Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
RICH CROOKS GET THEIR DUE
Cash Resources and the Pull Pail to
Save Some Of Then
MASTERS OF MILLIONS N PRISONS
Aist Of Noted cnses q which Justice
PIT n Leader Heel On the
EtEht spet-An Ene0ur-
aging Record.

ne populAr cynscssu thst riches keep
uen cut q prison. while the poor have 70
suffer the fuH risor % TIRE IaW. has had
a uunher q severe 55its recently TIE
loza list q usu in hig positions and seem
faElV tha EossessorB q vaE wealth whp
have violated TIE Iaw. been 6stsctsd tried
ard B0E ere undergoing puzishusnt - .
strong trficatfon that the millennium q
equal Justice has az last dauned
In TIE c~o1st5ersHoz Of s-ch instances q
this na-sre as rhst mcE rsosnt
ere in Ch8saee. Peter Van Wis
singer. and C. W. NBrss o. GsT
Tork. . romlnsnt fasture IS the fset ths-
rhne rs71tedlF wealthy. WIN the buhhls
hurst TIRE mluons they were supposed 70
have owned weFe found never u have ez-
tstsd %. Il they dtd sxiE- to have ben
on paper. tie r~ctitigus value % which vas
szunstrz-sd Ehen the first Winds q al
TsTsstv struck the fragile ngDs-t
In ths case % Van VIIssnEen. ifks that
% paul q. SerssanA- whose career as a
f1rEe- was 50 nearly parallel 70 hat con
fssses ~ ths Csiezxo real estate cDz-
vietsau was swift ard sure Stens,Rn5
STAYED Il off Tor q tine b becomizE a fuE1-
tive. but fou.d Jhzt the Las vas insEor-
shss. W7hen be vas s-TziEned BE- pleaded
guilty and asked TIE privilege Of begfnning
lis sentence v1th TIE least Poszisls Delay.
Today he wears ths prison gray uniform Of
ths Fooi .nondnct ocuvtrt a. Gnaist prison.
ire same as does the poorest criminal IN
TIE penal iusriluuon Tor him too. the
rula q Silence Is enforced - completely
as & is in tha case q ths mo@ obscure
thug OF cheap thief who l. his companion
IL ~tEnouiny.
Fate Of Van V1fssinEe2.
To the sane fzie Van vIissnge1 EaE sen.
tsnees AFTER a trial lasting little longel
tran an hour- No absacgly Peer man oouit
have hza = more speedy eCnvirtioa than hs'
this nan whe. supposedly wealthy. fount
himself in sDeh q position that he was abb
. seal the vast sum q more than E.Hso.as
ON people who trusted him as much BE-
aEe they thought him beyond the neoss
~ OF FecElation as for any other resEcn
81 course, the cases q Van VliEsiREsE
IA Stsnsland are not true examples of tn
segeA condition against which socialist
nd others EhO harp ~eontiRuslly on Ire IA
VoFS Of tha reh aAd the troubles q IL
foor c0u1Fiain- When thsF acre dnslll
discovered in tbeir crime neither PIT up
nshL In reality Their fortunes Esre slel
bubhles that when The dehs9eaent cam
thsE vauisaed into ~Rolhingpess
A somewhat similar ooneitica coafrontet
ssaTEa 4 MERsyBui5s tta foEmsr grain
broker ard warehouse ran conFieted fes
d~efrsucfng hacks By meaRs a faetiuoul
Warehouse recelpts- MeReyneldz. however
rEl ~ a hard legal neh5 extending gysi
a nu-her e 1gltEs The highest s91rtl
Sere invoked. in an effort TO save him al
iiosEsz. bul DESPITE. svftrsht mercy L
secure an legal aid psssihAs and th'
powerful fzlzeBcs - IRE trends he hza
ma5e il LIS zffluent- days when he va
rated a nalH5cnaire. e mad To - to prsoI
ard Or ths aataa gay zaifOrm-
Nsgeou = Dap- sr9 ire s~mhszxling Pc
era csueafsF. had sspst shrift although
~ sslsFi So m 70 save htm tae as
grace - going m Fsa Bot il ma
m~11yali-E IS have BEEN affer1s made sne.
hgvs him p4reena5
FAhH = coske the eh.eago pslisseizn. re
puted = hare arnzEs-5 q e0Efsrtsbss for
ran- 5hgsagh ass osnRsvtiaa ~1th poliue
fos ~ foushs as bard as anY mau
ps IS uae ersr wenr n ursz N9t onll
MS ga means bui wiHisHs e ssEars o
ne ReHsY - his wealthy asseHat=s, wen
A. his sisposal SIS s~d laVishIY B.
neitfar hat rCr pslIts-rI p saved him
Morse Net saved BY Riches
Ths Mcrss case - NeE Esrk $ znoths
example 81 the iReKsrabeness % las
made f1r fhe government q rirh En6 poo
Ike Dealing tn mfiiens- ne Sc KIN.
lad -traaxgHsssed the laws Al times Ehe
IN his Arrogance Ne believed hinEel
stronger than the lAw. HIS hAra-f0ugh
srlaL enH recently nnish-A which resale
IN mas being sentenced 70 prison fer nft-s
yesrs. Ehieh In h1s case mounts DEzc
tscAfy 20 life. and the refusal q the cgUF
20 admit aim 10 bail have F.aesd him -
cure3y bshiDd Prs0n bars Shie his Law
y~rs sal are seeking legal lecph0is
through Wh5ch thsr elisHt nay escape
The eases ~ former Mayer Elgsns A
Sehnisx Of san Franeiseo ara AbrAhAz
Raef. the weAlthy ard tafIsntiai pciiics
bess q the western city. are fresh IN N
ruhlIc mind By HsEsen Of the atte1pte
sEFasssnntion q Presenter Heney, wh
has been the nsmeEis ~ the g~rafters {
he weSern coNsL Once SchIitz and Rue
nee sentencHd and actually served ssVera
ucutas in pr5son- Their they were release
o. 4 technscsiity. bat the Lac i pDrsaiH