The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
DUTY AND FAMILY TIES.

r lLlAL duty and paternal ntectt,u
were put to strangely contras,ed
tests in Philadelphia and New
York recently. In the former city
Michael j. Ryan. a father. appeared be-
fore magistrate and had his son
Michael sent 10 the House of Correction
for year. The son drank TO excess
and had become "A general nuisance and
vagrant. Paroled often on promises Pa
do better, he always lapsed into eyN
ways The father brought him per-
sonally 10 the bar and asked for tho
years sentence.
In direct contrast is the recent cas,
OF Charles Henry Hawkins, aged 81 wl"
held up his son Richard u. Hawkins TO-
a dime. The son promptly called a
policeman. after he had given his father
n dime, because he had seen the old man
head for saloon. He appeared agains'
his father In the New York night court
asking that the prisoner be committed
as he would not live decently. Hawtir.
the elder was sent 10 the Workhouso TO-
three months.
Blood ties make little difference "
many cases in which members Of Fam
lly are public officials. About three year.
ago Martin e. Bache. employed bv >
chicago detective agency, Was sent to
Idaho TO bring hack "A bank robber who
had been operating for years In Illinois
lie was known as Sid Wyatt. This was
an alias as was afterward discovered
Bache found his man in the back room
OF saloon playing poker. The resort
was the most notorious in Lewiston
Just as Bache entered fight started IN
the back room over the game Gun.
xn.av ,a,n
draw. Six men in the room opensd
fire on Wyatt, who had won most Of the
pots. IIe was hit seven times, but still
stood on his feet firing. He killed evar,
one of his assailants while Bache stood
dumfounded at the rapid fire work
As Wyatt sank to the floor. Bachc hold
ing his head. he whispered
In case | cash in notify my brother
Martin c. Bache of Chicago. ran awac
when | was young fellow and Wyatt 10
"A fake name"
Sure enough II was the detectives
brother, Samuel V. Bache. who had lcfr
home after his father had whipped him
for some hoyish offence. You may thins
that the detective would have been
overwhelmed and would have sid"
tracked the police official for the
brother. Not at all Samuel V. Bac
got well of his wounds and despite t."
ties of blood and admiration for -
proves, Martin e Bachc took him tack
, 10 Chicago a prisoner
Another noteworthy instance in Nu..N
family ties made no diffcrenc, 10 r..
pcriormanC" of duty Was that # Mr.
Esther Dodge IF Milwaukee. Her .le.
band was a sneak thief, althuuEn -..
did not know IL. She was "a ,in, ..."
church worker and was never urun...
than when size could get her hushar '.
accompany her To service.
one night he dashed into the l.l.
and hid some jcwelry 10 had stpi.'
the cellar. lie confessed that h, ..
, been thief for years and comma ...'.
/ her to he careful about what she
and how she acted as he had been ntt"..
caught, Hardly had he finished A..
startling revelation when the police -
manded admittance. lie descended t. r'lt
cellar, cautioning his wife to deny no
was there
Mrs. Dodge, however, felt II her dun
to tell the truth She replied 10 inquire
on the threshold that her husband va.
within, and admitted TIE police. They
found Dodge in the cellar. Although .h-
need not have testified against her
husband, when she found that he dcnieo
his guilt and through astuta lawyers
seemed likely to NO free, she told ~ his
confession and no was hyicteh.
MY conscience comes before any
thing else on earth | could not say M
prayers II | knew that my husband
had robbed and had not confessed hts
fault she said