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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-10
Good Deeds Which Criminals
Do and Which Show That
Even the Worst Thief
Is Never Wholly Bad

have been free will quote from his let
ter to me and you will See the kindness
that dwells in his big heart:
My Dear Pal-Now want you to do me
a little favor. Don't send me any money
or presents at Christmas, but take the
money that you would use on me. and go
out and buy some turkeys and give them
to some Of the poor people who live around
your place 1t will make them feel good,
and 1t will be q better way to use the
money than to waste 1t by sending 1t over
to me-"
man who can write such thoughtful
letter as the above, and can sympathize
with others in distress Is not entirely
bad man, even though he is a convicted
criminal It Is sad, indeed. to think that
such large hearted man should have to
spend most Of his days behind prison bars
instead Of being at some kind Of labor
where he could be Of service to mankind
and do all the decent things which his
kindly thoughts OF others would prompt
him to do.
Not because want to convey the I'M
preston that am better than any of the
other criminals whose exploits am mar
rating, but on the contrary, because the
incident am about to relate is typical Of
what notorious criminals are doing every
day, am going 90 tell of another expert
ence In which figured.
It was when I was IN New York One
day while lettering In bank in the vicin-
ity Of Broadway and Chambers street,
observed woman draw some money. She
put 1t In handkerchief and then placed
the handkerchief in her pocket. I was in
need Of money pretty badly just then and
decided to follow the woman and get the
money.
After she came out OF the bank / got
close to her and had no trouble in taking
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home needed and I told him everything
could think of. He took me by the arm
and marched me into q dry goods store
and made a number Of purchases Of the
things he thought the children would want,
and gave them to me, along with little
money for myself We then parted, Nu-
gent wishing me all kinds of luck and firm
~ believing In my fairy tale.
really ought to have shared the money
with Nugent, because I had stolen march
on him In robbing the bank before he got
chance and he got into trouble through
me. But I knew he had made big haul
In a bank month previous, and ] Was
practically without funds, 30 he could more
easily afford the loss of the two thousand
than ! could. But, like most criminals,
Nugent had a kind heart. and when his
finer nature was appealed to he could not
help being noble and generous.
AS another illustration OF the kindness
OF heart Of some criminals. let me tell of
letter / received from a world-renowned
criminal, whose name l Will not now dis
close. This unfortunate man Is now serv-
ing term IN a foreign prison for daring
bank robbery In which he was caught
through his anxiety to help pal-although
II he had thought only of himself he would
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tened to return the money to the urfor-
tunate woman. I never could sleep easy
If thought that any really deserving per
son suffered from my thieving | tried to
confne my work to people who could af
ford to lose their money and would soon
forget the AFFAIR. A very poor person who
loses the savings of life time never gets
over the shock Of his or her loss and II
causes real suffering. 1t didn't worry me-
any to make people feel resentful and in.
d'gDant but ! could not bear the thought
OF making anybody unhappy.
was In Paris many years ago and
stopping at one Of the most fashionable
notels In the city. Mrs. Lorrilard. the so-
ciety woman, was occupying rooms adtoIn.
Ing mine, and I was trying to get her
le"elry She always carried great
amount OF Jewelry with her, and knew Tho
prize was good one. She had two maids
With her, one Of whom had to keen watch
over two satchels in which the Iewa,ru
was secreted
The maids were honest girls and we
could not do any business through them.
but we followed the party from place IN
place expecting that sometime the girl
would forget to take proper care OF her
Satchels, ana then our opportunity to steal
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the boat and felt pleased that nao not
kept the money.
That evening told some Of my criminal
friends of the transaction, and several OF
them seemed disgusted with me because
had not put In some money OF my own
along with the small mite the woman had
80 that she would be cheered up bit.
They thought 1t mean of me not to do
more than 1 did TO help along woman
30 unfortunate as this sick woman.
On several other occasions l voluntarily
returned stolen money to people when 1
found out that they were more in need of
It than myself. I stole satchel from
woman In bank once and 1t contained
few hundred dollars. The next day l dis
covered In the paper that the woman was
blind and was referred to as the meanest
Kind OF a thief. When learned this has"
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them would arrive. A few days after Mrs.
Lorrillard had settled at this hotel she at
tended some reception In Paris and, Of
course, her 1ewelry bags had to be taken
from the hotel safe. where they had been
placed for safety.
Mrs Lorrllard picked out the particular
pieces Of jewelry she wanted to wear at the
reception, and closed up the two bags, turn
Ing them over to the maid to place In the
safe. The maid came out Of the apartment
with the two bags. and I met her IN the
hall and began to ask her some trivial ques-
