The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28
POLITICS AND REGULATION.
A MAINE MAN MIXED THE TWO
AND GOT INTO TROUBLE.

His Way Home 10 Answer the
Charge of lcmbezzIcment-Wns
Republican, hut Bet 800 on Bryan
and Lost, Then Took to speculH-
tion-Thc Money Belonged 10
Widow and He Was Unable to He-
place It--Jackson says He Has
Been with the Cubnns on the East
Coast of Florida-IG Glad of the
Chance to RETURN Nome.
Detective Barrett made a good catch
yesterday, and the prisoner is already well
on his way to his home in the far north.
j. II. Jackson of Foxcroft, Me-, is charg
ed with the embezzlement of $1,000 OF in
surance money entrusted to him by In
surance companies, which he represented,
to pay a loss sustained by the companies
last summer. His story is an interesting
one, and shows too much politics is bad
for mans business, especially when ac-
companied by recklessness in handling
other peoples money.
Jackson left his home in Foxcroft In
January. He was located recently in
Jacksonville and Mr.. William Burgess, a
young lawyer Of Foxcroft, came down for
the purpose of carrying him back home
When he arrived in Jacksonville, Jackson
had left there, having taken the train for
Savannah. At Ways Station, however,
he left the train and rode the rest of the
way into Savannah on his bicycle. He has
been here several days. When MIR. Bur-
CESS found that Jackson had left Jack
sonville for Savannah he came here, ar
irving yesterday morning. He called al
the police barracks at once and notified
Chief McDermott of his errand. Detec-
tive Barrett was detailed for the case, and
readily succeeded in finding Jackson rom
the description given by Mr.. Burgess.
Jackson was at the postoffice where he
had gone to look for letter He readily
submitted to arrest, and said that he was
glad to be arrested. He was tired of the
wandering life he had been leading he
said and wanted to return home.
Jackson was seen at tho police barracks
shortly after his arrest by a Morning
News reporter. He was taking nap, but
walked up and seemed glad Of the chance
TO talk to some one. He is fine-looking
man Of about S5, with black hair and beard
and pleasant address.
yes, there is a good deal of story in
It," he said, in response to the reporter S
| inquiry. MY home IS in Foxcroft, Me-,
| where / have been in the insurance BUSH
ness for several years. The business was
left me by my grandfather, who died eight
| or nine years ago at about 80 years of age.
My father was killed in the war and l
| was raised by my grandfather My fam
| lily is one of the oldest in that section,
my great-grandfather having been a SOL
| der in the revolutionary war. and the fam
| lily having been settled in this country
for three or four generations before
| that event. 1 was doing very well in the
insurance business until 1 got into this
| trouble"
"A little explanation is necessary to
make the case clear" said Jackson. Some
time last June there was a fire in a town
/ about twenty miles from Foxcroft. hotel
run by widow being burned. My COM
/ panies had insurance on the hotel amount
| ing to $780, 1 was sent to investigate the
fire and arrange settlement. There we're
| suspicious circumstances connected with
the fire, and on this account 1 delayed
| the full time allowed by law in that state,
sixty days. before making the settlement.
| Sufficient evidence to make 1t worth while
| to risk a law suit could not be obtained,
and 1 made the settlement with the
| widow. She had debts outstanding
amounting to about 500, which l paid.
| She did not know what to do with the
money, so l advised her to let IL remain
in bank, which she agreed to do. 1 gave
her 800 in cash and my personal note on
the bank for the balance due, about $500,
| instructing her to call on me whenever
she needed money. l sent her some three
or four checks of from $50 to $780, Now
the politics comes in. To be a re-
publican in Maine is like being a
democrat in Georgia. Maine is every bit
| as hidebound in politics az Georgia is said
| to be by the northern newspapers, only the
two political faiths differ. A man cannot
| afford to be a democrat in my part of the
country, at least, unless he Is independ-
| emily wealthy or is so low that he has
nothing to lose. All the business men and
the moneyed men are republicans and
their employees vote the same way or they
find themselves without a job. My people
are all republicans and I had always beer
a republican. Last summer however,
heard Mr.. Bryan deliver several speeches
and / became convinced that he was or
the right line ! also came to the conclu.
sion that the protection theory was wrong
/ saw that although our industries hac
been protected for years that our farmers
were poverty stricken and that the manu-
facturers were the only people who made
money. their employees making hardly
enough to live on. l concluded that this
state of affairs was wrong and hence I be
came an enthusiastic Bryanite. j did no
join the democrats, but went in with thu
| populists. We put out a ticket and made
hot fight in the county being defeated
only by a small majority had been read
ing Henry Georges articles on the cam
paign and concluded that he had Gale,
the turn and that Mr.. Bryan was a sur,
winner. put up 500 in bets on Mr Bryan
at odds of one to 5. lost of course. Havinl
been cut by my former friends could no
borrow any money to make good my loss
es and took to specializing in stocks.
won $500 on the New York stock exchang,
and thought that had struck goo,
thing. Then / specialized in bucket shol
Office of a Boston concern. I lost abou
$500 and the concern also went to pieces
went to Boston to see IL could get an,
of my money back. but got very COX
shoulder. Then / concluded / would leav,
home. which l did Jan. .. telling my wifi
that my health necessitated n change Sew
eral days later sailed from New York 70
Jacksonville on a steamer Most of m,
time In Florida I have spent on the cas-
coast"
Jackson would not state directly tina
he had been with the Cuban insurgents
but he said a good deal about the insur
gents in a general way and intimated tina
he had made one or two trips TO the is
land.
1.-THE newspapers have only had &C
= counts OF three OF four successful trips o
tho Three Friends" he said "NauOtooi