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Show BANKERS DOING TIME. i San. Francisco Chronicle: Pittsburg bankers who bribed City Councilmon were tried and convicted without any particular fuss, and within a tew weeks of their Indictment began doing do-ing time in State's prison And tho procession, said to be a long one, is still moving steadily In the same direction. di-rection. And on this side of the continent con-tinent we do not even know the name of the foreman of the Grand Jury, the prosecuting attorney, the chief detective detec-tive who got the evidence or the Judge Mho tries the cases. And there are already enough of the elite of Pittsburg Pitts-burg society in State's prison to conduct con-duct quite an imposing social function if the regulations of the establishment establish-ment permit it. It might be worth our whilo to send on a delegation to Pittsburg to take notes, If by any po3 sibllity we on the Pacific Coast might learn the art of dealing promptly and satisfactorily with male factors of great wealth. Put a curious thing happened. Instead In-stead of wasting the talents or accomplished ac-complished bankers in breaking rock, one of them was set to exporting the books of the prison and forthwith brought to light what seems to be a steal of the keepers of the prison to the amount of ?26,0O0. In order to moke sure he called in some or his fellow fel-low convicts from other banks, and they say there is no mistake. At the close of his day's work on the books the convict expert goes back to hts ctll, while his thlclng keepers go about and enjoy themselves. Perhaps not for long. It will be Interesting to see what happens to the politician who stole the prison money. Presumably Presum-ably the discover' will count as extra credits to the banker convicts and liaeten the day when they get out ot Jail. i |