Commit Perjury.

Eenosha. Wis, Sept 2S.-Yesterday's
sun rose to find Oliver II. z. 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
his long sentence in the penitentiary at
Waupun had begun, one day had been
stricken from the calendar of pain and
servitude, and the world had lost for a
term of years one of its greatest hypo-
critics. a dangerous criminal and pub
iic scourge. Oliver II. p. Sackett, of AL
West Fifty-ninth street, Englewood.
llis,. the y. NJ. c. \. leader. the valiant
church worker and the head and front
OF all charitable undertakings in his
neighborhood, stands convicted of the
crime 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 I'M
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 n Double Life for Years.
This mans life was one of contradic-
tons, mixture of good and evil a
combination of deceit and honor. His
was double nature in whose COMPOST
ton entered the opposite qualities of
generous impulse and inordinate cupid
1ty. Ills early steps We're 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 it is supposed this
man led n double life. life consecrated
apparently to well-doinG and noble
works. but in reality devoted to pur-
suits which society says are unlawful,
for they affect it's 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 nohler 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 most potent agent
for evil. His criminality is beyond
question. lie robbed other men of the
fruits of their labor that he might en-
rich and fortify himself in "a position
where he would be secure from the
.1r ing go CT, Of
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 to
the destroying act that cuts him off
from heme. friends. ana liberty, and
exposes him to the world as criminal.
of the two natures of Oliver Sackett
EnSlewoOd people knew but one. To
them he was all that is manly and
honorable. To business men with
whom he had dealings he was re-
Sarded as Il shrewd. capable tradesman
VINO was peculiarly adapted to the
work he had undertaken.
He Had Other Associates.
But another and q 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 We're numbered among
| the acquaintances and We're 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 trarsgressed the laws
| and still maintained his position among
the upright and decent. Honor among
| tnieNes was his safeguard. but he
| trusted too implicitly and his down
| lah came at the hands of one who
| shared his crimes, but was willing to
| sell his comrade 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.
CRIME THAT "SENT HIM UP.'