The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-10
SAM TRIES TO SAVE
THE FAMILY HONOR
Camps on Office Steps at 3 A,
+ NJ. Awaiting Time to Re-
turn Bonds He Took.
HAD GIVEN AWAY $4,000
Spent 5000 in an Evening, but
Still Had $4,000 Left
for the Firm.

sheie was sOrrOW lAst nlRnt IN tne
little front fiat on the fourth floor OF the
apartment house at 1885 First avenue.
Samuel Shapiro, the nineteen ear.old
son. was In Jail for theft. the supper he
always before has shared with the fam
lily stood uncooked on the table. the
father and mother we're away (perhaps
seeking ball for Sam--no one knew
and Bertha, his sister, sat mourning
over the stain on their name which.
she declared. will never be wiped
away"
Every time I go out on the street."
she said, people will look me In the
face and say, Her brother Is n thief Z"
Bertha, black haired. black eyed,
plump girl of sixteen or thereabout, in
sisted that Sam had always been IAN
ideal brother to me and an ideal sbn"
until this happened. Why the impulse
came to steal she could not imagine. she
said. He was at home all election day,
part of the time In the house and part
OF the time on the street, where the
policeman on the beat and many neigh
bors saw him. Wednesday morning he
went to the offices of Finch & Tarbell.
stock brokers. 100 Broadway. by whom
he was employed three weeks ago to
act as messenger. According to tho
police he called himself Harry Shaw
down there.
Disappeared with Bonds.
In the mornings he delivered bonds
and in the afternoons collected the
checks for them Wednesday morning
he took $500 worth OF Liberty bonds
to Maybon a Co.. Al Wall street. Re
turning to his employers place he
stopped by the cashiers window just
as another messenger deposited 5000
in bonds there. According to the police
he took these and another bunch OF
bonds, $4,000 worth, which were lying
near. No one saw him. do IT, and he
remained at the office till sent out to
make his afternoon collections. He did
not return. and presently the Arm
learned that Maybon & Co. had not
| received the bonds Sam was sent to
take to them.
Yesterday morning in the cold and
darkness of the small hours, about 3
O'Clock. Sam was found by the detec-
| tlves in front Of 100 Broadway. with
$4,000 worth Of bonds and $4,000 in
cash in his pockets. He told them the
| name OF the person to whom he had
given $4,000 of the bonds, and ex-
planned that he had been Giving high"
on the remaining $500.
Bertha pointed out that Sans being
in front of his employers Office proved
| that he was going to return the bonds.
Waiting for once to Open.
What else would he be there ror?'
she asked. II suppose he went early 80
he'd be there when they opened. I told
him to take them right back. Yes. he
told me what he'd done. I said to him.
Sam, you're not smart enough to be a
thief. Take the bonds right back and
tell what you've done The detectives
| were watching him then. yes. and they
were watching me. Every time / went
out on the street they watched me. And
he said he'd take them back and he did,
but now 1t won't do any good. All our
lives people will remember It.
1T don't know why he did It. Every
body Is tempted some time in their
| lives. I suppose that was his tempta-
| tion. He'd never done anything like
that before, he was always good
| brother to me and a good SON.
Bertha was especially troubled be-
cause It had been stated that her
! brother paid her tuition at an art school
He did pay it, she said. but the
way II was told IL sounded as II he
| aid II out OF what he took. Why. that
Just happened Wednesday. and he's been
paying for my lessons for a year--paid
| II out of his wages that he earned
| What has anybody got to do with my
lessons anyway"
| The father was a travelling salesman
and the mother works in a department,
store. There Is a sister younger thar
| Bertha. She. with Bertha, sat in the
little dining room last night. with the
unheeded supper, and looked down or
the street where neighbors in hushed
tones discussed the trouble that had
come to the Shapiros."