The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
UGLI FATE AWAITS
THIEF WHO LOOTED
THE UTAH NATIONAL
PIesS SIeuths Will Watch Him Year After Year NeceS-
Say, Until Skukng Wretch Is Exposed Other Rob-
berries Indicate Ultimate Capture.

to what he has made innocent men
endure.
What torture he has caused the
| men who have been suspected with
hint
You wonder how the thief feels. /
wonder how the innocent men feel who
nave been involved in that strange rob
berry.
Smirched Regulations.
IF the thief would stand at First
south and Main street tonight and
shout, I am a thief, he would clear
the names of the innocent men from
all reprOach, but nothing that he or any
other man, or any multitude of men
could do could compensate those inno-
cent men for the anguish of soul they
have endured for more than three
months. The great price of the rob-
berry was not the $106. $50 taken from
the banks vaults; nor was it the sacri-
flee in self-respect of the thief. 1t was
the smirching of the regulations of in
nOcent men. Until the robbery is
cleared, these blameless men must bear
heavy burden. If the thief is not
caught and branded with his crime.
their careers are wrecked. their lives
spoiled and their faith in all but divine
justice shaken.
men, of their shame, of their suffer-
ing. and 1 have pitied them None but
Satan, down in the bOttommost depths
of hell could stand unmOved after con-
templatinS the work this thief has
done The thief himself must have de-
moniacal qualities to gaze upon the
wreck of good names that he has made
and not cry out, so that all the world
may hear, that he is the thief. and
that none but he is guilty
"Will the thief forever remain I'M
caught?' inquired the first speaker.
Certain to Be Caught.
''Uncaught?" was the answer. He
is certain to be exposed. Time may
pass. The innocent men to whom he
has brought shame may drink deep OF
the bitter cup of sorrow. They may
walk among men for years with the
brand of suspicion upon them. and
grow to feel that only at the bar of
divine justice will the mask be torn
from the face of the scoundrel who
has done them this great wrong.
But the day of exposure will come
as surely as the final day of judgment
The traitor to the trust of employers.
to the sacred bond of friendship and
to the duty of man to man will cringe,
accused, before the eyes of those whom
he has outraged.
What has this man done with the
s1O6. $50?
Answer that and you can name the
period of liberty that remains to him.
He stole that money to enjoy it
himself. Therefore. he will some day
take the hoard from its hiding place.
That day, even though he is not at
once arrested, he will begin his jour
ney toward the penitentiary.
Week after week, month after
month, year after year if necessary, |
his income will be measured against
his expenditures by pitiless sleuths of
the American Bankers association and
the day he attempts to realize upon
his crime. that very day almost his
undoing will be complete.
Will Try to Realize.
IF the money is buried in the ground |
he will dig it up. If it is in the hands |
of a confederate he will demand its |
return. If it is locked in some secret |
transaction devised by an adroit mind, |
time will smooth out the tangle. For |
he stole for himself and he will want |
the price of his crime"
Yes" aSsented the other. "a man |
would not steal and lose his stand |
ing among men to oblige some other |
fellow. He stole for himself. And may
he dig up the money tomorrow, and |
be caught before shutdown"
so say we all of u.s." chorused a /
group of listeners.
Your speaking of the certainty of |
the capture of the Utah National bank |
rObber reminds me of case that oc-