The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-02


mains Faithful, Was Associate Of
Robbers and Frequenter Of Vile Dens
at Night.
No more dramatic scene has ever
been witnessed in criminal court
than that which arose in Brooklyn su-
preme court when Philip Il. White.
$4,000 n year sales manager. tore OF
his Masonic emblem and confessed
that he was the leader of n band Of
taxicab hodup men and consort of the
frequenters of the vilest dens in Man
hattan's 1enderloin.
Beside White stood his faithful wife,
with their baby in her arms and four
year-oll daughter by her side. Until
her husband opened his lips she had
believed him always the upright, re-
spected business man he was by day.
There was hardly dry eye in the
room.
White was charged with being con-
cerned in the robbing of two messen-
gers of his firm who were held up and
deprived of S3,032, the company's pay
roll. Last October n man named Clin-
men was charged with the robbery. but
Immediately acquitted by the jury,
who readily believed the handsome,
honest looking, highly paid sales man.
ager when he said that ut the time OF
the robbery Clinncn was with him at
Brooklyn's noted club, the Crescent.
His salary was $4,000 year.
Torn With Deep Emotion.
While his counsel arranged with the
court for him to make his confession,
White, pale and haggard, gripped the
oak railing in front of him. He gave
one quick, panied glance toward his
wife and then. steeling himself for the
ordeal, began. his voice choking with
emotion:
Your honor, | wish to confess my
guilt and my shame before your court
and the world. | had the full conf
dcnce of my employers and the love of
my wife and babies. was trusted
and esteemed by my relatives. my
business associates and my friends be-
/ fore | was tempted and before l fell.
( | have no just excuse to offer for my
crime.
But one thing wish to ask here
| is that the good Lord will give me the
strength to serve out the sentence
which you will impose and that | may
be spared to make full restitution for
, every dollar have taken and for every
cent of expense that has been caused
through my dishonesty. And | also
want to pay back to the state all that
my crime has cost it,
Il wish to he spared to help j. Edward
Darrick, my friend, who has lost his
position through helping me, and
want to help Arthur Barlow, who has
lost his position, although | do not
know why.
This is the bitter cup that the Lord
has willed shall drink. have pray
ed to the Lord. and he has guided me.
am guilty, your honor. That is ALL
As is the custom. several bailiffs
crowded up to the bar.
stand back. ofiicers!' commanded
Justice Aspinwall. This man is not
going to run away"
Wife Puts Hand In His.
Mrs. White. pallid as he. but trem-
bling less, stepped softly to her hus-
bands side. slipped her arm through
his and put her hand in his. Weeping.
White bent over her and whispered:
"Helen. I'm guilty of all they've said
about me. I'm going to make a clean
breast of it,"
81 see you wear the button Of the
Mystic Shrine" said Justice Aspin.
wall, himself member of the order.
White bowed. and his hand went to
the lapel of his coat
II can't wear this any longer; ! have
disgraced it. j strip myself OF my
Masonic emblem, for | am not tt to
wear it"
In the tense silence of the court only
the sobs of the heartbrOken wife could
be heard.
81 have been impressed with the sim
certify and frankness of this man." said
the justice. Before pronouncing SEN
tence l would like to make an investi-
CATION. / would like to look up his
record and also TO hear from his friends,
SO l will postpone sentence"
White, a member of an excellent Vir-
ginia family, has enjoyed for his own
sake high reputation among those
with whom he lived and moved by
day. But for his own confession OF
his doings and associates at night his
Hyde and Jekyll existence would not
have been credited by his friends.
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