Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-04-02 | Page 14 | Ex-Convict Works Sympathetic [Illegible]

EKOIICT ill SYMPATHETIC EI T. G. Gibson Obtains Msj -From Numerous KindiB Hearted Persons. a Numerous complaints came to Ui9 lice of The Tribune yesterday fronvlS1' crs, business men and others that 'B Gibson was soliciting- money for wMl pretended to be a worthy caumflf Will eh. according to the corapUUiH was nothing moro or less than a siH Gibson was sent to thc peril tentlaH two and a half years for embezzlH from Jones & Hammer, theatrical PiiH ers. for "whqm he had worked os'.V llcltor and had failed to turn in hundred dollars collected by him. BH ly he was pardoned. '-K, The man visited several places ofH ncss and put up the plea that he ed to go to Pueblo, where he hadS ployrncnt, and where friends and'H tlves would assist him. Gibson ted that he had "made a mistake,! ,thought he had learned a whoIesomB son and wanted another chance. Inl port of his plea, Gibson exhibited m ter from his mother, so tearfully' wH that many were touched. iH It is not known Just how much lH Gibson obtained, but the amount-wB Inconsiderable sum. One bankerjJiB reported, offered to give Gibson a' with which to buv a ticket to PH but Gibson failed to keep the apB ment. Another banker also gavevB son a check, upon which the lattejl the money, it Is said Gibson ataH taincd donations from various persH It is not yet known .whether PM criminal proceedings will be instill against Gibson, but, at any rate, th&H eral complaint will probably servftjH warning to others who znlghtjHj