Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-06-29 | Page 8 | When a Policeman Goes Wrong

When a Policeman Goes Wrong WrongS with silent men S And now he sits alts Who watch him night and day Who watch him wh when n he tries rles to weep k J And Arid when he kneels kneis to pray should h Jf a Ii himself n. n Who watch him Rob the prison of Its prey prcy p l N York k is astrik s striking t rl k kB B the former police 1 lieutenant t o 0 of f New 1 ew 01 IS a a t ing example of the policeman gone wrong I IThe The lure of easy money caught him in its ts web and arid the end willbe will be bethe the electric chair chain We wonder wonder what he thinks as he sits in the death cell arid and the and and forever sees the sh shadow do V of the thee w watches the day come go e executioner coming nearer V t We wonder if he wouldn't like to tell oth other r policeman an to sl slum shun ull H easy money and travel the straight road j t A In Beckers Becker's case the graft was so good that his greed for gold goldt t turned to a lust for blood when there was danger of interference with ith his graft system And so he killed to keep his gold J N Not t every policeman who falls victim to the lure of easy winds up in the death house but nearly all of them get gel caught chught sooner or later j T There ere are many temptations that all all police officials from the chief down to the lowest grade patrolmen must combat Those w who o are not strong enough to resist generally live to curse the lay day that politics ever got them a place on the force We venture to sa say that Becker as ho waits in dread the fatal da day wishes that he had never heard of easy monc money