ton. She stopped to talk with me and
laid down the bags.
While kept her engaged In conversation
a comrade Of mine crept up, substituted
another bag for one Of the jewelry recep-
tacles and skipped of I continued to talk
a little longer and then the girl and
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covered and that Nugent had been arrested
for It.
"You got four thousand dollars In the
bank this morning" he replied bitterly,
and l got arrested for it,"
He seemed TO be in a very ugly frame of
mind and ! knew he was not a man to be
trif1ed with asked him to step into a
cafe and talk it over. We entered the back
room of nearby saloon and Nugent or
dered some drinks.
There were various persons seated at
other tables in the place, but we attracted
no particular attention After the waiter
had served us and left the room, Nugent
took off his hat, held it across the table
as though he were handing 1t to me, and
beneath the shelter 1t afforded pointed
gun at me.
Sophie, Ii you don't divide up on that
job, will blow your head off" he threat
ened in a low voice.
1 admit was frightened, but did not
lose my head Instead l began to cry
copiously.
'Dan," sobbed, Il declare by all hold
holy didn't get any money In the bank
this morning I've just gotten out Of Jail
and I'm dead broke. My poor children need
lots Of things / can't buy them. / wish 1
had got that money at the bank this morn
Ing, but didn't. 1t must have been some
one else who made safe getaway, and I
think It's pretty mean of you to treat me
this way" and l began to CRY more stren-
uously than ever.
Dan looked at me moment searchingly
and then, deciding that my grief was genu.
Inc, put up his gun.
Don't cry, Sophie. I thought you got
the money. and wanted my bit, that's all.
I'm sorry to have scared you. Forget 1t,
old girl. and cheer up"
Nugent then asked mo what the kids at
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ture OF ner dead child which was very
dear to her. She thought more of the pic
ture than the Jewels and her grief over its
disappearance was pathetic. consoled
ner as best I could. and told her had had
some experience as detective and thought
could secure the return Of the picture
without any trouble especially as It was
not valuable to the thieves. The follow
Ing DAY took back the picture to the
woman and she was overioyed at its re
turn. After remaining in the hotel hong
enough not to excite suspicion by nv de.
parture' left to meet my pals and divide
tne proceeds OF the Job. The Jewels wa
nad taken were the best In the Loril1ard
cohection' and each one OF the party made
good profit on the transaction. A number
OF years after this event Mrs. Lorillard
committed suicide. which was induced by
a spell OF melancholy. brought on prob
ABLY by thoughts Of her dead boy, whom
she dearly loved.
nave already mentioned how I.ansdon
w. Moore. the notorious bank burglar
whose activities in New England made
MIN more feared throughout that section
than any other criminal who ever operated
once frustrated an attempt to rob banl
" francetown, New Hampshire, after
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poor " o n q q
reached the tick
st office and
found her money
gone and her trip
abroad impossi-
BILE, she would
probably b a v g
died Of the shock.
So 1 determined
to put the money
back In the poor
French lwoman's
pocket. l walked
along with her TO
the ticket office
and while she
was talking to
the agent 1 slip
ped the money
b ack IN b q r
. o c X g t. 8 b Q
bought her ticket
and went aboard
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parted, she going downstairs to
the safe with the two bags, not
suspecting that I had deliber-
ately held her In conversation
while my friend had taken one
Of the precious bags.
My associate went to another
hotel and concealed the jew
elry, while ] stayed there In my
room, not wishing to attract at
tention by leaving at such
critical time, for after the rob-
berry was discovered, IL 1t had
been found that ] had left at
the same time 1t would have
been natural for suspicion to be
directed at me.
The following day when the
bags were sent for In order for
Mrs. Lorillard TO put back the
Jewels she had worn at the re-
ception, II was found that one
Of the bags was missing, and
there was great excitement
Detectives by the score we're
sent for and the whole hotel
was searched top and bottom
Tor clue.
That evening after I had re-
tired, | heard a woman sobbing
In the adjoining room, and as
the sobs continued for some
time, ! knocked and asked if |
could be of assistance to her.
She opened the door and in
vited me into her room. 1t was
Mrs. Lorlllard. She told me Of
the robbery and said that 1t
was not the jewelry she wor-
rind about l,,t
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having consented to partlc,os,.
cause the bank was located ~,
birthplace and he did not -,
Ding his parents old nstghbcn
This man Langdon, like =.
criminals Of the same calIber
rule Of his life never to ma IA.
quently he abandoned sr,
criminal enterprise upon yh,A
spent months Of hard work Il
found that he could no, cs,,
original plan without intu,,ur
man OF other person.
OF course. when hard prea,
sometimes necessary for Il.
fight his way to liberty. but "a
he always made reparation % h
man as far as lay In bis pors.
occasion, when he had fracture
OF an officer who had sought d
him, he caused $1,000 In cash 4
to the injured man.
Other criminals frequently si
liar noble qualities.
Loyalty to his comrades Ia auu
found In almost every profeaI
inal Honor among thievas' d
commonly used, but few realm
a strong foundation II rests.
