Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-26

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IN of the large cities are in almost
constant contact with life 8
lllll{| darker side. The daily moving
en8 picture Of all grades Of law
breakers and the stories of their crimes
are calculated to rob attaches of all senti-
ment Occasionally the sufferings of the
innocent touches the tender chords and
calls out deserved tributes to the loyalty
of relatives and friends. The great de-
votionas shown by wives OF erring hus-
bands Instances of their unwavertng
fidelity are related by a court attache in
the New York Sun:
Let me tell you one thing, young man.
When q man gets into Jail, or any kind OF
trouble for that matter. that's the time
he needs friends. And very often it's
then that the chap who has been very
popular when he was around spending
money and making things merry discov-
ers that his fair-weather friends have for
gotten him.
But II he has q wife It's ninety-nlne
chances out OF 100 that she will be with
him, no matter how grave the charge, right
from the beginning. I've seen lots OF 1t
In my days around here.
That's why I've always got q kind word
for woman. And when they're in trou-
BILE I'm always ready to do what little 1
can to make II easier for them. They
often need little help. too. for the men
don't stand by them
NY, but the women are constant No
sooner does a woman find that the law
has got her husband than she is at his
side Then she begins TO struggle for
him.
First, It IL an effort TO get him ball
II he can't get IL himself. She will pawn
her jewelry, II IL necessary, to give
security 70 a professional bondsman for
the bail. She will plead with politicians
anybody who, might help her.
Failing to get him bail, she tries TO
make It easier for her husband while he
In In the Tombs. You know It doesn't
take much to make It easier for a man
who can't see the outside world Visits
every day. some delicacy to vary the
monotony Of the prison food, and cheer
ing news from the outside ali count.
Then comes the trial. the hardest part
OF the whole thing except for the profess
sioual. II he has been through the mill
many tines It must make a man perk
up when he walks into a court room before
. crowd OF strange and very often hostile
faces to have at least one smiling face
that OF little mite Of . woman, perhaps.
greet him.
'she will be there every minute of the
trial, anxious and worried all the time,
but not showing It when her husbands
eyes are on her. Then she has a confident
air, which bespeaks faith In him and the
belief that he will be freed.
"At the close Of the trial each day she
will be there for one last smile, a grasp
of the hand, II she can get to the prisoner
and a word Of cheer before he goes back to
his cell. And then comes the verdict of
the jury, after the prosecuting attorney
has said everything mean he could about
the defendant
VERY often the jury says Guilty It's
blow for the prisoner and the faithful
wife. but she doesn't stop there II she is
resourceful ana has money. every techni-
cality of the law is invoked to keep him
from going to Jail. II everything fails, she
tries to make his entry into Sing Sing as
easy as she can.
II don't have to Jog my memory very
hard to cite instances. Take the case OF
young G. Augustus Seton. who got caught
In the Norfolk & Western bond swindle.
They shy our old friend Alfred Goslin was
the brains behind that. but from all that
ever came out in court suave c. Augustus
Seton was the guiding hand.
You may have noticed young blonde
woman in court every day. That was his
wife.
Before the trial she haunted the Tombs.
She was forever bothering Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Caravan and trying to get
him to be easy with, her husband. You
know Garvan had charge of the investiga-
ton that rounded up pretty near all those
crooks. They say II was Mrs. Seton who
got c. Augustus to give up the details of
another 100000 bond swindle that was
planned and as a result OF which Seton
had his sentence considerably lightened.
I'm that same gang was Kid Murray, as
the police knew him. and Colonel T. c. p.
Collney of Nevada, sir, as he liked to be
called In the newspapers His wife stood
by him through 1t all.
Every day she was at the Tombs or In
court. She did everything she could for
him. You'd see her every day with her
little boy. And that makes me think Of
something.
when the women have youngsters It's
q pretty hard Job for them to explain mat
tors. You know, kid is always inquisitive
and wants to know what his pop is doing
In that big place with the solemn-faced.