The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . mes in on him, theshortage is discovered and the man is held up as acriminal. PERCENTAGE OF DISHONESTY SMALL. It is admitted that in assuming security for thehonesty of ten men for a bank, for instance, these ten 314 THE ADVENTURES AND WORK men, after being accepted, could be lined up and acharacter reader be able to put a finger, in a moment,upon the most and least trustworthy of these in our experience, the exceedingly small per centof dishonesty in young men of today makes the value ofsuch selection hardly more than nom
The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . mes in on him, theshortage is discovered and the man is held up as acriminal. PERCENTAGE OF DISHONESTY SMALL. It is admitted that in assuming security for thehonesty of ten men for a bank, for instance, these ten 314 THE ADVENTURES AND WORK men, after being accepted, could be lined up and acharacter reader be able to put a finger, in a moment,upon the most and least trustworthy of these in our experience, the exceedingly small per centof dishonesty in young men of today makes the value ofsuch selection hardly more than nominal. At the same time, shortages in accounts form aconsiderable element of the news of the world, and yetnot half of these shortages are discovered. More thanhalf of these delinquencies are made good before theyare uncovered. I believe that the world generally is growing men should be found showing less regard for honesty,however, I should have to insist that nothing in thework of the surety companies had contributed to it. OF A DETECTIVE 315. A Bere Escape. 316 THE ADVENTURES AND WORK WHERE WOMAN OUTSHINES MAN. In the World of Graft the Gentler Sex Shows GreaterPolish and More Far-sightedness—Fake CharityWorkers, Fake Nuns, Fake Female Preach-ers and Flighty Financiers.—HowThey Get the Money. When the subtle intellect of woman is behind a schemeto defraud invariably is it found that the proposition isa deep one; well planned, solid looking, plausible in theextreme and directed with an attention to detail morelikely to deceive persons of intelligence than the coarseconspiracies of men. Seldom does the feminine grafter travel in flocks. Un-like her brothers in crime, the woman who seeks to gullthe public prefers to do the fine work herself; to hazardher body and soul in the game and play it to the limit,even though the strenuous application necessary to con-summate her scheme entails physical sacrifice. She will work night and day to make her project ap-pear right
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