p. 205 | THERE'S MONEY IN IT

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 1, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 13.

THERE'S MONEY IN IT.

It is notorious that the saloon business is extremely profitable, and that this constitutes the great temptation to make money out of vice and misery. It must be, however, exceptionally profitable in Omaha, where a saloon keeper has prosecuted a servant for having stolen more than three thousand dollars in a short period, without its being missed from his daily receipts. It is said that "he was accustomed to put the day's receipts in a box in his room when he closed up at midnight, without counting it, and then deposit it the next morning. For some time he thought he observed a deficiency in the pile in the morning, but thought his wife was getting a little money on the sly with which to buy him a present, and for a time said nothing about it. One night, however, he marked his greenbacks and the next day, with the aid of an officer, discovered one hundred and ten dollars of the bills in a box in Rosa's room. There were eight hundred and fifty-five dollars more there, which she admitted having stolen, and it was found that she had three thousand dollars deposited in a bank." Such a little tale as this from the police court is worth a volume of explanation of the reasons why saloons spread like a contagion.—N. Y. Observer.