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yyiSGI TIL svtto GAVE AWAY Bio
roRTuhE s IN CHARITY
a1y lists Noes ~ Men Who became
Oatsaseen4 Robbers For the Pur-#
- 81 saelie Wink Misery and Dis-
sssss vvish Their III Gotten Gains.
Two Of three charitable inst tutes ii
& t61y Owe their found at!0n to q famous
#DWindler named RESELL ], whore whole.
Nm lnail fe seems Ia llav e been to bene
! n poor children who, Ike himself, were
scripples Originally possessed Of d
small fortune, lie practically betygg med
himself with this most worthy object.
i Hut there, Of course lie should have
I stopped. Instead Of doing SO, however
~ sembarked on series of gigantic
frauds. ~ which he became possessed
\ Ct many tens 0f thousands OF pounds,
which he devoted to the cause Of crip-
ples. The disinterest edness of the ;no25
5 tiye Tor his crimes Is established by the
east that he himself lived most frugal.
4 u In quite humble circumstances while
he was dispensing thousands OF pounds
4 n charity, every penny Of his III gotten
gains going III this way Hundreds of
cripples and other suffering children
learned to bless his name, and IT is es-
/ timaeed that he gave away betS,een
xSO. 600 and IsO, COO to relieve the sur
Serings and brig item the lives Of those
sswll0En God had not made straight
s During his somewhat brief career.
- man Of wealth, Redpath. the rail-
SsgIy clerk, who swindled his employ
4 ~ az 8 nearly a quarter Of million
pounds BIZ means Of forged stock GER
5st1ncates. dispensed very consider
D able sum OF money In charity Le:Id-4
Ing q double life and, out cf office
hours. posing us a successful finanser
\ he was constantly applied to by Mis-
acquaintances to assist charities in
which they were interested, aud ny
helped others sas generously as he had
3 helped Himself 10 heggars lie raraIy
%eAve less than sovereign, and time
4 upon time he went s.slumming' In or
4 der to help eases Of distress.
I'D hit II cannot, Of course, be asserted
] that hin gigantic frauds were operated
III him with the object OF being char
liable He was undoubtedly generous
and the total amount Of money he gave
away IN charity would have Kept him
I N luxury all his life. Palmer, the
ii nEings burglar. ut would seem, EN-
b4fked on his wonderfully successful
career Of crime solely from perverted
dthfopic motives, Helived humbly
saIId gave away NIL he stole Redpath
/ lived In such l0rtllv style that one won.
/ dafH that he should l1are In gea to-
escape detection for 50 long MS ten
fyears.
Palmer was without doubt the most
successful burglar England has ever
KNOWN, not eAly because his harls
5ysere generally rich, but shecanse dur
'anx whole decade Of systematic
crime he never once fell into the hands
~ the police. 1t Is estimated that he
acquired" more than f100, 000 In the
jaaeOurSe of his career, and almost every
peAny sof this was q ven away In char
~ Norwich, where he lised. owes
hin i debt ,ofs gratitule it ii not likely
ssouickly to forget. FOR his benefactions
,an that town alone ran into tens Of
ahousands Of pounds. No local caseSof
jlistrses ever came under lis notice
I M receiving help from him The
ga and crippled Darticnlarly evoked
IN charity. and ~ Is said that he spent
R{nnward of 5000 ID estabA shinc an
.inilrmary.
u "a 10 small measure Vas ii due to
..Iae fanous bank 81 clerk who robbed
SSfhe Rank q Beleium IS nearly 4 mil
|iion 81 money tlrifted On his career Of
;il.f ia d n was his ambition to he
IIreat ii m ,,fhropIst bnt a. j bank
sslers Sc s6ad ~ tl,ts rnea -. ana. non
s3ns ~ ~ rich auIckly. 10 went III for ]
ITnSh sreculat tons & osine. he robbed
} enpiloyers "a nl,tain Inc money
4 1ith which rs Day hIs account and Is !
3 another Il tenr,t "a fonn,l Il
" 3s,nss 81 r,nnev IN 4lalss exvavs and s. 3 4