innumerable instances WHERE
risked their own liberty and
lives in order to assist coufa1
ger.
Mark Shinburn, the noted blll
once displayed bravery and IN
character which Is seldom tfcl
on the battlefield. He had p
with Eddie Quinn and third hl
In the robbery Of a Westsm y
az the three were leaving 10
watchman appeared upon the ~
was nothing to do but run. J
man opened fire. Quinn dfog
out a moments hesitafloh
stopped In his flight, slthoush
man was close upon them, aa
fallen comrade to his broad Bao
tinued his flight at reduced svse
shinburn was very pos''
and even with his wounded COM
shoulders he was able to oufuH
man. He soon caught up vM
man Of the party and they -
woods. When they lowered
ground they found that be wa
burglar had only a few unuu
Quinn was conscious and begn
rades to get q priest to aan
last rites, realizing that biz esa
The two men with him knSF
possible to get priest na1
to make the last moments p'
as happy as possible. To lss''
at this time, however. was
ture, for the watchman nSa
aroused the neighborho0d sna
would naturally be the first pn'
for the fugitives. Neverthelss
decided to take a chance y
dying man to comply With n
He knew that 1t would bs -
sible to get a priest, but I1s.S;,i1 ns 4
furnishing store on tne 0s ~. H
woods and went back 70 u,, n1
rade wearing n costume 70"
that OF priest. 80 A d
The approaching naaa ,,. afs
dimmed the dying bursl"s "sodsi
had no suspicion taat 'Iv w. Ipf
big-hearted comrsde. ..s ID Il
tone, shinburn spoke s,,sTs' so5'I ,si d
tunate man passed sws', We ,.scfst
what he thought were u'
priest. ,obJe o.
criminals whose souls l,..s %' nIIE
lieved to be wholly elarL = mn q
rated without end. These ,s.s sol psoss
SaS Mn1 tSsf Ssfie1s CRIME GS' DOES NOT SS,.lts
without their redeenlns ,aaSIet
Their evil deeds are they =
wide, deb but the good thai sstopn5
comes to light.
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Copyright, 1918, by the Star COMPANY,
A LIFE Of crime is life of hard work
~ great risk and. comparatively speak
Ing, small pay Anyone who has
followed these articles will agree at once
that whatever the criminal gets out of his
existence he pays very dearly for. Not
only is he constantly running great physi-
cal dangers-the risk Of being shot or other
wise injured and Of being caught and Inn
prisoned-but many Of his most carefully
planned criminal enterprises are doomed
to failure and he has only his labor for
his pains.
Quite frequently bank burglars devote
as much as three or four months of hard
labor In preparing for an important rob-
berry and In large percentage of cases
they find that after all their patience and
industry 1t is impossible for them to exc
cute the robbery they have 30 carefully
planned and all their work goes for nought
sometimes, too. they are interrupted In
their work and have to Zee leaving behind
their hts of valuable tools. Watchmen's
bullets are ever threatening their lives and
prison walls constantly loom up before
them
In view Of these facts one would imagine
that the money which the professional
criminal makes at such great risk and
expense and with so much difficulty would
have an enhanced value In his eyes. But
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this Is not so. Not only Is the
professional criminal an invete.
rate gambler. as / have repeat
edly pointed out, but the great
majority of them are generous
to a fault.
While this generosity is al
most universal In the under
world, those unfamiliar with the
workings of the criminal heart
would give It very little credit
for such impulses.
Ny experience In the under.
world has thoroughly convinced
me that no criminal is wholly
bad. ! know that beneath the
rough exterior Of many Of the
desperate criminals with whom
I came In contact beat hearts
that were tender. To-day
shall relate some Of the moro
striking incidents which come
back to me and which illustrate
some of the good qualities pos
sessed by the notorious crimi
nails with whom ! associated.
am reminded Of an expert
ence had with Dan Nugent, tho
bank burglar. I may say Incl.
dentally that this man Nugent
was absolutely fearless and
would resort to any measure,
however desperate, to accom-
plish his purpose. He was Q
man to be feared and 1t was
dangerous TO Cross him. But
that this criminal had some
very excellent qualities will ap-
pear from the following Incl
dent, now told for the first time,
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While In Kansas City robbed bank,
securing some four thousand dollars AS
/ was leaving the bank-it was in the day
'time-I saw Nugent going In. Evidently
he had planned to RIB the bank himself.
We did not speak.
Within few minutes after my departure,
the robbery was discovered. The doors
were at once closed and no one wes al
lowed to leave without first undergoing the
scrutiny Of the detectives who had been
summoned by telephone Poor Dan was
caught In the trap and his identity being
established he was at once arrested on
suspicion Of having been implicated IN the
robbery II not the actual perpetrator Of II,
although the only evidence against him
was the fact Of being on the premises.
Dan was kept in custody for some hours,
but at length the police were compelled to
let him go, being unable to strengthen their
case against him.
Later that day / happened to run into
him
Sophie" he said, threateningly. "you
owe me two thousand dollars!"
How do you make that out7" I asked
quite innocently, not knowing to what he
was referring. didn't know then that the
toboery had committed had been dis
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE

