Eureka Reporter | 1902-11-28 | Page 6 | Families of "Bad" Men

FAMILIES OF BAD MEN remarkable attachment to home tle shown by crooks one of the peculiar phases of life U 14 seen in the love that bad men hav for their wives and children BI bj bad men we generally mean thos lawbreakers who thrive in commini com munt muni ties by the purchase of protection from law upholders it if you please let tom gould be mentioned as 4 type or the alien allen though I 1 do not no know anything about their families men of that stamp with their hand hands ever against their fellow men living livins only to do them thein usually have happ happy homes the family ties are sacred the gamblers daughter Is the light of his soul and his only holy ambi tion Is to shield her from knowledge of Us his moral obliquity I 1 could name a dozen such men in this city whose names are as well known as district attorney jerome no matter how I 1 black the record against them on the outside within the threshold of thel theil homes they become loyal husband husbands and indulgent fathers new corli times