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Show PENANCE TOO HEAVY. Tho other day a man by tho name of Pollitz, who had run couutor to the laws of the commonwealth of Utah and served two years in tho ponitentiary as a result was arrested by a United States deputy marshal, and is now on his way to Chicago to stand trial for having broken the laws of tho country. coun-try. Such occurrences aro not rare and usually pass without comment. This offender, if the storj- told runs nright, was a man of means and used to signing his name to pieces of paper which were good at tho bank. By tho limo his substance had been wasted ho became so used to signing checks and other instruments that ho was unable to resist temptation. Tn tho course of a few mouths he had obtained money wrongfully in a number of states and had forged a money order in Chicago. A huo and cry was soon raised and tho states whoro tho checks wore passed took tho trail, of the man who had acquired the habit of affixing bin signal 11150. Uncle Sam also started in pursuit, Utah saw him first, however, and the twoyenr penance iu prison fol lowed. Ah a matter of fact, ho was ronuded up al the very bogiuiiiug of his career. All his offenses occurred in 50 short a period that they might almost be considered con-sidered as ono crime, for which punishment punish-ment has already been inflicted. Unfortunately Un-fortunately for Points, this view of his case docs not scorn to havo been given consideration. If convicted in tho federal fed-eral court al Chicago of a crime for 1 which the minimum sentence is five 3'cars tho punishmont would seem to bo severe. His snfforiugs, howovor, will not bo ended when ho comes forth from the federal prison, for officers of the various slat en, seven in all, it is said, aro. waiting to pouueo upon him. There seems to bo something wrong iu the application of justice in this particular case. Pollilz has been punished pun-ished enough and should bo given a chance. As his conviction in Chicago is said to bo reasonably certain, his pa-rolo pa-rolo upon promise of good behavior should follow and tho stutcs whose citizens citi-zens lost only a few hundred dollars at best, should keep I heir hands off and watch the process of reformation. If this view is not adopted, Pollitz will be an old man when ho steps forth from prison after serving his last sentence. |