bgS guy Nolan. manager of Willie Ritchie,
mas, -uS turned down an offer of $4,000 to
IIe IIses IA Ad Molgast on the coast July 4,
Fr,Says IN Says Willie is going to take trip tc
f6iSr 6istaad H and that there won't be any
NiHs DONG until he gets back
An Inc ne. city of Calgary, Alberta. has made
ba,to toier OF $4,000 for a twelve-round
diar ggl " between Jim Flynn and Bombar-
FI1,,N els Wells has already signed and
'''N VIII leave for Calgary next week.
,soer Boer Cnholz has record that has
Ans,,,, A,t, AZ topped. In a recent tour Of
viGytalla he beat lightweights, welter-
's''S' hlddleweights and heaVyweights.
ebs,aa w nie Iitchie looks the least like a
syer''PI99 ever b. pugilist of any man who has
Ia H. hed the crown This only applies
ever 'S eappearance in street clothes, how
h i,,Ior Ior When Willie crawls into a ring
i'ohs like the real article.
miftias night critics accuse Billy Papke of
Hs IN his bout with Frank Klaus
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
Crackers Have Infield Now
That VIII Set League Afire;
Dobard Looks Like a Wonder

worth the price of admission Just
for his running stream of talk, his
pep and his kidding; but on top
of that he's the best first baseman
the league has seen since Jake
Daubert departed to the retiring
shades of the Brooklyn club. SO
he'll do.
DON'T you believe that this kid
- Osborn, who is trying out for
first base, hasn't got a lot of prom
Use. After Bill Smith ran his reg
ular infleld off the field yesterday,
he Installed Joe Agler as catcher and
started working out the yannigan
infield. And when he did, Osborn
stood the fans on their tiptoes
with his clever stuff. He and Agler
tried to show each other up, and
the speed they used in burning the
ball back and forth would have
made a creased lightning flash turn
pink with envy. Osborn has more
reach than Jim Fox ever possessed,
is good on ground balls, and throws
the pill around fit to kill his team
mates.
Osborn has a good bit to learn
about the position. and is especial
ly uncertain about the footwork
part of the job. And it's an aw-
full thing to get a couple of feet
like his tangled up together.
Osborn is so promising that the
players take an interest in him
and give him all the advice they
can. Lee Garvin journeyed out to
first yesterday and coached Osborn
for a good half-hour.
NJ OST of the last lingering play
AA ers rolled in yesterday. Brady
and Dobard turned up in time for
practice, while Joe Dunn heaved in
sight just as the afternoon practice
was ending. Catcher McAllister,
who alleges he has been held up by
missing ticket, has been provided
with transportation, and is already
beating it here The elusive Bailey
turned up in good order this morn
ing. The only man missing and un-
accounted for is Ed Donnelly, the
human holdout. And nobody cares
much if he never reports.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
By Percy H. Whiting.

