The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-02-17
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BALTIMORE, Feb. 10, 1872.
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CONVICT LABOR.
Last week The Knights of St. Crispin held
a series Of meetings to protest against the
manufacture Of boots and shoes in the
Maryland penetentiary The meetings
were presided over alternately by Mr..
Dunster, $. X of Lodge 115, and Mr.. Jno.
Bransby, Of the State Grand Lodge X. 0.
S. c. The subject Of Convict Labor was
ably discussed by Mr.. J. O'Donavan and
others. Mr.. Drury, Of the Internationals,
of New York, being present by request,
addressed the meeting. Mr.. d. handled
the subject in mastery style, and was
listened to with great attention. At the
close Of the meeting Mr.. Darby and Mr..
Gilbert were chosen to represent the in
terests Of the Order in Annapolis.
DRUNKENNESS AND ITS EFFECTS.
1t was reported on Wednesday evening
that a woman named Mary Fallon, residing
in Harmony Lane, a few doors west Of Ore
gon street, while in fit Of drunken rage,
had
INHUMANLY sCALDED HER DAUGHTER,
aged sixteen years, and subsequent inves-
tigation disclosed very painful illustration
Of the dreadful effects of incompetence.
They have five children, the Oldest, Mary
Ann, being able to work for herself, earn
ing money which she contributed in
great part to the maintenance Of the family,
while the parents were day by day dis
posing of their scanty furniture to satisfy
their
CRAVING FOR STRONG DRINK,
which completely took possession Of them.
They had gone so far, even, as to sell
clothing belonging to Mary Ann, which she,
by dInt Of saving from her hard earnings,
had acquired. On Wednesday the mother
Of the girl, while under the influence of
liquor, was about TO take bonnet, for
which Mary had paid two dollars, for the
purpose of selling it to procure more strong
drink. To this Mary objected, when the
mother became 50 enraged that she seized
pan of boiling water and threw it over
her, scalding her in the left side Of her
face, breast and neck i'll horrible manner.
THE CRIES OF THE GIRL
attracted the attention Of some Of the
neighbors, who rescued her and removed
her to an adjoining house, where she was
attended by DR. Neff Police-Sergeant
Handy, being appraised of the occurrence,
went to the house for the purpose of ar
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appeals Of the injured daughter did not do
so at the time, there being four small
children i'll the house. and no one to care
for them
1t was ascertained BY visit to the house
that the children were in very destitute
condition, and subsequently Sergeants Han
dy and Cadwallader, and Policeman Sen
bola took them i'll charge. The policemen
found the children locked up in the house,
the father and mother both being out. The
poor children were all in second-story
room,
HUNGRY, AND SHIvERING WITH COLD,
not a spark of fire being in the dwelling.
The officers at once wrapped them up, and,
/ placing them III a wagon, conveyed two Of
them to the Home of the Friendless,
and the other two to the house of the
Children's Aid Society
The poor little things were clad in rags,
and the only article Of furniture III the
room was pallet upon the floor, made of
old, ragged bed-clothes. The children
seemed very glad to accompany the police
men, and willing to 60 to any place where
they would he provided for. Mary Ann,
it is understood, has been seriously injured
by the scalding, but as soon as she is able
to be removed she will he taken to an mfr
mary for treatment
SUIT AGAINST MADAME JANAUSCHEk.
In the Baltimore city court, on Thurs
day, suit was brought, by HenryJ Bough-
ton, through his attorney, L. J. Polk,
against Madame Janauschek, (now per
forming at Ford's grand Opera House in
this city, to recover 81, 900 damages, for
violation of contract dated December /,
1871, by which plaintive was to assist de
fendent in her dramatic performances in
the capacity of general utility business"
for the balance of the season of 1912,
commencing on Dec. ii, at such places Of
public amusement as the defendant, or her
agent, may select, for $50 per week and
railroad fares 4; that the plaintive continued
TO perform, up to january 20, 1872, in such
parts as were assigned to him, but that the
defendant discharged the plaintiff on the
18th of January, 1872, in violation Of the
contract. Notice of the suit was served on
Madame Janauschek at the Eutaw Houses
FASHIONABLE SwINDLERs.
During the past year a number Of the
banks in different parts of the country have
been swindled, by what is called . Raised
Checks = that is the fraudulent changing Of
a genuine check, for a small amount, to that
Of a much larger one.
THE MODUs OPERANDI
of parties engaged in this fraud is to open
correspondence with some well-known
firm, who would think the transaction le-
ultimate, for the effecting Of some compar-
atively triHing business, necessitating a
small return payment, receives check,
and then raises the amount and runs the
risk of the altered check being paid by the
bank on which it is drawn. As an instance,
it may be mentioned that, on the 18th of
June, 1871, for some minor transaction,
the Messrs Small gave their cheek for
$32.5 so on
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF BALTIMORE.
which was, in few days, subsequently
handed to the Shrewsbury Savings Institu-
ton, in York county, Pa, altered to g.. 800
and paid
THE DETECTIVES,