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Show FAMILIES OF "BAD" MEN. Remarkable Attachment to Home Ties Shown by Crooks. Ono of tho peculiar phases of llfo Is icen In tho love that "bad" men havo for their wives and children. By "bad" men wo generally mean thoso lawbreakers who thrive In communities communi-ties by tho purchase of protection from law upholders. If you please', let Tom Gould bo mentioned as a type, or "Tho" Allen, though I do not know anything about their families. Men of that stamp, with their hands over against their fell w men, living only to "do" them, usu .Uy have happy homes. Tho family ties aro sacred. Tho gambler's daughter Is tho light of his fcoul, and his only holy ambition ambi-tion Is to shield her from Knowledge of his moral obliquity. I could name a dozen such men In this city whoso names are as well known as District Attorney Jeromo's. No matter how Wnck tho record against them on tho outside, within tho threshold of their omos they become loyal husbands and Indulgent fathors. Now York Times. |