|HE Atlanta club will have the
fastest intield this season that
ever played at Ponce DeLeon
This sounds like an idle vaporing,
Of course. But hammer a nail in
it. right at this point: If nobody
breaks a leg or springs a splint
or a bone SPAWN the Crackers will
show more infield speed than any
Southern league club in the mem
ory Of mortal fan.
Don't take my word for task
any Of the two or three hundred
fans who turned out yesterday aft
einoon for the practice.
When Bill Smith trotted out his
regular intield, he handed them the
time-honored adjuration. "A little
pep now, boys. Let's show 'em
something
Well. they did.
They let out a whoop that would
have sent the early settlers run
ming for the block house, and they
hit up a speed through the soggy
mud that was dazzling. They stop
ped the hottest efforts of the pep
perry bat of Bill Smith, they threw
the ball around with mid July
speed and accuracy, and they kept
up running fire of yells and
Whoops that would have made even
q funeral sound lively.
&
THE new man in the infield was
- Leonard Dobard. He has turned
up in corking condition. after
winter OF play in New Orleans, and
seems set to win a regular posi-
uon He must account, however.
lof Walter Keating, as clever
helder and as neat thrower as
ever the league saw. The competi-
tIon Tor that shortstop position is
gong to be the real fireworks this
spring.
HaIly Smith continues to play
IKE regular at third, and looks
Hlore like million dollars with
every day that passes. He gets be-
nlhd a BAH beautifully, has fine. big,
useful hands. and can get the bali
away last after he lands if.
~ course, Agler and Alperman
"'s as good as the best. Ager is
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
ELBERFELD CUTS SQUAD
DOWN TO EIGHTEEN MEN

Manager Elberfeld has announced the
release of Pitchers Camp and Goans
and Infielder Bowman. all local anna
teurs The release of First Baseman
Names last night and the pending re-
lease Of Outfielder Fuller will cut the
local squad to eighteen men.
Wedding out must now be done only
In the pitching department
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
LEACH CROSS LOOMS NOW
AS POSSIBLE CHAMPION

NEW YORK. March 12.-The coming
bout between Leach Cross, the Bowery
dentist, and Joe Rivers. the Mexican
whirwind is made doubly interesting
because of Cross victory over Mandot,
which boxing promoters say places him in
line for battle with Richie for the
lightweight title.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
GRIFF'S MEN FIELDING
BUNTS ON TENNIS COURT

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, March 12-
Clark Griffith manager of the Washing
ton Americans, forces his players to spend
a half hour each day fielding or trying
to field bunts on a tennis court, Grif-
fifth says II Is a great weight reducer.
What the PLAYERS say is not printable.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
WELSH is COMING, BUT
MERELYFOR STAGE TOUR

LONDON, March 12-Freddie Welsh.
the British lightweight champion, will sail
for the United States March 20 He has
signed for a long engagement on the
American stage. After concluding the
engagement he will try for a match with
Willie Richie, the champion of his class
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
WELLS TRAINING HARD:
EXPECTS TO WIN FIGHT

NEW YORK, March 2.-Bombardier
Wells, the English heavyweight, who
meets Gunboat Smith in a ten round
bout here Friday night, showed won
derful form during an exhibition staged
in his training quarters today and feels
confident of securing a knockout
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
jim THORPE BATS OUT
HIS SEVENTH HOME RUN

MARLIN, TEN, March 12.-Jtm
Thorpe the disqualified Olympic hero,
hammered out his sevnth home run of
the New York Giants training season
yesterday. Chrsty Mathewson was his
new victim
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
I nIEAM IS PICKED FOR CHESS
MATCH BETWEEN COLLEGES

yersI,Wy YORK, March 12.- Columbia uni
v5S.ty e5 NV Of PENNSYLVANIA two and Prince
pI9v ye on the American team which will
ney, aassdinst oxford and Cambridge in the
H. cable chess match
tive Suultl ION there will be a representa-
w Yale team either from harvard
Abrii,s match has been scheduled for
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
M'FARLAND HAS CLEARED
100000 IN 18 MONTHS

CHICAGO, March l2.-Paekey MeFar.
land the local lightweight is said 20 have
cleaned um more tHan yl00,0oo in bouts
III which he has engaged iu the Last
pIgI teen months Aua lts all ~ ihe
NaIA. LnO-