Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-08-10

--+~- N4AO SCdOOL CRIMINAL.
he hasn't the mind to plan or the nerve
to execute "jobs" such as made dime
novels popular, that his body knows
neither comfort nor cleanliness and
that his soul, II he has one, Is possess
ed by the demon Of unrest.
Sending him to Jail does no good, be-
cause he rather prefers the rest, shell
ter and regular If not dainty meals.
Even long terms in the penitentiary
have no appreciable effect on him. He
almost invariably goes back to his old
trade when released. ...;, 49,;
ii Whipping posts, !: stocks, ducking
stools and other primitive machines OF
cruelty have been suggested, but the
laws forbid except in the little state Of
Delaware. "'' '"'. -
Chief Of Detectives Desmond Of St.
Louis was asked by The Sunday Re-
public for his views and confessed
frankly that the question was too
many sided for him to answer just yet.
:. II think we will find some way Of
dealing with him when we know him
better" he said. II have watched his
evolution with a great deal of interest
and no little anxiety. He is certainly
the most dangerous criminal Of the
present time.
"Criminals are getting very scarce
these days." said Chief Desmond.
about the smoothest one can recall
just now was old Colonel Parker of
Texas He blew in here one spring
morning in the early eighties and in
cry wholesale house down town. He
said he was cattleman and looked
the part. He also said he had a train
load Of cattle over In East st. Louis
and insisted on taking the merchants
over the river to show them. He want
ed to buy goods for half dozen stores
that he owned In the Lone Star State
and said he would pay cash when he
sold his cattle. He knew the prices of
everything, but seemed willing to pay
full market rates. and the merchants
thought they had the softest snap they
had run across in years.
~, Statesmen for the different houses
almost fought over the old fellow. One
Of them would take him to a hotel and
register him as 8 guest of his house.
Another would come along and take
him to another hotel as his guest. They
wouldn't let him pay for anything and
tried to keep him full Of liquor.
20 AFTER q day or. so the colonel began
TO- feel, shabby. in his ranch clothes,
and an, energetic salesman rugged him
ont 81 store clothes from head to foot.
Another, rent him Z silk hat, third q
hhe pair Of boots. and 80 it went, .%nt,
d, "Evcry day he would buy big bills Of
stun and order them packed for ship:
ment.S Every day or SO he would have
EAcheck cashed. sometimes two or three
I'M one day. fs, f4$ ~ #tE372' ai}5:@'F$
n..The Colonel skipped the town about
sunset on 1 Saturday, and when he
couldn't be found merchants began to
grow suspicious BY Monday they
realized. that, they had been worked
and got very indignant. Some Of them
found that the colonel had found the
way to their cash drawers, and there
were complaints from several hotels
concerning silver and bric-a-brac. Just
how much It all amounted to no one
ever took the trouble to learn. w. f.
eve overhauled the colonel In a
small Illinois town and brought him
back. He went to trial, but was taken
suddenly Ill and was hurried of to the
City hospital. 4 Il =. E =.
'That night he babe the hospital and
sc. Louis goodby forever. "a .$ - *
Equally smooth as the colonel.
but an entirely different sort Of man,
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