Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-09-03
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
sax FaANCtsco, August 25, 1870

lmentahty hHd taken possession OF the public
and all the sympathy was for the criminal aud
none for his victim. Jurios unmstakably failed
to do their dlty, and Judges efc such big holes
in the mcshes Of The Law that it was the easiest
thing in the world for She prisoner to crawl out
Of lis enttnglemcnt. When the evidence was
unfortunately SO clear that juries could not
help saying guilty and the prosecuting A;tor-
ncy by some extraordinary good management,
drew up an indictment that would stand the test
Of appeal, political influence dictated the pun
shmcnt, aud the most hcinous crimes and uure-
rormabc criminals were treated with a tender
ness wholly unjcscryed. few months ago all
this was altered. Delos Lake was appointed by
Governor Haight to the Municipal Criminal Court
and he instituted Il new era in the administration
Of justice. lie commenced by upscttng the
nonsensica theory that it is the duty Of the State
to provide counsel for prisoners defence be
made a rule that when a day Of trial was once
Gyed, there could be no postponcmcnt on account
Of non-atcndancc Of lawyers, and be introduced
many other reforms which met with the approval
Of ali good citizens. His sentences on convicted
f.loas have also elected universal commcnda-
lion, and he has done more to check crime re-
assure an alarmed community and protect it
against inrOld5 Of rultuism, than any other
man who has occupied Il similar position. Bat
this course could not be expected to please every
one aud amongst the dissatisfied are the Brook
lyu MdpcHdeH and San Francisco CHrohtcic.-
These papers, aciuated by politca! motives, have
commenced Jcsuitical attack on the Judge,
and, while countcrtciting sympathy for the crin-
nal. accuse him Of prejudice, bias and iujudicial
conduct. am not personally known to the
judge and have no interest in defending him.
except desire to testify to the public approb,-
lion Of his conduct on the bench. and n wish to
support him in the straightforward severity
with which he suppresscs crime. The streets Of
San Francisco have been safer, crimes Of violence
less frequent, dcadfill robberics less glariug and
the city generally more free from crime, since he
assumed position, than any time within the last
zen years, and it is to be hoped, for the good of
society, that the judicial election of 1871 will
dud Drlos Lake ugain returned to the Office he
at present SO ably and worthiy fills.
THE NILtoNAlnE ORGAN GRINDER
Yon have perhaps heard OF the Young lady in
hc song who had strawberry mark upon her
ann and trll in love with nasty organ
grinder" Well, iturpcars that she diln make
such bld match aiIcr all that is it the busi
ness, elsewhere, is as proHttble As here. a few
weeks ago an Italian organ grinder. commonly
known MS the " man with the monkey" died
aud went to Abraham bosom, or to whatever
other unpleasant place is reserved for departed
organ grinders. lie WAS supposed t. be stepped
IA The dlrcst poverty aud many c0mpas iouute
g.aucc aud charitable dime was bestowed upon
him for his doorOus music. 1t now appears that
this dciUact rascal bad accumulated Il propcrty
worth 500 900, aud as he died intesta,e it goes
iuto the hands of the Public Administrator
that undiscovered bourne from which no estate
ever yet returned. Verify, hand-organ is more
profitable than Il litigtnt organ, aud it pays bet
Ter TO grind out music than editorials.
ADyEarrSG DODGE
\ hNnGbill with a war m - on one side and an
Insurance Company's advertisement on the other
is The latest plan Of mildly presenting the nd.
vautagcs OF hc insurance. Advertising appears
to be sMaycd Jy the whim Of fashion to il CON
siderable extent. PDrambulutiug Advertisements
were All the gOH few months since. The prnci-
pal streets were at that time monopolzed 10y
succession OF iOrlorn looking individuals carrying
boards, leltcred with frantic appeals to buy this
ding and that hen We had the handbill era
with boys stationed every few yards to distrb-
ute touching appeals about saving hard earned
money by pHrchasin. shoe strings and paper
collars OF such and sach merchant. Now the
style is to daHb The side Of house with immense
cttels and paint the sidewalk with friendly nd-
vice o 60 to Jones for your butter. | think
AltH itI W 10 OhlIl u lic bodlu6 IOQUu nave All
gone into The peanut business, as there is an
alarming increase in the number Of stands for
the sale Of that @rJicle.
ANEW neAasn
We arc rejoicing in the possession Of new
three thonsand-dollar aearsc, the most expensive
thing # the Kind ever constructed. 1t is COW
cred all over with carving and gliding aud is of
such respendcnt nature thnt cyen Chicago
through "a representative editOr-went into ccs-
hcieS at its unique appearance. They are ugly
things ut the best and it seems almost impossi-
bic to build them otherwise; for this death
couch with all the money that has been spent
on IT, looks even more uncomfortable than those
IN ordinary use.
NEW THEORY or CRIME.
Professor Pocy who was Drec or Of the OBJ
sereatory mt Havana up to the outbreak of the
Cuban nsurrcction has taken UP his residence
10 San Francisco. At the last meeting OF the
Academy of Sciences, he addressed the members
upon meteorology, earthquakes, spots on sun,
aud various other physical phenomena. Having
astoniShcd the society with this preliminary pro
fundily of learning he went into some startling
specHlatons ON the origin of crime. Murder
thett, suicide lust and all other crimes against
person and property according to his experience
were cpidem,cal, and their periodcty was rs
much governed by the movements of the heav-
oulE bodies as night and morning or summer and
Winter RIse"ae ana sickness ne thought, were
also under astronomical influence, and depended
entirely on planetary coujuuctous and cyclical
Laws, and IT was consequently quite useless
either to lcglSihte against crime, or to hope to-
prevent sickness by sanitary measures. The
Professor didn't make many converts to his
theory being unfortunate in The selection of an
audience There are some eight hundred men
across the bay, Mt present confined Cn direct vi
oialon Of theoretical law aud in total defiance
OF the cyclical change of the heavenly bodies)
who would instantly fall into his way Of thinking
Qniun, the child slayer would be II willing con
vert, Jack Tyler who shot Jim Dobson the
other day, will readily subscribe to the new the
ory, and George lloye, Charley Duane and other
criminal celebrities will instantly ioin the new