People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1895 — LIBERTY DEAD. [ARTICLE]

LIBERTY DEAD.

Justice, Humanity and Patriotism tVecp —A Sad Death. Francis Lester tells of a Polish l~d of 12 years, who was sent to the Chicago bridewell thirty days for stealing ceal. He admitted his crime and could talk enough English to say that he stole coal. He served out his tinw* and then he tramped home to his widowed mother. And she was dead. He had stolen coal to warm her as she lay dying. Mrs. Lena Johnson, St. Paul, Minn., was arrested and thrown into Jail for stealing in order to keep her four children from starving to death. A wealthy New York girl, Miss Sufferin, was arrested for shoplifting. Forty dollars’ worth of stolen goods were found In her possession, mostly Jewelry and trinkets, concealed in her *ur muff. The Judge called this kleptomania and she was discharged. If you are poor and take a loaf of bread it Is stealing. If you are rich and steal a few hundred, it’s kleptomania. If you are sharp enough to steal a railroad you are a great financier and |>uslaea* man.—Cblende Express.