, 1881-05-29
under passing tra!n near Collinsyllle. I'll.
Whisky and no work the probable cause Of tha
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A HUMANE JUDGE.

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| Judge Allison. OF Pl.ilaac1n1,ta. Y,,ro...
| the Acqutttal Of III Unfortun,ta 80.
| on Traal for tie Murder or r4ax
| FesTly-1Sorn 1nfnRt-Ests Feelfnr ,u.1
| 1Kunsnne Remarks
| Special Dspafeh to Iae Chtca1o 7s,{,ur.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2S.-For the third
time since the settlemento of this city won,on n
has been placed on trial for murder trhp
case was that OF Lizzie Aarons. m nm.
married woman OF 10, charged with t,p
Wliliui murder of her newly-born chitd
and 1t ended in her acquittal being or.lerpfi
oy Judge Allison yesterday, after a most
scatlllils rebuke of the systems of orcan1zpt1
charity which had proved of 10 avail to aid
LIE woman in her extremity. The poor
woman llad become intimate with q variety
performer named Aarons under PROMISE of
marriage, and was deserted in this city in
November last penniless and nearing ma
ternlfy. Lizzie Flick, woman some
What dependent upon tho town for
4 llvlng, but still residing with her parents,
TOOK her to her own home and kept her there
until her parents objected to the expense.
Alter d night OIL the street the poor woman
1ell Ill with Ida AfcMlnn, who, though
Dufdencd with Il paramour, took her in,
shared Il single room with her, and furnished
her with food and needed unlercloth1g
After three days spent by the two iu making
clothing for the expected stranger, for which
the McAlinn woman furnished the cotton,
they set out i'll search of the charity Of which
the woman was so sorely in need. First to
the Lying-in Hospital. If you will bring
your rmarriage-certi1lcate and pay S. Il week, u
wls tile reply, ''we will take you inn She
could rs easy do one rs the other, and they
turned toward tile Homeopathic Hospital.
y pert young physician promptly advised
tile poor girl that the al.ns-house was the
place she Should have sought. The Guar
dams uf the Poor were next applied
TO- and. warErl by previous experiences,
s}Ie said that she was married She
was at once referred to magistrate to make
affidavit charging her husband with ueser-
tion. She would not give lis name, was re-
fused admission TO Tie AIMS house. and again
returned to the charity uf the McMinu girl.
Next to the Tutald Home Mission, where she
was promised ticket to New lurk for;,
sedncer. She had net itse dollar, and next
tried the Young Woma1l's Christian Assoria-
ton. Her evident condition barred
the doors to her there, and she
WHs ,h; fsnt m to t,t, m i, teli'gense s, qtties }i
and when shc returned aynitl to the poor room
that she had shared with lla McMlnn she was
shut out frott thut by the parutnOur Of her
beilclactress. who would not Let her eater. Two
days later dead Infant WIS found III the
ut Il cheap lodging -hDusc to which she hnd got
alntthucc for the light by pawning the Inst ring
thut she had Search was made and the girl was
tuutltl unconscious. ~ thought it WAS Head"
she u1uiscrcd. and did Hot know what to do
with it, she said. and was taken to tho Aims
house, whence sho Went to jail six weeks
later, under an indictment FOR murder The med
ie:.l evidence was in effect that the life Of the
child when born WIS weak, IIu the D!strict-4at-
1nrney said he would ask the jury to ucqutt.
Judge Allison then called the TWO women Whose
charity h:a been the prisoners sole rrsourcc-o
come forward. He directed them to be seated
near tue bar, and ihe. charged the jury as fol-
]u'ss: 80 coincide entirely with tic Dstrlct-At
tor,}ty to tho seriousness nf the olfcnse
charged aud tho difficulty Of proving It, wish,
however. |" say innd here tears tllied Judge
-.llisoa's tyesl from This bench that the
behavior OF these two girls deserves the greatest
COMMUNICATION. Many Women dressed IN purple
and fit1c linen would have passed tho poor cren-
rure by. 1t remained for tuese. struggling in
poverty and shame, TO lend helping t,Rnd. This
poor girl, in utter loneliness weak and OK
hu,tssea. wandering from one charity TO a.iothcr,
and denied 'tlif,itthnce to All. 1nally sought
refuge III lodging house where she hn! not
1nca1ls to puy for that lodging and there, in cr.d
I'nis iii; ilus.rates tho a1surdty Of ino
rules governing the su-callcu charities which
denr their benefits TO these less fortunate. if
ln}re c,1lpabe." itetcrattng his opinion that
the Commonwealth ha1 failed - make out its
case IL verdict of acunlttal was directed which
dry eyes in Court US the Judge concluded, and
after Adjournment he sent the woman II band
some contribution, which was supplemented
with Nancy from other sources. Tic case has
tho institutions thus brought into Court are
auaiuusly asking suspension Of Judgment