Evening journal., 1900-01-19

gold in two leather trunks, and that hel
had been robbed Of every dollar OF II !
nv brigands while crossing Mexico.
When he had struck the west coast OF
south America he was broke. with the
exception Of his iewelry and he had
pawned that to get his merry go-round
outfit, with which he had made Nv
ing. hauling g around small Peruvian
and Chilean towns.
Another man whose stealings we're
ycrv large but who only got away
with an indifferent portion of them,
was running a shooting gallery IN ITO
de Janciro when / saw him, about ten
years ago. He, too, was an ex-cashler
OF bank--an Iowa national bank. ITO.
had thieved on a heavy scale for 4
number of years, and ne had wound
himself up by getting ia with a clique
OF bond forgors and accepting a lot OF
forged bonds as collateral, knowing
that they were forged. When he land
ed in South America he had only a
few thousands In hand, and he quickly
got rid Of this in drink and general
dissipation Then he started his shoot
ing gallery. His Wife who
was still q handsome, II
somewhat worn. woman when / visited
the shooting gallery. and had been one
OF the leading figures in the social
fashion OF the state Of Iowa before her
husbands dishonesty was discovered
and he took to flight. was attending TO
the loading OF the target guns, while
her husband did tho marking. They
struck me as The hcavieet-heartcd pair
of human beings l had ever seen. ia
never been called upon before to feel
so sorry as ] did for that good, loyal
woman who stood there behind the lit
tie counter jamming cartridges into
target guns and handing the guns u
lsilly, ogling, Spanish-spitting bucks.
Coming to the chaps who got away
with big hauls, there's a famous cluf
down in Buenos Ayres which used e
be the meeting place OF naval Officers
from all countries. The officers made
\ their destinations with thanks TO al
OF the clubs offers of hospitality wheT
the organization admitted as one Of ia
members an ex-state treasurer Of th'
United States, who landed in Soutl
4 America with 100000 of his state
funds. This man went into business
ventures on a large scale immediatel.
he struck Buenos Ayres, and It didn'
take him many years to quadruple hi
stolen half a million. lie was running
a big stock brokerage Office in Bueno
Ayres. He gave enormous sums {
charity. joined the Catholic church
and became about az prominent a for
cign figures as there was in Bueno
Ayres.
! Il believe the man succeeded In som
way or other in inducing the people q
Buenos Ayres, native and foreign, I
r believe that he was more sinned agains
than SHINING, and that he had TO fie
= the United States because, as treasure
: OF his state, he had been goOd-nature
J, and foolish enough TO indorse the note
: Of lot OF his. political friends VIII
p had not made good when the pine
z came. IN what fashion he contrived
lexplain, however, just how he manage
D. TO strike Buenos Ayres with his huf
Q bundle OF money was matter whiC
o his defenders kept still. / needn't 50
!. that, as a rule, naval officers are M
a prigS or cantcrs or moralists, but the
= are certain details OF conduct whiC
G. they observe the world over. WhiG
8 is why a good many Of us were put
ID the embarrassing necessity of placir
D. our hands behind our backs and wal
, ing away when we met this publ
! thief on the streets Of Buenos Ayr
u and we're about TO be introduced
Dr him by mutual acquaintance.
u Down IN Pernambuco there was
~ ex-aseietant state treasurer who 8
~ away with a very large amount. He W
= one Of the most successful coffee ehi
g pers in Brazil. and he stood ace-hil
10 in the estimation of all the promine
lie people OF Pernambuco His story, I,
to WAS thoroughly well known, but, II
al the Buenos Ayres embezzler. he b
=. cooked up a Notwithstanding fai
70 tale. He claimed that he was not [
"a real enibezzler ct all. but that his chi
I'D the treasurer. was the man who {
re, away-with all the money. The trei
de- ureE and real culprit. he said, v
married TO a member OF his (the fu
tive's) family, and as this woman v
: dying with consumption at the III
lSU the shortage was discovered, he, In
der to save her the shock that VOL
have been caused by her husbands d
A. grace, h1d nobly determined 10 p
the part 81 scaregoat and assume