Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-08-29
THE FUGITIyE BUSINESS.

Word from New York CITY tnat
an absconding cashier OF an Abilene
bank is sick OF the fugitive business
and will be glad to return home
where he may be once more called
by his real name is the sort OF In
formation which may serve usefui
purpose.
This is expert information in this.
This is q testimonial OF experience
nv n man who knows.
The fugitive business is not what
inexperienced people think 1t to be.
The fugitive business is one OF the
greatest disillusioning experiences
which human beings are bumped
In day when our people are Justly
accused of being daft over dollars
IL is to be expected that every now
and then somebody is going to take
a short cut to wealth.
The desire for much money is al
most universal. and this almost uni
versal desire is famed by every In
fluence which a man respects. Am
bition gives It a forced draft. Every
day somebody responds to q need
for more money by taking short
cut to It's fulfillment.
Some people are driven TO the
final embezzlement by numerous cir
of error which inevita-
bIv force the final climax OF crime
and flight. There are others who
make the big grab through sheer
cupidity and the apparent ease OF
transgression. But nearly all trans
gressors neglect to reckon the woeful
experiences which nearly all fugi-
tives have described.
Many young man tempted to run
away would not flee II they knew
what those who have been over the
road have found the experience to
be.
The fugitive business is not what
the amateurs imagination antici-
Mates. The love Of travel the de-
s,re for a change Of scene, rest
from habitual sights and acquaint-
ances. all contrive to make the fugi-
tive business seem alluring. For
those persons in positions OF trust
especially in the case of persons en-
trusted with the keeping OF money
nothing seems easier than walking
ont some day with what seems like
enough capital to trade off for com
nIete happiness. But here begins q
Marathon which is easily started
but hard to keep up. All OF the
old routine, mental habits and the
new psychology of flight conspirt
Ito make the fugitive unhappy. The
whole procedure of the fugitive II
at cross-purposes with what hapl
has made his normal life: Vhes'
psychological experiences OF fugi
tive were described at length q rev
years ago in the Saturday Evening
Post in a manner comparing wlti
the actual experiences of real run
Always.
The actual hunger to hear Mi
own name once more as described
by Cashier Flack in New York ha'
often been related by other men
The tiresomeness Of the stage pail
upon the stage-struck runaway girl
the boy from the small town whit
dreamed that perfect bliss was 10
Gated in the big city awakes ate
a time amid the scrdfdness Of 1t al
to his folly, and SO also does tn
fugitive soon learn that chang
az scenery and eternal nervousness
over capture is not what he expecte'
1t to be.
Wise men every day find this t
he the truth. Cashier Flack merel
happens to be the latest victim &
add his experience to the testimon
iaIs of thousands before him VII
have lift out"
Many men are more clever i
eluding capture than are the over
rated police systems in locating fugl
tfves. The most efficient fore
which works against the fugitive
his own human nature itself. 1t
abnormal and unnatural suddenly :
be on the move, suddenly to attemr
to shake off old friends and Of
scenes, and the thoughts and habit
which make up life's routine.
lis unnatural to live in an hourl
dread of arrest. Even with fugitive
who have dreaded capture for year
the long-anticipated event comes