tep abit 1 I read recently in sun laid a pinkerton Pinker too detective that if ano wants to sec the senti merits strongly applauded the wish can be gratified by attending any bowery theatre where the audience is largely composed of what is supposed to be the lowest cla I 1 bad an experience the other night which confirmed this in a peculiar way A large dry goods house that bad been annoyed by the dishonesty of some drivers of delivery teams me to arrest one who had run away with about 20 that he had collected he was about eighteen years old and considered a pretty hardened tough I 1 tracked him to various bad resorts and finally found him one night in the gallery of the peoples theatre A melodrama was the attraction and it was in the middle of the first act that I 1 came in I 1 did not want to raise a disturbance BO I 1 look a seat behind my man and prepared to wait until the end of the performance the ecenia iu the play were very strong the villain being unusually diabolical and the hero and heroine very noble and patient frequently the latter found occasions to express their abhorrence and condemnation of thieves and those who violate confidence reposed in them and quite as frequently the villian scoffed at sentiments of virtue and honesty I 1 found my man hissink violently at the villian every time he got a chance and nearly splitting his hands in frantic applause for the hero and heroine tears came to his eyes when the latter were suffering and he could barely restrain his fierce anger at the villian yet aal ier the play he took his arrest very coolly and confessed without a wink when he was arraigned in the police court the next day he swore point blank that he had never stolen a cent and called me a liar alien I 1 testified to his con lealion lea sion I 1 have met such cases frequently when there is no self interest at stake many criminals are very virtuous but that is as far as their sentiment goes