The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-01
ESCAPES WORKS BY
PLEDC|NG HIS LABOR
Julian JuscoWitch Avoids 60.
Day Sentence by Agreeing
to Do $50 of Work.

Judging from the circumstance that
he pleaded guilty to the charge OF
petit larceny In police court yesterday
Julian Juscowitch, also known as Sus-
cavitch, is not overburdened with moral
scruples, but that he has ability in
other directions was proven by the
rare and interesting manner In which
he escaped term in the workhouse.
With sixty days at Como hanging
over his head, and considering all the
v4ofssitudes, worry and hard work con-
nected Herewith, not to mention the
disgrace attaching to such prolonged
soJourn at the works" Juscowitch
demonstrated his native ability and Sc
cured his release by selling the only
product of value in his possession.
1t sometimes happens that men
placed In positions similar to that
In which Juscowitch found himself are
able to secure release by borrowing
the 500 in cash, the equivalent in DO
lice court practice Of sixty days in the
city reformatory. Not so Juscowitch.
His only possession was the labor he
IS able to perform, and on that labor
he was compelled to depend.
bargain was made with Nj. Rosen-
blum, who, cautious man that he is,
foresaW the advantages Of possessing
a bond In place Of an ordinary verbal
contract, assuring him that he would
secure the services for which he was
paying in advance. Accordingly the
bond was prepared in line with the
wishes Of Rosenblum, and proved to be
shreWd and probably more binding than
is the case with many documents more
pretentious, one feature being that Jus
cowitch agrees to become the servant
of Rosenblum for an indefinite period
The time for the departure of the
black Maria was near at hand, and
Jusowitch fancied but little the drive
to the strong prison within the con-
fines of Como park. Taking little heed
of the contents of the document to
which he put his name in the presence
of legally qualified witnesses Jusco-
witch signed himself over to Rosenblum
in this language and to this effect:
Juscowitch Binds Himself.
For and in consideration Of the
fact that M. Roseblum hereby ad-
vances and pays to the clerk of the
municipal court the sum of $50 to re-
lease me, l hereby agree to work for
him until the amount of wages as such
employe shall: equal the sum of $50"
The document was carefully pocketed
by Rosenblum, after which master and
man took their departure, Juscowitch
to take up service under the existing
strange conditions. To all appearances
the best Of feeling prevailed between
the two.
Juscowitch was fined for stealing a
gun belonging to M. Zebloskey, and was
originally charged with grand larceny,
conviction Of which meant a term in
states prison. He was permitted to
enter a plea Of guilty to the lesser of
fense and was sentenced by Judge
Finehout.
Jsocowitch was recently brought
back from Milwaukee, it being alleged
that he eloped with Mrs. Moshofsky
and that the couple took along some
$500 and the gun in question. Mrs
Moshofsky has been discharged, 1t be-
ing held by the court that the wife
could not steal from the husband.
zebloskey has brought suit for divorce.
naming Juscowitch as correspondent.