The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-17
AN ARMY OF OUTLAWS.

The Dangerous Glasses and What
They are SiXty-fve Thousand Burg
lars, Highway Robbers, PickpOcketS,
Confidence Operators, Counterfeiters
and other Criminals.
These classes cost New York annually
millions of dollars. Judges, prosecuting
attorneys, clerks. detectives. policemen
aud prison keepers are employed, equal
in number to the United States army
The crimes committed in this city in
single month outnumber the depredations
of the ApacLes, Modocs aod Sioux, and
all the other savages in this country in
an entire year. Over eighty thousand
arrests are made annually This number
consists of murderers, highway robbers.
counterieiters. pickpockets, gamblers.
prostitutes aud every other class of Grim
inals known TO the calendar of crime.
When il is understood. in connection
with the above facts, that not more than
one fourth of the crimes committed are
reported to the police authorities, or 6ud
their way to the public through the press,
u better idea can be formed of the dan
yerous element in our midst. We can
estimate with exaciuess. from the census
and other statistics, the number OF peo
pie engaged in any particular mercantile
or professional pursuit, but it is a much
more Difficult: matter TO arrive with Ger
tainty at the nuuber composing the dan
gerous classes Burglars, counterfeiters
and pockets, for obvious reasons. are
not so prompt in furnishing information
to the census taker as lawyers, doctors,
and merchants
THE TOTAL.
Careful estimates make from the police
aud detective records aud other statistics.
together with information gathered from
many prominent criminals, fixes the to
tai at siAty FIVE tLousand
MAGDALENS.
This number includes seventeen thou
sand gdaIens-poor, lost. depraved
women-most OF them impreguated with
diseases more luathsOme than the putre-
lying carcassess that fill our graveyards
They are distributed 10 all parts of the
city. We 6ud them among the rich and
among the poor. The largest portion in
habit the slums, ty-ways and baguios of
Water, Cherry, Elizabeth, Greene aud
similarly infected streets. This number
dress 10 rags and gaudy finery and exist
in abject misery and want Others live
in elegantly furnished houses up town
They own fine houses and carriages, aud
wear costly silks, velvets and jewelry
WORTHLESS AND DANGEROUS RAsCALs
Fifteen thousand miscellaneous char
ac;ers are classed under one head They
are roughs aud rowdies, and the worth
less aud dangerous rascals. too lazy to
work, and too cowardly TO steal-many of
them parasites attached to the poor crea
lures mentioned above They possess all
the requisites for cut throats and thieves
except courage 1t is difficult to ina
CINE human beings more degraded =
Cusic, the Man Eater" who was recent
ly sentenced for May hem aud Reddy the
Blacksmith, who has taken part, either
as principal or accessory, in several mur-
ders. represent another portion of these
fifteen thousand. Occasionally members
OF this class will participate in burglary
or some similar crime, although they do
not, as general thug. subsist entirely
by stealing. A large number are proprie
tors of rum shops. where criminals OF all
grades cougregate. Their influence and
acquaintance among thieves and other
rOgues enables them to gather strong
force of bold, shrewa and unprncipled
men at the polls on election days. They
are paid handsomely in money. and grant
ed immunity for their crimes for services
of this kind.
GAMBLERS.
There are ten thousand gamblers iu
New York The Hon. John M0rrisey
aud j ohm Chamberlain are representative
men among the wealthy and prosperous
OF this class They own magnificent es-
Adjustments in this city, at Saratoga and
at Long Branch. Their houses are furn
ished with every luxury that taste can
suggest or money can procure Hun
dreds of second aud third rate establish
ments are situated on Broadway and the
Bowery. while others are located on less
frequented streets There are vile dens
10 the lower part of the city paironized
largely by negroes. Dealers" "ropers
in" aud professional players are to be
seen iu swarms on all the public streets
and in many of the principal hotels and
restaurants.
MISCELLANEOUS THIEVES.
Seven thousand miscellaneous thieves
subsist by stealing They steal anything
from a peanut to a wagon. This class is,
to the regular professional burglar. pick
pocket aud shopiftcr, what quack doctors
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