The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-04
CITY We us
YOUNG Man REAPS
THE WHIRL WIND
q. S. GILBERTsON GOES TO STILL
WATER AS A CONVICT.
It Was the Same Old Story of Stealing
Little and Then Taking More and
More to Cover Successive Losses
He Now Faces a Four-Year Term.

Stealing more and more money to win
back enough to cover the previous pecu-
lations, Gilbert S. Gilbertson finally
grew reckless and the inevitable result
came. Today he was taken to Saltwater
to- serve four years as a convict.
/ A few months ago GiLlbertson, tho but
"a years Of age, was the esteemed and
branch of the Baltimore Packing com
pany. It was his unusual ability which
secured him the responsible position he
held. AS clerk he had demonstrated
his efficiency; as a bookkeeper he had
shown unusual ability; and when the
vacancy came, for pure merit alone, Gil
bertson was advanced to cashier. Before
him was brilliant future commercially.
He was esteemed and trusted by both as
sociates and employers; his integrity
never questioned-till the crash came.
+ Then in a few short hours Gilbert
son found himself rudely fallen from
the ladder of success which he had so
successfully started to mount. From
being the pride of happy parents resid-
ing at Minneota, who with so much in
terest were following their boys ca
reer in the city, he became the black
sheen of the famil y-the first to bring
sorrow and dishonor to the home. >
Gilbertson confessed he gambled
away the money he embezzled. He
played his cards, lost all his money and
! that of his employers, lost his position,
his honor, and for four years, his lib
I erty.
It was last January Gilbertson
started his criminal career by first dip
ping into the funds he handled in trust.
He was clever in keeping his books,
and after once yielding, it became each
time the easier to take larger amounts,
patching up his accounts as best he
could to make them balance.
1t was one day last July the crash
came. He wrote out check for $500
on the bank.
''What are you drawing so much
money for?' asked the local manager
,"Why the payroll this week is over
$780, was the ready response.
But this wasn't satisfactory. That
day his books were examined. And the
further the examination went, the more
awful was the embezzlement exposed
He was called into the managers office,
and there made confession. By the
time he was discovered he had become
hardened to his crime, and his confess
sion not that of the contrite, repentant,
CRIMINAL but cool and collected state
ment of how he had stolen the money
over $4,000 Of it in sixty days.
? Gilbertson was Immediately placed
under arrest. The September grand
jury indicted him for grand larceny.
When arraigned before Judge Harrison
of the district court, Gilbertson pleaded
guilty. His extreme youth, and the
previous good name he had borne, were
much in his favor. He escaped with a
sentence of four years.
Gilbertson is receiving but little SYM
pathy from his employers and former
fellow employees. They believe the pun
ishment too light for his offense. Gil
bertson s brazen front turnout his case
has far from appealed to his friends,
but rather had the reverse influence.
Less than a year Gilbertson was mar
ried. His wife still resides in Mime
apolis d." 9i'3'r - IT, |''.' =,