The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-02
gARRAsslNe n00pluMs,
They Bother the Children at the
Morris School Beyond Endu-
rance.
Measures Taken to al. Once Put a
Stop to the Nuisance.

They have been having a good deal OF
troyble lately, at and in the vicinity of the
Morris school building, the cause thereof be-
! Ing theincursions of a few Dung and lawless
piratical street Arabs, who amused them
selves by going into the school-yard during
the recess hours and abstracting lunch from
exposed dinner baskets, even committing
highway robbery when they could obtain
the eatables no other way. In addition TO
this they would
SET UPON A CROWD
of the smaller school children and maltreat
and misuse them by pounding and torment
ing them until life became a burden, many of
the little ones being actually afraid TO venture
home after school was out, for fear of meet
ing the young rascals. II any of the teachers
came out TO talk with them, or try to induce
they We're invariably met with a storm of
abuse and foul language, In using which the
young rowdies Were adopts. one of
THEIR MORE FAyoRITE TRICKS
was to take a looking glass, and, standing
outside of the schooi-yard gate, throw
the reelection ofthe sun into the rooms of the
smaller pupils. This torture at last became
unbearable, and means were taken TO put
slO5 10 IT, oit udy last week. Wnlit three OF
The embryo Tupins Were amusing themselves
in the use OF foul epithets and casting refiec-
tons into the rooms with a mirror, several
of the larger lads ofthe school slipped around
and when the fun was at its hight, and get
ting more interesting every moment, the
ToRNENToRs WERE SEIZED UPON
and carried ANONYMOUSLY into the building,
where they We're given a talking to and then
let so, upon promise of behaving in the fU-
ture. The promises amounted to nothing,
however, and the next day they were as bold
as ever, taking good care, though, to post
themselves so as 10 be awaited of an opportu-
nifty for retreat. Toward the latter part of
the week the larger pupils OF the school took
the matter up and devolved it upon them
selves TO protect the younger ones from in
suit and annoyance, which had the good ef-
feet of iessening the evil somewhat, and at
present
COMPARATIVE QUIET REIGSs.
The teachers and principal can do nothing
in mitigation or suppression of the nuisance,
as outside of the school-yard they had no ju-
risdIction. The attention of the police has
been called TO the matter, and hereafter any
one attempting to interfere with the pupils,
either inside or outsiG of the school-yard,
viii be summarfly dealt with. 1t is an out
rage upon the community that smaller chill
dren cannot attend school or play in the
school grounds without being insulted by
young ragamuffins who have regard for neith-
er law nor decency, and measures cannot be
taken too soon to put a stop TO it.
WHO THEY ARE.
There is a crowd or gang of youngsters in
North Leavenworth who do not go 10 any
school, but who make it the daily practice of
their lives to infest the streets of that portion
of the city and create disturbances, torment
little children and make themselves obnox-
ious generally. They are hard cases, and
some of them have been up before the police
court for petty larcenies and smaller INSIDE
meanors, but owing to their comparatively
tender ages they have been leniently dealt
with After this, however, if any of them are
caught at their tricks it will not go so easy
with them.