The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-17

tress with Their HI Gotten Gains.
Two or three charitable institutes in
Italy owe their Foundation to Il famous
Ewindler named Roselli. whose whole
rim in life seems to have been to bene
st poor children who like himself, were
cripples. Originally possessed of
small fortune, he practically beggared
himself with this most worthy object.
But there, Of course, he should have
stopped. Instead of doing so, however,
he embarked on series of gigantic
frauds, by which he became possessed
of many tens Of thousands Of pounds,
which he devoted TO the cause Of Grip
pies. The disinterestedness of the mo-
tive for his crimes is established by the
fact that lie himself lived most frugal
ly in quite humble circumstances while
lie was dispensing thousands of pounds
In charity, every penny OF his Ill gotten
gains going In this way. Hundreds OF
cripples and other suffering children
learned to bless his name, and 1t is es-
timated that lie gave away between
$4,000 and 100000 TO relieve the suf-
.ferln2s and brighten the lives of those
"whom God had not made straight
During his somewhat brief career
as a man Of wealth, Redpath, the rail-
way clerk, who Swindled his employ
| ers Of nearly quarter OF million
pounds by means Of forged stock Ger.
| tificatcs, dispensed very consider
| able sum of money in charity. Lead
ing double life and, out of office
| hours, posing as a successful tinancier,
t. ,,fl in1 20, l,x- n
! acQuaintances TO assist charities In
which they were interested, and he
helped others as generously as he had
| helped himself. To beggars he rarely
gave less than sovereign, and time
upon time he went stunning" I'm Or
der TO help cases Of distress.
But II cannot. of course, be asserted
that his gigantic frauds were operated
! by him with the object Of being char
| table. He was undoubtedly generous
| and the total'amount Of money he gave
away In charity would have kept him
in luxury all his life. Palmer, the
daring burglar, it would seem. en-
barked on his wonderfully successful
career Of crime solely from perverted
philanthropic motives. He lived humbly
and gave away all he stole. Redpath
lived in such lordly style that one Won
ders that he should have managed to
escape detection for so long as ten
years.
Palmer was without doubt tho most
successful burglar England has ever
known, not only because his hauls
were generally rich, but because dur
Ing whole decade of systematic
crime he never once fell into the hands
Of the police 1t IL estimated that he
facquired" more than 100000 in the
course Of his career, and almost every
penny Of this was given away in char
ity. Norwich, where he lived, owes
him q debt of gratitude it Is not likely
| quickly to forget, for his benefactions
In that town alone ran into tens Of
thousands of pounds. No local case Of
distress ever came under his notice
without receiving help from him. The
old and crippled particularly evoked
his charity, and 1t is said that he spent
upward Of $4,000 i'm establishing an
infirmary.
In no small measure was it due to
his charitable propensities that Kint,
the famous bank clerk who robbed
II
lion Of money, drifted on his career of
crime. 1t was his ambition to be a
great philanthropist, but as a bank
clerk he had not the means, and, hop
ing to get rich quickly, he went in for
rash speculations. Losing, he robbed
his employers to obtain the money
with which to pay his account and to
make another attempt. He found II
comparatively easy to get hold of large
sums Of money in this way, and he
went on stealing not only to pay his
losses, but also to obtain funds with
which to be charitable while he was
waiting for n great stroke Of luck to
make him rich and thus repay his bor.
rowings.
Luck, however, was against him
and one day he awoke to the fact that
he had in all robbed the bank Of near.
ly 100000, which he could never
hope to repay. Discovery being in.
evitable. he fed, only. however, to be
caught and sentenced to fifteen years
imprisonment
Milreau, who was said to hay been
connected with some Of the best fami-
lies In France and to have possessed
considerable means until ruined by
the Panama canal disaster, was one OF
the best friends the beggars Of Paris
ever had, and to obtain funds for help
Ing them he became systematic thief
He used to frequent the fashionable
streets during the day and pick pock
ets. and by night, dressed in ragged
clothes, he dispensed the spoils to tie
first beggars he met. For years he
continued the practice without being
suspected, and it was by pure chance
that he eventually did fall into the
hands Of the police. When his lodgings