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Show Page Two THE MIDVALE JOUR NAL j Frida y, Augu st 23,1 MEN ACE OF ORG ANIZ ED CRIM E . Dy JUDGE CLAREN CE R. MARTIN, Indiana Supreme Court. A mane LAWYER who accepts employ ment to defend a man for a crime which he propose s to commit in the future is unworth y of member ship at the bar, for by his contrac t he conspire s with the client to commit a violatio n of the law, and be is equally guilty with him. 'fhe lawyer who accepts a retainin g fee from a gang of racketee rs should not only be immediat~ly disbarre d as a lawyer, but as a crimina l most dangero us to the welfare of the state. He should, if sufficien t evidenc e is availabl e, be prosecu ted for cobspira cy to commit a felony, or for the commis sion of a felony. The orgy of organiz ed crime is the most serious ~t>nace confron ting the nation. The crime wave has for the last ten years been rising and sweepin g over city and country alike. Commu nities have been aroused by the menace to life and property that has outstrip ped all prevwu s experience. Murder has grown common . We eannot reasonab ly expect immuni ty from this modern curse. Conditi ons in many of our cities tend to create it, and we are in the backwash of Chicago , that magnifi cent city at whose vitals are gnawin g the demons of violence, corrupti on, murder, crime and terror. \Vith the pn.c;sing of the saloon, of segrega ted vice and public gam· bling houses, the good citizen relaxed his vigilanc e, and he is now waking up to find a whirlwi nd in place of a wind and a tidal wave in place of n breaker . If organize d crime continu es to thrive uncheck ed it wiU eventua lly .:muff out the flame whic·h bas been burning upon the altar of freedom in this Republi c for 150 years. Unless stopped , martial law may have to be used. I, ~ • , T' DEF ECT IN COLLEGE TRA ININ G By REV. \,ANIEL . A. LORD (S. J.), St. Louis. • ·By ELMO SCOTT WATSO N HEY 11a3 that "gold 11 where you ftnd lt." It might be remarked that the same thing Is •.rue of documents which tell ot the historic past. For such papers have a queer habit of bobbing up In the mo!M unusual places, and to the historian there Ia no thrill quite like .hat of unexpectedly coming across some such memento ot the past. The museum of the United States Playing Card company In Cinc:nnatl, Ohio, where one can see the history of playing cards for tl1e last five hundred years graphically pvrtrayed, Is probably the last place on earth to whkh you would go, seek· lng relics of Wild Bill Hickok. fumous a:unmnn of the Old West. Least of all woulo you expe<'t to find there evidence of the more tendt>r side of this grim-faced, cold·e~·ed killer, before whose blazln~ six-shooters more than fo score of men went down to their deaths. Yet, in a glass cnse at one end of the big room which houses the unique collections the, e. you will lind these things, an elaborately c;>rnnmented marriage certificate which reads: This Is to certify that Mr. James Butler Hickok ot Cheyenn e, in the state o! Wyoming , and Mrs. Agnes L. Thatche r o! Cincinna ti, In ·the state or Ohio, were by me joined togPther In holy matrimony on the 5th day of March, 1876, In Cheyenn e, W. T. W , F. Warren, Pastor, M. E. Church. '-Vitness: Minnie Moyer, S L. Moyer. Close beside It Is a single sheet of letter paper somewhat yellowed with age but the Wl'lting upon it is still decipherable and It rearls as follows: Deac! Wood Black hills, Dacota, July 17th, 187~ My own darling wife Agnes 1 have but a few moments left before this letter l!ltarts I nevE>r w3s as well In mv life but you w~uld laughf to •ee me now. Just got In from Prospect lng will go away again to morrow hut God now~<e when ft w!li start my friend wlll take this to Cheyenn e If he lives I don't expect to hear from you but It Is all the r.ame I no my Agnes and only llve to love hur never mind Pet we will have a home yet then we will be so happy 1 am all moH shure I will <h well hear the man Is huring me Good by Dear wife Love to Emma. J. B. Hickok Wild Bill Thus, far from the scenPs of thP exploits which made him famous lr frontier history are pre· served these eviden{'eS of a little known part In the life history of Wild Rill. In the maze of legend which has gathered about his name, thanks to the dlme novelists. the SPntimental side bas not been neglected and the names of various women bave been linked with his. The best known of these is the notorious Calamity Jane and there bas sprung up a "l)(lpular belief" (erroneous as most of them are) that Wild Bill and Calamity Jane were sweethe arts. This Is based mainly upon the fact of their association In Deadwood, 8. D., for a brief time and Calamit ) Jane's dying