The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-16
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bounding - r. Adams suicide ~
~. reo -Tar. Adams aas IN i
respects re-arAah.~ a-a tF
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the Fe5ies Shops F"feH
a4,-lsa.4 form = - IN "8
|tAe player haze hat tae ~.tA4t
0hAnce .a Htu I1" rr- f"Nf tA
Nar ~ the bank t Tremendous AM
ge.icy s. VAlyea bE .1s lowest ORDER 90
ei-Iz anE 4ts PROFITS some t*'t
those who cam .ea~t ~ a+ @.t9F3 E'
pay. a. New York city The sAM &t-
tanned sa such g EsEue among the me-
gro.~ that thr aarkey who a.s2" j
"f-44 and JOSE hI~ wages gn the
strength Il that superstition has ,"T
Yeas been a familiar friend II tie
comic papers. For over q decade lh'Tc
has been wageI a crusade for ih" de-
Structiuu Il the policy" joint AMI for
years the law Was violated by Adams
with stout persistence apea e"".-
geous. Hundreds ~ the shops were
owned by him and rs soon as one was
closed another opened. Win tn" I'M
mense profits which he derived ffom
the business he hrthed the pole" ana
corrupted the authorities and far n
while his complete defiance Of the
law was emincntly successful
lit was not untll years II that sort
# practice had continued that the pa
pers took n hand IN the policy game.
Adams had become SO strong and the
poles. business 50 powerful that no
agency short OF the daily excoriation
Of the press could hope 10 compete
against him, For mont in and month
out Adams and the newspapers fought
it out-Adams. strong in his riches
and his influence. for the privilege Of
continuing TO exact his Illegal profits
and the papers. In line with their
policy seeking to bring policy 70 book.
As n result. the won. as
they Will always win when they "cn-
list for the war; 4 courageous judge
was found. Adams was tried and. after
a great legal fight. convicted. and the
Judge sentenced him to the peniten-
tiary. New York city was a~stounded.
as much ~astounded as Adams. The
former was used to its jovial grafters
and the latter. by means OF his mill
lions. had put on a veneer of respec-
liability. Adams appealed and the peo-
ple of New York. who had been egg
ing on the papers. became svmpa-
thetic. When Adams finally went to
nricon there yvas much Talk az \ mar
don. New York. in It's worship OF
money is ALWAYS shocked when n rich
man goes to iafl
Some weeks ago his term having
exnired Adams went 70 his hotel and
killed himself A few DAYS before he
had stated TO = weu-known Wall street
f~nancier that the ~naner were hound
mo him IN death" When therefore
ba 0rad the fat,l ebo. rho nubIic
which had ancouraoad the breaking
IN or y no,fcv sbons turnad unon tho
~napers in Remuneration Even some
~naners who had not Joined in the
o,,caaa io;,oa i, tho cr, of ebaua
for .~.horndinp q man 70 his death g"
pafora tho hodv Of Adams uac mt
away this derunc,at;on Of hts nroee-
cntore had gainad e,cb headwav that
ono uiob4 have e,,,n,ead tbot tho
case woe one Of nura martvrdam to
ma 1icio,,s nersecut,op
Yet what did the newsnaners doq
Absolutely nothing save to call atten-
ton publicly and with proper com
ment 70 an instance of the aaprant
violation of the law. and TO pillory
with scorn a business which took its
weekly toll at the expense of he
scanty necessities Of the very poor.
Adams went to prison, it is true, which
considering the Injuries with which
his ill-sotten wealth had provided him,
f, va certainly a great personal dis
comfort. Adams had, too, his pride,
IN spite of his business. He was of
a genial disposition and numbered
among his friends many of wealth and