The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-18
DOWNFALL OF
SLADE CAUSES
WIDE COMMENT
Mrs.. SIade ReCiteS Series of
Financial Difficulties Gull
minating in Disgrace.
VIGIL OF INSPECTORS
IN SECRET GALLERIES
THOSE WHO KNEW sLADE CON-
slDERED HIM ABOVE
SUSPICION,

Thoroughly overcome with the shame
.r5 modification following the exposure
- his crime I'm rining the United States
Ills Charles c. Slade denied himself
!, ali but few Of the many visitors
rbo called at his home, Gel Third ave
uge yesterday
Scores II persons called to offer words
.f sympathy 10 the man and to his wife.
Ms SHADE met all callers and bravely
,B5savored to bear up under the great
.,-rav To a reporter for The Herald
AIRS sIads said that her husband was
-5o-oughlv penitent and resolved to make
rlean breast of his wEongdoings and
rscsive the penalty at the earliest pos
sise moment. but that he was so thor
o1rhlv overcome with the weight Of the
Fsrrace that he was not strong enough
yesterday tn grant an interview
Mrs Siade was pale and wan, and her
srss showed signs of continuous weeping
s1s spoke with d trembling. sObbing
voice making a brave effort to control
her feelings. but, as the full realization
al the awfulness Of the calamity came to
her. she sank into chair, buried her
face in her hands. and sobbed:
"Oh. my poor. poor husband Oh, this
Is worse than death-
Bv an effort she partially controlled her
emotions and dried her eyes, which were
swimming with tears.
said. 1T is awful. l cannot realize how
terrible 1t IS ] cannot convince myseif
that il is real NV husband mas always
been so honest, SO good SO true.
can't believe IL. but | know that he was
v-orried-so w-orried-abOut his debts. We
have had so many reverses. First | was
injured i'm the automobile accident ana
that was 50 expensive. was lald up
for weeks. And then he had the small
50 1prlr
And doctors and medicine and trained
nurses and all Well. we got behind
and my husband was so worried with
his bills. He wanted to square up-to get
even again. And it was so slow. On.
what shall we do2'
Regrets Signing Confession.
Again overe5ms. Mrs. Siade could no
longer COntrCi her grief and gave her
tears free rein for several minutes. Fin
ally she continued.
Il know little OF what my husband has
done Last night 7 know he. signed a
paper that was given MIN TO sign. Ii
was a confession. they said | didn't read
il and I don't know what was in IL He
saws he doesn't know what It was-Onlv
that it was a confession. He was so
overcome when they arrested him that l
believe he was just about crazy. ne
saws he hardly knew what he was doing.
lie did just what they told him tO-the
he should have signed the paper until
his mind was more calm. His friends tell
me that he should not have signed the
paper at all. at least until he was in
condition of mind that nc knew ex-
ac-lv what was in the paper. | don't
know how long he has been taking the
money. or how much 7 know that death
would be preferable TO this awful dis
graCe,
Il can't realize that nv husband could
Har thing hr - oh zx-rf1,
He was so good and honest and respected
and trusted. Oh. il is awfui-awful! But
he was tempted. He was worried with
his bills. and he knew the money was
there. Ny poor. poor husband
Again Mrs. SHADES emotions gained con-
troll and il was some time before she
could talk. Then she told Of the ar
resi-.
Has Been overworked.
Mr. Slade has been worked to death"
She said; "the work has been too hard
Nearly every evening he has been
obliged 20 spend some time at the Of
flee. While he was working as usual last
night 7 went out to get few things
while waiting for him TO go home with
me. When I returned. after a short time,
lloso men were there and he told me
ne was under arrest ] can hardly re-
cdH what happened after that. They told
me why he had been arrested. but 7
con remember what they said. II wasn't
what appeared in the papers this MORN
mg- though Not until ] read the papers
Old I realize how awful il must really
oe- Then we procured bail for him. /
saw hiR sign the paper-the confession,
hey Ssjd-bUt 7 was too overcome and
excited TO -ealize what he was dolpg.
~ was he. Oh. he should not have signed
hat paDer,-'
Mrs. Slade said that nothing but her
husbands own word could have convinced
Ier that he had really taken the money.
She spoke Of his long. faithful service III
De employ of the government-ot mis-
Years OF Work-aPd she said she was
convinced that nothing but his ceaseiess
worry over his financial condition could
nave tempted him to commit the crime.
Ter long illness came at a time when
NE expense was an exceptional burden
she said, and then his own Illness made
matters so much worse. She said ner
husband had worried about his money
matters until he was half sick all the
time
Many citizens, either in person by mes
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