The Brookhaven leader., 1883-09-27


ing up. right and left, the enormous ex-
pendturcs of the peoples money. for
that which might be dispensed with,
were it not for the everywhere presence
of the demon-drink.
The statistics of crime only show
what is forced upon the surface. Po-
licemen avoid making arrests as much
rs they can. and convictions are diff
cult, as witnesses will not testify lest
they be locked up in the House Of De
tentiOn. while the offender is released
ON bail.
In New York, oftcntimes. the &C.
cuScr and witness receive more annoy
ance and suffering than do the Offend
crs. though they may at last be con-
vctcd
There are 1904 whisky-shops in New
York City, the keepers of which have
certified that they are of good. moral
character. OF these, 2.OOi have served
their time in various State prisons; =,
65j have been confined in county prisons;
| ,759 have been COOLED of y in the sta
ton houses; leaving l,6l6 Of :he num-
ber who have thus far been able to
clude the vigilance of the police.
The liquor shops of New York City.
if placed side by side. would complete
lv line both sides of street extending
from the Battery to King Bridge.
There are twenty-nine places where
liquors are retailed, not including drug
stores, on five consecutive blocks in
the best portion of Sixth avenue; and
Sixth avenue has fewer liquor stores
than any business avenue in New York
City.
OF 80. S37 criminals in Germany, in
1881, 43.9 per cent of the males, and
1871 per cent of the females, committed
their offcnse while in state of alco-
Eolsm.
In Massachusetts, from official re-
ports. it is shown that there is de-
crease of 81 per cent. in the number of
cases of drunkenness where prohibition
is now the rule. an increase of Ce per
cent. in the number of cases of crime,
and 40 per cent. in the number of cases
of intoxication, where liquor is allowed
TO be sold.
The United States Commissioner for
Education. in his report says 80 to go
per cent. of criminals connect their
course of crime with iniemperancc.
OF the 14.3l5 inmates OF the Massa-
chusctts STATE prisons, II, 1876, or 81 per
cent, are reported to have been intem-
perate
In the New Hampshire State prisons
| 6j out of 81 inmates admit themselves
to have been Incorporate.
OF the criminals confined in the State,
county aud municipal prisons in Con
nectcut. more than 90 per cent. admit
to the habit of drinking.
Ninety-three per cent. of those con-
fined in the Deer Island House of In
dustrv are confined for crimes connect
ed with liquor.
In Philadelphia, last year, thirty-four
murders were each traceable to intem-
pcrance. and twenty-onc assaults with
intent to kill proceeded from the same
cause.
OF over 3S,0 persons arrested in
Philadelphia last year, 20 per cent.
were caused by intemperance; of IS, ,305
persons committed to city prisons, more
than two thirds were the consequence
of intcmperance.
In the children's hospital in New
York City there were committed, in
1880. 1SO for drunkenness. who took
with them their nursing infants.
Within the last twenty years our
teachers have increased from % to 80
per cent. and pupils attending school,
more than 30 per cent, yet crime has
increased 60 per cent, about keeping
pace with the increase of the traffic in
liquors.
Judge Noah Davis, of New York,
states, that in an experience of twenty
five years on the bench, he has found
three-fifths of all cases of violence to be
directly traceable to strong drink.
Judge Allison says: I'm our criminal
courts, we can trace four-fifths of the
crimes that are committed, to the infiu-
ence of rum" There is not one case in
twenty where man is tried for his life
in which rum is not the direct or indi-
re t cause of the murder.-.Hrs. Eliza-
beth Thompson, IN National TieV.