request that she be burled near Wild Bill. Recent biographers of both have established pretty definitely that, althotlgh Calamity Jane w&S an admirer of Wild Bill, hi.F attitude toward her was that of genial tolerance. The linking of his name with various other women In the earlier years of bls llfe bas been set down by these biographers as possible In oBe 1r two cases but mainly un· authenti cated. Tbe truth about Wil~ Bill, In this respect, Is as dlftlcult to reach as It is In ronny other respects. But the best evidence points to the fact that there was only one woman whom he ever loved and she was the woman he married at Cheye"ne, Wyo., In March, 1876. One ot his earliest biographers \\a~ Jawes Willlam Buell who knew Wild Bill personally and obtained much of his Information flrst·ha::tJ. ln his "Heroes of the Plains" he tells of the beginning of the romnn<"e which re91llted In Wllo Bill's marriage. Despite the florid and sentimentalized style o1 Buell's narrativ e, It Is probable that bls facts 11re, ID the main, correcL He t~r.ys: in August, followin g Wild Bill' a return from Wichita an Incident occurred which resulted some years afterwar ds In bls renounci ng his previous declarati on to remain a bachelor and the taking unto hLmself a wife. 1'he circumst ances which culmina ted In so great a change were romantic ally elngular and are well worthy of record In these otherwis e sanguina ry chronicl e! of stirring adventures. The lnr.ldent referred to grew out of the exhll>ltlo n of Lake's Circus In Hays City. during August. 1871. . . Lake'e Circu~ had been n atandar• entertain ment for many yean In the east and aoutb and In addition to the excellen t reputatl oa wblcb It bore It waa well advertise d bY a novel free exhibitio n • which became the rage even In the east-a grand balloon ascensio n Just before opening the doors. The town council, like every one else In the neighbor hood, though anxious to see tl>~ iJerform ance, held a meetlrog on the day precedin g the time for the exhibitio n, and decided to charge Mrs. Lake, the proprieto r of the ~!reus, a license of $50; but before the municipa l body adjourned, Wild Bill !tepped up and asked to be heard a moment. Permissi on having been granted, the town council Ht their pipes, passed the bottle, and leaning baek In their chairs, <'Omposc d themselv es while Bill expresse d himself substant ially as follows: "I never made a ~peech In my life and l don't want to begin now, but I never went baek 011 a woman, and I'm going to give you some plain talk. You fellows li\e so far outsl<le of clviliza tion that your heart~ have dried up -w.z:z;:n B U, l.;. 'l.l..•.!l.ST I.,.Z;J!:Cli.R 7J;;EI.S like small potatoes left out In the sun, and as you can't read the paper• was pertected , and arrangem ents conclude d for of oourse vou don't know nflthing about what'" the wedding , whiC'h it was agreed would take going on east or the coyote's ~·ange. place on the followin g day. "This circu" that'" advertise d to Fhow and fur· Several intimate friends or Bill's were surprised nlsh a little amusem ent for us heathens , is owned to receive Invitatio ns on the morning of March 6th, by a woman, one whose pluck catches my symto witness the wedding ceremon ies of J. B. HickOI< pathy every time Her husband, Bill Lake, was (Wild Bill) and Mrs. Agnes Lake Thatche r on the murdere d down In Granby, Missouri , by a coward· aftfi'rnoo n of thE' same day. Of course they all rely villain, named Jake Killian, on the 24th of sponded, and when the contract ing parties stood August, 1869. The brave little widow, after buryup it was before an audience numberi ng about 20 Ing her husband, had to either sell out or go on persons. The Rev. W , I!'. Warren, a Methodi st the road with the circu~. and circumst ances ad.iivine of Cheyenn e, performe d the service at Mr. vised her to carry the show, My opinion Is that Moyer's residence , and after re<teivlng many conany woman capable to run a circus le a darn sight gratulati ons the couple took the evening train bigger curiosity in these parts than the leathereast and went directly to St L<Juis, where after heads In this village ever heard of, and when 1 spending a few days they proceede d to Cincinna ti, see so much plurk shown by a woman, I just feel where numerou s relatives of .!