The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-17

rctcctives know the majority Of them by sight,
as n rrieet knows his parishionCrs, and are iami-
liar with the history Of many Of them.
| In the gallery % which We refer, there are por-
| traits of men, women, and children even who
have hrcn arrested. tried, and found guiity of
Almost Every crime that backens the catalogue
OF vice and shame That wcll-drcssed Young
man with wlite bat which looks like AN in
yortCd waslhovl, and rattan In his hand. Is a
not, q piCkpockCt, who has Just served A short
tern nt SiUg Sing. Our CiCetonc states that he is
o. Tvs OLD tricks again, and is closely watched .
Lo'at'r would have pronounced such phz as
be wcars the index of o corrupt character. indeed
there are few faces 10 fhis vast objection that arc
lot no.o'uh ly Tepul,iNe Ioprcycnt ntrccognitiou
mpul ot them sguiut, or srDwl, or grin, or puli
lh' % ba's down over their brUws when their por-
traits arc iaken. The women generally drop their
wells over their faces
Now and teen bold, bra,sy thief may be
ioul q, Who takes Pains 10 appear 10 the best ad.
NntsEc, seemingly proud Of his picture and not
asl AIMED Of his associates. IN ere is a marked
similarity Of features in men and women who are
uddlWCd 10 paTtCuIur rimcs. Those who make
burglary "a speciality have bulhous heads, with
PftN Wldih tttWCeu the ears, c' e. deeply guukCn
ard ooore iea'ur,s generally. IL requires more
tuuiaFo TO storm store on dwelling hdusc than
% pick mans pocket. Burglars u.ually 90
aimed, and viii not hesitate 10 shoot or stab any
Ipsou 1ho 'tauds In tlcr path. Suctk.thicvcs
are wei famed, ana stronger, with ordinary
powers OF observation, after spcmg enc, will he
able 10 IOi1t out Others who have made a choice
Of that department of Ihcft.
lie same may bU aid uf ,ooi.pads, confidence
mtn, counterfeit ~, and VthCr criminals who
lave l,it heir shadows on the vyt,is of This raL
ltry. In not lew instance. particular crimes
seem to form @ family tuit. Hero are two
brothers who were sent % state prison for for
gerry a father and son were found guil ui
househr6akmr. A large number Of tue pick
pockets arc from London, md some Of the pro.
totyIes OF tbesc pictures have been recognized
10y Inspector IaniCr, who recently came o. th lis
IN AtI1 ,Itt If4ttI l.
der OF Briggs i'm railroad carriage, in England.
Ireland supplies q considerable number Of high
wuymuu; France and Germany are represented
amUrg the cOrrtCrfCiterg.
Tie dusky head of the negro is here and there
visible in this group Of Observation-Disclosures
bis relationship To the human race on the shady
and wicked, as well as on the sunny aud hopeful
side OF life. IL is fact worthy of note that even
now, at a time when 50 many women have been
deprived Of the support Of their husbands aud
brothers, who are in the army, they are not nu-
megousy represented in this collection Of pic.
lures. This may he attributed partly 20 the gal
lantry OF the officers, and partly to the fact that
Their crimes do not demand the exposure of theii
portraits TO the public stare; hut IL must be con
coded that is by tar the greatest trausgre sOr
Deep as may be the lOathing with which We
contemplate these portraits, il is impossible e
suppress feeling Of pity or 10 drown the Inward
| inieTrORatOTy How much is society responsible
| for what society Furnishes OF all these criminals
| how many were born to be auPht else We say
| their faces and Leads betray them-do we con
sidcr that, in large measure, they are as littI
| responsible for these as they would be for de
formed spine, or hand, or foot with which they
| might have entered this breathing world Ado
| To this natural Inclination toward vice and eduCa
| ton derived from drunken homes and filthy
| streets. View the lot Of the young in the haunts
| Of poverty OF great city like New York and the
| wonder Is, not that 50 many grow up depraved
| and rpe for villany, but that any escape; moi
that the metropol tan world is governed 50 badly
| but that 1t is governed 50 well.