New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-07
IMPRISONED FOR UNPAID FINES.
HARDSHIP OF A MIIITIAMAN WHO HAD No hoNEf'
AND A WIFE AND EtMIIy TO srPpoR1.

AND A WIFE AID FAMIIy TO srPpoRT.
Dii!an Irwin. who lives at No. 90 Fourtl-ave.,
arrested week ago YESTERDAY aln In 'aNon s y
Ludlow Street Jail for not paying his due' 'tS y
member of Company of the ~ Regllhcnt "l 'ho
National Guard of this state. III was Saiu "SVoi
day that the mans family was paulH on. a
TTiRUNF reporter went in search OF his WE ana
children last night to ascertain thclr fcai COlul-
tion People living in the house said that there
was a family hy the name OF IRWIN liVlhs III tn INC,
basement at the rear of the building. Down dark
nan of stairs and along narrow hal door was
reached. which led into chcerleSS dimly-hghled
room, Here the woman was found with her TWO
children-one a boy eight years old and the other an
infant There was no CaIpet on the tloor ana the
scanty and broken furniture Indicated a"trt
poverty Mrs. Irwin expressed Willingness 10 ''ii
her story. 49,
"Thcy arrested my husband" she said. last
Saturday. Before the arrest n man came 10 nc
house, Nho said lac was IL" cantan oI company N,
| implored him not 10 puI ny husband IN }a IS " [
would be utterly destitute If deprived OF VIVA ic
was able to earn. bat the captain would not near
my cntrcaticS My husband has not occh III
regular employment for more Than year Du' mas >
,t,u ab,r uoN aud then 70 earn niue money as q
.oll ctor The dues WoIld have been pad II ne
had had money. As it vas there wv was o, o"' the
enough to keep from starving. we owe ,he
landlord considerable for rent overdue nut ne mas
been very kind. The very day my husband was
arrested ne had prospect OF getting something
TO do One day since he was put m Jail a man came
and to- me that If | paid him - he could secure
my husbands release. But had no money 10 give
him even if what he said was true. MY huanahI
has written 10 me that ne did not know anything
about tins man. ToI some time before my huNoan
was arrested he was 50 much AFRAID OF gong 10 jan
thnt IL iutcrfcfcd to some extent with his Work
lie does not deny that he Justly owes the dues bat
il seems nald that he should bc deprived OF hi, Ho-
crty VIXEN he has no money TO pay; ny e''.liR
woman 10 come and stay with my children ! have
been able 20 60 oui ana earn little money the last
two or three days
AZ the Ludlow Street Jail. the warden said that
il was an ordinary commitment for the non-ray-
mcnt of fines IapOsed Tor neglect of the rules. ne
warrant for tn arrest bore the name Colonel W u
liam II. Cha3dock, and Captain John +. Alien;
The amount of the fine was SIS, with ~ .'j added
as IuaIshals fees. one OF the deliHqucnc,cS named
in the warrant was absence from the funeral o.
General NilmaIs The warden said that the prisoner
would be required TO remain in confinement 1or
tvrQty days c.or
The Military Code provides that for any me oi
ncIaltv mai rcsrr-ipo - the offender shall ir i'm
prisoned two days. and two days additional Tor
every dollar above that amount But no Sucl I'M
pIisonmcut shall extend beyond period OF twenty
DAVIS The Code also provides that the prisoner
may be liberated at any time by ,he comlnandant
Of Che division upon application of the c0mmandaht
Of the brigade 10 which he belongs.