The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-16
our NEW YORK LETTER.

OUR NEW YORK LETTER. a
c,,sid Stealing in Brooklyn-Pk1s0n re- G.,
FARMERS versus the whipping Post IL
,s..L.d Robbers and How they Work II
III. Price of a District Attorney In G.
rrool,vn-How to"live Economically In v
New Yor,k-A Clerical s~i"dier. =
NEW YORK, April 9, 1881. =
Ia there = real devili DOGS he ever get J
into people And, after be gets in, how
do vcu get him ont These are questions
/ asked myself the other night when l
heard the: story of little Willie Meek
!" He was 80 handsome" SAID ms mo'her'
while tears st.eamea down her cheeks
"you would have known him among
thousand; his cheeks were IKE foSos'
and h;s ewes were so bright )" and here
the poor woman sobbed as though her
,s.rt wonld break. What has become
cf little Willie Meek? Alas! nobody
knows. for. rs far as any information IS
concerned, the earth or the sea mishS
have swallowed him. Gone with Chafllo
Ross, perhaps, never to come o"'" VII
tile archangel shall call him. j. mere III! arc
mauy foolish people, God forgive them'
who only smile when the name OF chaf'ie
Ross is mentioned; but who that mas
,nman heart can think Of that wretched
father and the hcart-broken mother'
!, through all these long years OF h"pe'ess
agony. and not mingle his tears Win
:, theirs as though the lost child were MS
: own kidnapping has broken out among
rs again. and only last week, in addition
to the disappearance OF little "hle
Meek. there were two attempts at cbiAo
- stealing, which, happily, did not succeed
The latest case occurred on Thursday,
when q Young girl and her fellow nearly
= succeeded in carrying off little three
= year old boy, whose fate might have been
- the same as poor little Charlie Ross. Inc
= child was playing with several others'
when yonng woman came a'o"g' VINO
w. ;nluced him to 90 with her by the prom
ia. of CANDY. Fortunately, the attention
20 Of a neighbor was attracted by tue s"s-
- p;cious movements of the kidnapper, ana
ub p'o :, l A., ,h;,l,s
she ran at once and Informed the chn'o
. >, mother: the alarm was given, anu P"f
: suit was commenced, and just rs the
L;dnanper was about to embark on
rapid transit train she was o'ertake" "9
~ the ch;la's mother, who had her and bel
=" escort-a young ar-triver--arresteo
mo As near as can he ascertained this crea
'"' +u,e ATTEMPTED to steal the child on pnr
!, ~ >, pose to get reward, with which she IN
n, tended to get married and set up house
- keening-no thought Of the mother
~" ,oonv-no caro- for the shock to til
'"o thousands Of parents whose children al
playing i'll the streets.
i"S Munv of our humanitarlans are no
lamenting that our charges III STATE
> PRISON are not sufficiently well cared 10
y and there is serious talk of introducing
''A' hill before the Legislature for proV'alh
'"o them with spring mattresses, biiiia1
'~N tables and pianos for their amnsehe
and comfort. Our good people are g.
- ting humanity mad, and there is no 90"
ny that Henry Bergl,'s suggestion OF the
- yiyal Of the whipping post meets WI
"'"' the unqualified endorsement OF the MI
'''e' s..nsiblc men in tile city. Our goo
,'"e goodies are afraid, if our criminals
'.'S' whipped tlatit may possibly 50 desra
t'o" them that they may lose all self-respe
seS Nothing could degrade u child stea''
t'0"' m punishment now III vogue is eqrl
NY ,.ut 70 this crime. By all means let
''o have tho whipping post. h"rrah 1of
lie Delaware! in many respects tue Ill
0'''' so,s;hle State in the American UNI
=, Their, they thrash their thieves and
so"' fans. instead of feeding them OH COOK
~ and ice cream, and the consequence
=" - that they have less Of them i'll proport
'e''A- ., +,,a;r nouulatiou than III amy ut
- on part Of America.
on to Another phase Of crime IS nniortun'
70 ,+ liz lecoming common, and that IL f"bn
Lv masked ruttians. 1t IS Is scare
J, ana three weeks ago since wealthy D'e
n the ,x,s attacked in his bed and rolybe'
,;,x,,+ Ills watch and jewelry and over WV
cash, On Wednesday OF last wee
cooled woman was awakened i'll he1 bed NJ
ID fall niyht by il couple of masked rob'
!. ,a- VIZ, bound her, took her wedding
~ from her tinyer stole $3.50 out OF b"I
re now drawer. and tlecamped SD silently
ii the mt ! soul iii the house heard them,
~ d. even the woman's daughter, who
sI.eping by her side. BY al! means
eHofts th.s. Gentlemen Oh toasted 4ualIs
l. We Il;mhnryer cheese; don't say any t
aver it about them that can offend their II
sensibilities, they might not like It,
. every of cnnrs,, with such harmless and mo
= '''a' s;ve characters we must he exceedl
eh,oi consi,lerate and careful. what
chani- worse than that, what crime t
,ose e, these uuhung villains so unwhlpp
ntnrpl justice! .., - :,
2 made, '"so NV 1',,t,,,, ~ IL. discharge Of !;
could iierhiosI =. PI In.'' whn recentlv N;
II mod nan hallo" '.'',+ ' M nx-District A
~, ~" new Samuel Morris. He was dlschs
:. =, = with the nominal fine OF $2oO. NO
- mur.lerous assault conid be cohce
10 oa'" Mr.. Morris was nearly beaten to q
oc ~ for many days his life seemed TO nal
. =. .I Il thread; yet couple OF ast"te
l;''a ,n.,, lyu Judges estimated the life OF o
ny, 4. ~ its most valued citizens at just
'o1* ~ This was the damage allowed, a
ilu 'n .'3 time ago, for the loss OF u tav"ritt
<. ; 'a 1t looks as though right and J"stlc
-. zone to the dogs Or somewhere else,
Ae a. tho :, District Attorney is valued at tne
a 49,. .ne of a vayabond cur. We have too
WV Of law and lawyers. A first class
J. " n.'' .nce committee would do us more