\Irs. Lake lived . Hero like throwing in and helping her. they were received with many kind manifeR tations "Now, if you fellows that run this town knowed from all who knew them, and their new life thus how to apprecla te a good thing Cor the place Inbegan under auspicio us promises for future hapstead ot charging Mrs. Lake a license, you ".'ould piness. vote an appropri ation to pay her for coming out here to show us heathens a first-clas s circus. If As Wilcl llill had already made his plans to 9Cek I've got any authority In Hays, Mrs. Lake Isn't his fortune in the iliaci: Hills he left his wife In going to pay this town a cent of license for showIng and if any man attempts to stop this show, Cincinnati after a honeymoon 'lf hut two weeks. then just put It down that he's got me to fight. Going to Cheyenne h·~ remained there until some That's all I've got to say now, so drive on, and time In June when he set out with two of his we'll ~ee who pays the fiddJ.~r." friends, "Col. Charlie" Utter,. and "Bloody Dick'' When ~ill conclude d his "talk" the council or four de<'ided to reconsid er their action and rt'mlt Seymour. At Custer, Calamity Jane attached the license, though this was, In the eyes of some, herself to the party and the four of them made an extraord inary opportun ity for starting a town their spectacu lar entrance into Deadwood a sbort treasury . Mrs. Lake, learning of Bill's disinterested kindness , sent for him and expresse d many tl.me later. thanl<s, after whi<'h she Introduc ed him to all the So far as is linown the tetter whkh Is premembers ot her troup~. Including her little daugh· served in the Cinl'innati museum is the last one ter Emma. After 11eelng the parapher nalia of the which Wild Bill ever wrote to his wife and It is circus and shaking the hands of the performe rs. Bill turned again to Mrs. Lake and said: probably the only one In existence today. Capt. "Well, now, all this Is fin" enough, but do you .Jacl\ Crawford. the "Poet Scout," a frlen~ of Wild ltnow the greatest curiosity about this canvas is Bill's, who seems to have burst forth In poetic yourself: J never saw a woman before that could run anything , except with a broom handle, and to eulogy of hls former companion, wrote a poem find one managin g one like this Is a bigger sight for the VIrginia Evening ('hronlcl e twv days after than Californ ia Joe when he was tacklf:'d by a Will Bill was shot down by .Tack 1\Ic<Jall In the panther down In the Wachita s, I used to think Deadwood saloon. One verse 01 that poem Is that women never amounte d to much, outside of being mothers, and I guess 1 wouldn't give them Interesting. [t reads: that much credit, If 1 hadn't had one myself, and And now let me show you the good that was In a go?d one, too.. But I've changed my opinion himnow. For If I could hitch up with suc}l a business The letters he wrote to Agnes, hill wife. girl as yourself I'd go In search of a parson toWhy, a look or a smile, one kind word could win morrow. " him, ThiB language , though full of rather profane Here part of this letter-th e last of bl1 lite: metapho rs and tempered with phrases little suited for •·1utellke lover's lips" neverthe less expresse d "Agnes darling: If such should be that we never in homely truths, Bill's real sentlmen ta. For ne meet again, while f\rlng my lost shot, I will gent· fell In Jove with Mrs. Lake not only on first sight, Jy breathe the name of my wife-my Agnee-a nd but even before the meeting; he was caught on the with a kind wish, even for my enemies, I will make hook of her reputatio n. the plunge and try to swim to the other shore." Mrs. Lake, though not fully understa nding the somewh at Incohere nt address of her determin ed It may ee that this was ln Wild Bill's last letter suitor, yet saw beneath his rough exterior a kind and healing sympoth y, and a heart ever brave and to bls wife, as Captain Jack says; then again a wtlllng to protec·t the weak. His face and form, comparison of the phraseology of that letter with too, were strikingl y handsom e, while his dresF the one reproduC'ed abo\'e, lends one to wonder wall that of a gentlema n. Although Bill was unsuccessful In his suit at this time, his iuterest in .\1•s. Lnke appears to bave continued. In 1874 he haol gone into the show business himself and was appPnrlng with Texas Jack Omohundr<' nnd Buffalo Bill Cody In Ned Buntline's "The 8couts of the Plains" at Rochester. N. Y. The Lnke cin·us happened to be showing tbere nt the same time. They m<'t and aguin Wild Bill renewed hi!:' offl'r of marriage but agnlu 11r was unsucc·essful. Two ~·ears passed hefore they met n::ai11 iV11d Bill wns In Cheyenne, Wyo., on llis wny to the Bhl<'k IIills gold camps when he heart! that Mrs Lul\e was visiting at the home of a relative, L. S. 1\Ioyer. Hickok imr::-ecllalely called upon her and then, in the worcls vf Bue'l: Wlld Bill then renewed his suit, and pressed bls claims wltb SU<'h persisten cy tba t the engagem ent whether or not the noble sentiment expressed was an example of Captain Jacl\'S poetic license. Tile death O• Wild Bill at the hands of Jnck Met'nll is too well