. The criminal classes, causes and cures. GEORGE E. MANN. George E. Mann, the companion of Gustave A. Ohrin the nmrder of John Wattmaugh, near Canton, Ohio,and with whom he was hanged, June 25, 1880, was bornin New York, and was of English parentage. His mother 48 The Criminal Classes died when he was quite young, and Ms father soon re-married and removed to Kansas. At the age of fifteen3^ears, he started to tramp his way from Kansas to NewYork. He seems to have lacked moral courage, veracity,and will force. He might, however, have heen a very dif-ferent character and lived an upright life, bu
. The criminal classes, causes and cures. GEORGE E. MANN. George E. Mann, the companion of Gustave A. Ohrin the nmrder of John Wattmaugh, near Canton, Ohio,and with whom he was hanged, June 25, 1880, was bornin New York, and was of English parentage. His mother 48 The Criminal Classes died when he was quite young, and Ms father soon re-married and removed to Kansas. At the age of fifteen3^ears, he started to tramp his way from Kansas to NewYork. He seems to have lacked moral courage, veracity,and will force. He might, however, have heen a very dif-ferent character and lived an upright life, but for the earlydeath of a mother, the indifference of a father, early evilassociations, and bad reading. Causes and Cures 49 XIV. One Step Leads to .JOHN sammett. An Adventurer—A Treacherous Youth—Killed a Youthful Com-paniou Because He Refused to Bear False Witness—Executedwith Two Others. Crime leads to crime as brook in brook doth flow,Until at last deaths ocean swallows all. —Marloioe. John Sammett mnrdered a 3outhful associate, becausehe refused to hear false testimony in a suit pendingwherein Sammett Avas charged with burglar}^ and larceny. 50 The Criminal Classes His parents were of German extraction, and were respectedand esteemed citizens. His mother died when he was asmall child, and his father married again. John soonbecame restless, and was inclined to wanderings. One whoknew him writes: Early in life young Sammett imbibeda taste for adventure, impelled, no doubt, by reading lowand exciting literature, and without the restraining in-fluences of a loving mother. He was soon known to theofficers of Massillon as a boy that would stand considerablewatching. Though detected in several petty thefts, hisrelatives wou
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