Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1859 — Shameful. [ARTICLE]

Shameful.

A man named E. L. Griffiths, baggage master, in the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad Co. in Chicago, committed suicide a few days since. He had b -en sued for SIOO. “nd his monthly wages of .-60 had been garnisheed by a heartless cr-'ditor, leaving him nothing for the support of his family. Griffiths sought out his creditor, and asked him to be content with $25, and leave him $35 for the support of his family, but he would not do it, saying h« would keep what he had got. This so disheartened the unfortunate man, starvation a Bring him in the face, that he took laudanum and j.ut an end to his life. Shylocks will uphold the hard-hearted cruelty o» that creditor, and call it but justice, but God and humanity pronounce his act a devilish one, and will hold him responsible tor the sad crime which followed. The Chicago Journal well remarks t-at “the creditor obtained a portion of his note in cash. He should garnishee a widow’s tears and orphan’s cries for the balance.”