National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-13
4 CHERRIES HOME.

SAD SCENES IN A TENEMENT HOUSE.
The latest revelation Of domestic misery and
want was developed yesterday at the Police
Court. 1t is but one of the thousand scenes
which are daily and continually trausplrlng, wit
messed, however, only by the few who happen to
know the circumstances and live in the INN ediate
neIghborhood. There is q small tenement house
on Capitol Hill which, for the past moath, has
exhibited some Of the most heartrending sights
imaginable. The house is old In appearance, and
presents anything but charming aspect. The
sils have decayed and partially fallen from the ir
positions, while all about are evidences Of neglect
and want. The windows, here and there, are
and Nth, and the sashes, loose in their frames,
have warped and twisted In the ever-varying at
mosphere. The yard itself, If yard It may be
called, being nothing but pent-up little spot OF
green sward, bears marks of what may be ex-
RsStod ylkhipp I'll, wrssshed place NIshs before
elry, this place presented scene which could not
fail to touch the most obdurate chords Of human
Gnda9. tRs IN. oFSx sS o Pane sh n
had q wan and vacant stare. A person hurrying
by on business or returning home from daily
toll was attracted by piteouI moan which
issued from this window, and stopping to
listen, he heard 1t again and more mourDful still
Fastening to the spot the child stretched forth its
something to eat" Il sobbed, my mothers gone
away and left Us alone in the dark house-left
Teddy, Ida and me without bread or water. The
door Is locked, and wore so 'fraId and hungry. /
wish she would como back, and then it burst into
violent and bitter weeping, in which the little
baby and TED Joined IN Nth equal bitterness s
the spot and commenced each to tell his tale OF
the misery and inhumapity which they had wit
messed day after day inflicted upon these helpless
and neglected children. Some hastened home
and brought them bread, while others procured
water which was fed to the starylings through
s ate snd
mother" The largef-dirty, filthy, clothed in
was gone, and cry impatisntly If it was delayed;
The little girl the next in size, was cripple, and
creeping about upon the dusty, broken moor, sne
thrown in and rolled about the room. She was
pretty-featured child, but lame from It's birth,
with no chance of romp and outdoor play; her
little form was worn and wasted away to the
utmost frailty. She was but four years OLD, ana
would Sssp with Trembling and Of
two years, and scarcely able to walk alone, had
pushed o shattered deal-ehalr TO the stove, and
Crawling upon T. and from th ssS;oI upon the
state of partial nakedness, unable
to get down. The children, in their tattered and
neglected dress, with wild and hungry faces and
uncombed hair, compared woll with the interior
Of the poyerty-marked apartment. lt was room
Of SIX by ten, with low and dingy ceiling DESPAIR
were nearly bare, and al around bore finger
prints, and battered spots where the plastering
had fallen to the floor, and lay just where II re II
The furniture was Of the scantiest kind. table
in the corner, by the side of which was placed
two shabby chairs, was made Of coarsest pine ana
covered with afaded spread. Here and there on
every hand laid articles OF furniture which mad
been either left in wild confusion by the mother
or were upturned and thrown about by the IN
easy and hungry children; all on the whole pre-
senting an appearance which bespoke the qnmis-
taxable presence Of woe, neglect and want w PIE
the neig hbors were peerfng through the oreKen
windows upon this scene the mother, coming rom
| the beer garden, over the way, approached the
| house and indignantly demanded why they had
| interfered with her domestic AFFAIRS fhey re-
monstrated with and reproyed her for misrslng
her children in such an inhuman way; WHERE
upon she unlocked the door, and, rush.
| ing in the house, commenced TO beat
the delicate little cripple who shrank back INTO
| dismal corner Of the room and cried ior mercy.
While this scene was In progress . member o. the
| police force put in an appearances and placed the
| woman under arrest. Yesterday she was Drought
| before Judge Smell, and arraigned under the
| name of Kate Jones, for assaultlng her daughter,
| Ida Jones. During the trial the mother stated
| that she was employed in the Treasury Depart
! ment and With her small earnings she tried to
/ support her children In . comfortable manner,
| and that she was obliged to lock them up When
| ever she went TO the Department or elsewhere,
because they we're misehieyous and would run