Arizona republican., 1899-01-27
HIS VAIN SACRIFICE
Became a Criminal 10 Save His
 Dying Wife.

New York, Jan. 26.-Louis J. Snure's sacrifice was all in vain. Two years ago he sacrificed his honesty and be- came a criminal fleeing from justice, having committed forgeries amounting to S2O, 900 in order that he might save the life of his wife, who was slowly dying of consumption. Today he is in felon's cell and his wife has but few hours to live, so the doctors say.
 Snure is 27 years old, and two years ago was confidential clerk for Mendel. Pursch & Wiener, clothiers of No. 127 Mercer street. He then lived at No. 1915 Degraw street, Brooklyn.
 The firm placed unbounded conf dence in him. It was with difficulty that the members could bring them selves to believe that the forg5ries were Snures So clever was their execution that MT. Pursch, who always signed the firms checks, could not tell that he had not made out the numerous forged checks which were shown to him.
 It was by chance that Snuras pecu- lations were finally discovered. In March last, at which time the forgeries had been going on for two years, a pO- liceman of the Mercer street station found a check for $220 on the Pacific bank with the firms name on it. He picked it up in the stre6t and took it to MT Pursch, who was talking to Snure at the time. Mir PurSch said he knew nothing about such a check and Snure also professed surprise. He suggested that Mr. Pursch go to the bank and inquire and he would mean time, look up the matter in his books. L6#Mr. Pursch started for tlIe bank. ~Snure put on his hat and coat and went to New Jersey. He was not seen again l hereabouts till last night.
 When MT. Pursch got to the bank he could get no explanation of the check, but he was shown a number of others made out similarly. He returned to his office and with tte other members of the firm went over the check book. They could find no stubs opposite the corresponding numbers of the checks the banks paying teller had handed MT. Pursch. The amount Of such checks which were di,c0vered was $20.- 00J Every check was so well forged that MT Pursch could not tell the sig nature from his own. The police were notified at once, but it was too late. Snure took his wife to England, Ire land and France She did not improve in health and six months ago he brought her to Cheyenne, Nyo,. where AC AOpCQ S1l6 WOulu gan Ter nodlJl. She grew worse all the while, and five days ago she and her husband returned, going to the h5use in West Twenty-sec- Ond street.
 Detectives Gallagher and Deevy, who had been assigned to the case and had traced .Snure through ali the coun- tries he visited, learned of the return to this city of the wife, and they watched for Snure about the neighbor- hood. With ths knowledge that an other tWenty-four hours would end the struggle he had made f5r his wife's life, Snure left the house last night. He did not at all answer the description that had been given the detectives Of him, but they took the chance and arrested him
 When he was taken to police head quarters Snure said that he had taken the money for the sake of his wife He declared that his salary was only S15 Q week. He was married, he said, two years before last March, when the