The Lake County star., 1877-05-31


NEW Yosx, May %, 1877.
The removal Of sixtyrsight female
convicts from the prison ut Sing
Sing, to the Brooklyn Reform Pris-'
on was curious and instructive
sight. When woman does get
bad she is rs much worse than a
man as possible. The women were
marched to beat and their prefan-
ity was something wonderful. Their
first explicit was All attempt to drown
an .ebnoxious officer, which they
nearly succeeded in doing, and they
sailed away singing the most horri.
bic travestics Of the most sacred
hymns. One woman ofsixty,named
Elkins is the mother Of eight chill
dren, all Of whom are at this time
in prison, and there has never been
time since the youngest was ten
that Eve of them have not been in
confinement at the same time. The
cid lady was, in her youth pick
pocket, and the most skiIlful one in
tho city, but Of late years her fin
gers lost their nimbleness, and she
has confined her attention to shep-
lifting. The little freedom Of the
boat, reused all the cid enthusiasm.
"How / wish I was out" she said.
"Couldn't ! work the second floors
of the stores on Sixth avenue, where
there amt but one clerk! It's toe
bad" And the old harridan sighed
to think Of the opportunities she
was missing. One beautiful girl of
not more than twenty-five, belonged
to one Of the best families in the
city. She fell in love with . nous
tached pickpocket, who married her,
her family cut her off, she became
an adroit thief herself, and went
down, as women do, like a shot.
She became abandoned, and utterly
reckless, her family count her as
dead, and she is one Of tho worst
and most unruly of the prisoners.
Another is woman Of good con-
nections, who is q confirmed klep-
tomaniac. She was well enough of,
having husband in o good busi-
ness, who was very liberal to her.
But she could not avoid theft. She
would steal the most useless articles,
things that she could not use, and
that were of no possible account to
her. Shop-koepcrs dreaded to see
her como into their places, for il
became necessary to details clerk
to watch her. and even then, SO sx.
pert had she become, that she would
get away with plumber. She was
arrested a great many times, and
was saved from punishment by her
,, husband going to the expense Of
saving her every day or TIVE. Fl
nally it broke him up, and he was
compelled to let the law take its
| course. She continued hcr opera.
| ITEMS in the prison. Sho would sc.
| crete needles, threads, dishes from
the table, food that she could no,
use, everything that could be con
| coaled aud carried. brIt 10 xn incur
able madness, and she would be be-.
ter in an insane asylum,, although
in all other respects she is perfectl,
sane. The others had histories, bu
there wore thirty eight Of them. i,
Women have been for many year.
in the habit OF. smuggling laccs
silks, &C., but it is only recent,
that men have tried the smugglin,
Of wearing apparel. The famon
London tailor, Poole, made an, ar
rangcmcht with the officers ofa Gu
narl steamer, "a, get goods throrgl
witliontpaying duties, and then sen
man here to canvass b for erlcrs
4 Without paying duty NJ coaldi um
lcrsell the Broadway tailors, an,
besides the swells never coRside
themselves dressed till they have
pair Of Poole's pantaloons. IN
4 New York tailors got wipd,ssf il
and were ready for the Ounarde
4 when It landed. The dctcctiye
spotted and seized thirty suits a
clothing: the most of them for tn
bcst-known men In the city, IN
extent OF smuggling is little; ahdos
stood. There is sIllOuse in the cit
In the book Isfade, who Nav Sc,s print
ing establishment just across tn
line, near Rousss Point, in Canal,
Il is in tho woods and remote ifro'
everything. The moment q sue
cessful American book .makcs !,
appearances, IL 10 stsrsstyped, Prin
ed and bound on the other side D,
tie line, and carted to tho 4 nearel
railroad statieniby the thousan'
and sold At prices that no America
publisher can compete with, for the
have no copyright to psy, and the
, labor and material are cheapc
Some Of eur best known xsuthol
: have been nearly ruined . by tn
: smuggling Of Canadian prints
: books. The Smuggling iof, .cigal
81 from Cuba is very large trad
Z The incoming vessel having ciga