The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-04-10
TONGUE OF CATUMNY
Ever Busy to Injure the Reputa. IN
of Good Men.
Charges of bribery Have often Been
Made 4 Rinst ConEreSsmen. But
They Have Never been
Made 'sood.
Especial Washington Letter.1

CICToP thief" 1t is the cry of the
- criminal who endeavors to
divert public attention from
himself.
1t is scheme as old as the hills and
was practiced by thieves away back
| of the time of Jonathan w Schin-
derhannes, or any of the others rec, j.
ed in History.
dutch Heinrichs," one of the best
known criminals in New York. about
dozen years ago got away with an
immense tray full of magnificent dia-
monds by resorting TO that ole ruse.
He knocked the salemaln down, grab
bed tie tray, ran out into .,,.oadwav
handed the tray to a confederate. who
stepped into an adjoining hallway, and
closing the door after him, while
dutch" ran down the street bowling
stop thief" followed by the sales
man. who had recovered and came
forth making the same cry.
Everybody Joined in the chase. The
salesman soon fell out of the race.
Dutch kept the lead until the crowd
numbered hundreds, and then he quiet
ly disappeared from the chase; fortu-
nately without meeting a policeman,
who might have recognized him. His
confederate filled his pocket with the
gems, left the tray in the hall. me.
Dutch" that night and divided, giving
Heinrichs the bulk of the wealth, of
course. \ few days later they saw
Uncle Jim Matthew'S" who gave them
long green paper for the sinners.
This story was told confidentiaily.
few months later, in Uncle Jim's"
place on Broadway, near Twentieth
street, and Heinrichs said insinuating-
": Captain of precinct had good rea-
SON. never to Suspect me in de game"
Well. the cry of stop thief" was
recently raised in the national house
of representatives by a. congressman,
who made a great front of virtuous
indignation about having been offered
a bride, and incidentally endeavored
to besmirch the reputation of so good
and honorable a gentleman as Lemuel
Z. Quigg, who never wronged any man
but himself
This is said to be the first time in |
the history of our country that any |
has endeavored to bring |
odium upon the name of an innocent /
and he also former mem /
Der of congress. In 1894 there was /
a general hue and cry about certain
senator's making use of their positions
TO put money in their purses by specu-
ating in sugar stocks. A special COM
nittee was appointed by the senate to
investigate the charges which news
papers had made. One by one the SEN
itors appeared before that committee
ind denied having had anything to do
With the stock market, until Senator
quay, of Pennsylvania, appeared, and
lie said:
This committee has no jurisdiction
over the actions of any senator. Never
heless, will tell you frankly that i
rave speculated in sugar stocks and
n other stocks for many years, and
hat shall continue to do so, as long
S 1 please"
The first case of alleged bribery to
ONE before the congress was on De-
ember so, 1895, when Robert Randall
nd Charles Whitney were charged be-
ore the house of representatives with
tempting to bride members of con-
ress to vote for bill granting all
+ the lands lying between lakes Erie, ,
iichigan and Huron, to a company of ,