known to n<'ed repetition here. Near the marriage li<"en::;e and the Wild Bill let: ter in the musenm case is a rremento of that famous tragedy. It is a long lock of curling brown hair cnt from ~he head of \VIIcl Bill Hidwk hy "('olorado Charlie'' Utter and SPnt to his widow in <'inc~innuti. The~e relics of tloe farnnns gun rnnn were presene< by Mrs. llickok until her death in Jersf'y City, in l!J07. The~· then came into the possession of her daughter, Emma, who was the wife of Gilhert Hobins,1n, Jr., li!On of John Robinson of circ•Is far.1e, Gilbert Hollinson was one of the directorR of the Unileo States Playing Card company and a short time before his death a year or so ago, he presented them to the com· pany's museum. The sweet girl gTadnat e, model 1929, is encount el'ing gPave difficulties finding an interest ing· husband . The bachelo r girl with her bachelor's degree is becomin g too erudite for the college boy with his A. B. Not that girls go to school any longer than their boy chums, but because cultural suhjeets are slighted in favor of commer cial and professi onal studies in college coursef!l for men. College women arPn't marryin g as much as they used to, partly because some of them want careers. But one of the fundam ental reasons is the difficult y lot!:l of them run against in finding college whose convers ation and compan ionship interest them. Not a few who do marry young gentlem en with diploma s find their husband s have little cnre for any mental exercise that is not linked up with a business or a professi on. There are two methods for weeding out of the race the husband who ran't apprecia te poetry, sit through grand opera or compreh end art. I would not retreat to the Dark ages and cease to educate the ladies above the approve d modes of making pie-crus t. Instead I would polish off the lads with a thoroug h applicat ion of the humani ties and concent rate their educatio n in fewer years. firammr .r school time could be· cu·t down to afl'ord the boys sufficient time for a liberal cultural college educatio n before their professi onal or business course begins. The educate d women of Amenca are the liberally educ11.ted class of the countrJ these days. Tt is they who take pleasure in literatur e, art. the drama. and philosop hy when . school days are past. The "edurat ed'' men as a class have fallen brhind -they haven't the ground work for it. And while the college hays proceed to their technica l training , the girls proceed to their educatio ns. It's a situatio n which doesn't help r;!fr· riage at all. men UNE MPL OYM ENT FEA R BASELESS By RUSSELL G. CREVISTO~. Chicago Manufactu rer. Any great wave of unemplo yment, such as we hear about occasion -· lllly, is impOI'sible because the modern era has created commem Jurate •lmploy ment in the luxur:v group of industri es. The automob ile businP:->S alone has absorbe d '150,000 workme n from the basic industri es in a period of five years. The number of school teachers have increase d 50 per cent; the·num ber of college student s has doubted , and the age at which a man goes to work now is one and a half to two years later than it was a. few years ago. He is busy arquirin g a better educatio n during that period. The heauty parlor and the barber shop are doing unprece dented business th:se days. There is another example of more employm ent in the luxury clasgification. Instead of a wave of unemplo yment, men are rapidly being absorbe d in newly created industri es and in the extensio n of the older ones. T ere will be no loss of earning power- in iact, it will be increase d as this maligne d age progress es. ENG INEE RING AND A THE ISM By C. J. ULLRICH , Ex President Amencan Engineers ' Associatio n. The stateme nt that enginee rs are atheisti c and unappre Giative oi the religiou s instinet is ncl true. There is no reason why the enginee r should be less religiou s than other educate d and cultured people. On the other hand, enginee rs, by the very reason of their training and experien ce should and do have a profound regard for religion in its breader philosop hir aspects. Being o an open mind, trained in the sciences, schooled in the laws of nature and. taught to think along straight lines, the enginee r reasons it out for bimself. His ;;tudy of the sciences and his experien ce with the laws of natpre show him that unbroke n order reigns in the universe . The faL t that the enginee r fails to attend church regularl y, refuses to subscrib e tv an orthodo:"t creed or fails to take an active part in l!iodal reform should not brand him as being irreligio us. He may, after all, be far more devout in his religiou s make-up than many of those who thaw their religion ml'\re ostensib ly. |