The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-28

The Ethics or Crime ns q
Profession.
Society In Sing Sing Prison How N, Author =
the Trunk Tragedy" 10 Regard d seessj
ostracism Of the Nil-Pracs.cs Eurdrsr-
He il Robbed and Bsasa By
Gang o. Indignant jail Birda

The trits and apparently parafsx,c,i aas~>
"H0aOr among Tbtevex" WHINE Reg eeversuv -
cepted as veracous. occasionally excmpl,uea
IN . manner which. to zone extsss ,p,xns
be regarded - . redeeming tram IN O.
too frequently incorrigbls characters Of tho
who, either voluntarily or through force q
circumstances, adopt . calling which can ouey
be successfully followed b. trampiing on all lsws
having for their object .he SAFETY and good order e
society. That even condemned crimtaaas, VINO 40
serving out their fourta n or sixth term OF sen
tence In any OF our State prisons ana
VINO might reasonably DO supposed to have
sunk lar below the level or scl.respecS
still possess an almost incredible amouns a.
punctiheusness on certain points no one was -
at Gil familiar with the composition OF those insti-
tutions will Rainsav. In Sing Sing Prison, wnsrsL
although all are alike felons. who have forfeited
their liberty to the laws OF the country, there exists
In q prcp0rlonate degree as much OF
TIE SPIRIT or CASTE"
or social distinction among the inmates as may -
found In anv OF tn pretcntious circles OF society,"
the gencaOgy OF whose members may be expressed
in the single, rnougn suggestive. term. "shOddy.s
There the professional burglar, pickpocxes %
panel thief regards with supercI0us soorn
and aversion those greater villains vino
have been found guilty ana nvicted or naineless
crimes perpetrated on chdren add grown persons
OF the opposite sex.
DEFY Tao laws OF God AMI man. tae more honor
able % class Of convicta have consigned
who. although a low, vulgar and ilLIerase Hebrew.
from the scmi-civlizcd region OF " estern Russia,
e Of s Of
fortune on the dying walls OF tortured GcntiAo
women and the murdered bodies OF tacr offspring.
AS this person possesses q pOOdlv supply oil the
'snews OF war" IS not surprising that under the
exiting management OF The prison he succeeded N
havlng himself placed among u gang Vi pretended
tnvllids VINO arc only expected to per .orIn noA-
inal amount Of exceedingly hgnt duty. Tals was
too great
on the hitherto heightened q composition OF t1e
stsckly sqnadi indicated and not m ny DAYS age
sort OF paniOmimlc convention OF the gang was
ned nj which Il was suddenly AMI secretly resolved
tn.,t the aIorionist Koseuzweig should To expelled
from tneir coicrle. Accordingly the leading spiras
OF this fIghly lntign sht gaax alter Watching VITA
unconcealeL sasiao,on We letroauns iofni u IaeL
tine West and most blasphemous invective having
for peroration the ailnon,tion that Il lie aid sos
leave their gang aud lind empl0Jment ia some
otner department. OF the plson tney would
Alarmed nc the carnes.ness Of tho desperate whe
had loresnadowcd his speedy death, and the deter.
mlnation whica he saw written IN the features Of
tempOrizn9. AMI endeavored 10 conclllate hi9
enemies BY sncn Establishments as he. used
crime charged and his harmless disposition gene
rally together with other assurances OF friendship
popular pariance Considered the .Doctor;sa story
'Ioo thm," aad again loaded nm wi,n abuse on 20.
count Of MS atrOcl0uS acts. StunX 70 the
quick ut last by their vtupeTatiOn.
the abortionlst stood at bay and retaiated
by deIouncing the whole gang as . LOT 81
''ilCKPOC4RTS, THIEVES AND LoAFERS"
and, drawing O roll or bank notes from his pockeS
he shook them IN the faces OF his fellow jail birlA
while spitcu liy telling them that he could MAKE ~
much at his business In night as they could g
fne,rs IN ''tree munrS" RosenZweg had scarcely
time To finish the last sentence when
COAT WAS THRnwS OYER Ills HEAD,
and In another instant he the grasp OF half
dozen experts who ''wcnt through HIM" sectpaaUs
Griem 10 the tune Of NbOHt two hundred and Afv
dollars which the malpractice man had, dolbteSS,
for the purpose OF "greasing" his way through
the impccuulous Intricacios Of prison life. WIZ
his head enveloped In the coat already mentioned,
the sleeves wn Gu were 1ueJened securely around
his neck, ROscnzweg was thrown to the ground.
and ale there received q nunber OF Rratnltona
kicks In return Tor his lost dollars. IL Is understood
however, that he did no. Sustain any serious bobby
urY.