The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-01
rrrwy a~D CRIMINALS
A ~ew Ysrt Peisss Jaage's bxrs

Prom nav szfFrE1tsst ~ tsA- >. -
| polisse eoart.. steaid say that lazi-
| ness i the chief cause Of crime The
| yonnr usafi who = inherently iazy ~
steal rather than work Aefsorstifig 10
! tsse Scripture. man Should earn fss
bread igg the sweat Of hi afo~ hsi y!
,,.sr ss-s,s. cities there are thousands %
saea xho sill de neither mental nor
manual work. and Who prefer o get
their living by preying upon the c"ia-
nunstx IN soFme fDrFf or other
Young criminals are born bad IoH
rsa not esg.@s-; that the sons OF daagh-
ters ri ssaset o. barSsar Mi Re mater
aiiv good Their whole surroundings
~. 49,, n~4riv every influence that Is
exert4a upan them from childhood up
! tend h, MAKE ihesn 81 bad rs their
| Droweuttors. Evcn girls and boys Ia
eiine.l to BE- gs.s-i. may. by contagien.
| hesosae dad. We have many in,titu-
tons in this city for the reformation
% criminals 81 both sexes, but | think
thai very few 81 the vicious are re-
| formed in such places. Ny experience
With las -lyrea kers Justified the truth
81 the SAYING, "onee a thief. always a
thief. Once let a boy get eottamin-
ate4f with the poi son Of crime, and he
| will Fve and die an outlaw 81 society.
| In the courtroom car tell at a glance
chilslres. that have been brought up IN
| rcforfaaiofiez- manner Is deceit
fil. and they have 4 hangslor. crouch
| ing expression OF eoantenance.
/ In my official career | have met a
great many criminals. and | must con
| Tess that among them ! have never
| known Of a genuine case OF REFORM
| Quite a long time may sometimes
elapss between their terms in the
| penitentiary or state prison. but they
are sure TO return for some new oifenSe
| sooner or later. more hardened than
ever.
Once in great while man who
has gone wrong will attempt 60 reform
and his efforts ought 20 meet with en-
eoaragentent | will relate 4 case in
point One day, while sitting in the
| Tenbs, an officer brought before me q
man who wore a blouse and had an
| aslka in his hand | said 10 the officer !:
| What charge do yoa make against
| thi. uan ?" The officer replied '.He
j. an escaped eonvictfrom the pcniten-
| tiary he got three years sentence,
served two and owes another year to
| the state" | asked the officer where
| he found him. He said he found him
| IN rssop@rsae what was he do
ing2'f ''lie was making barrels. y
Was be dressed as he Is now p
Yes. Well, said, iii he escaped
from prison it was the fanltof the state
officials lie served tao years of his
oliense. When you arrested him he
wa'' not in the act OF committing any
crime he was trying to earn an hon
est living in his trade and be a better
man. Ii man be technically wrong FOR
me % discharge him, but ! think the
public sill sustain me when | say,
You are discharged so back to your
shop and work at your trade, and do
not break the laws again.
But that Is an exceptional case.
burglars viii die burglars, pickpock-
cts cannot te reformed, AMI confidence
mon woald rather get half a dollar by
practleing their hegailing methods
than earn s. honestly VA the same
length Of time. IL i. indeed truc that
10 them stolen fruit is always the
sweetest.
Crime, however, j. 40 more prevail
ent in New York than it Is Ia ans
country village ia proportion to the
population. ! have VISITED every large
city in the United States, and most OF
the large cities OF Europa. | have
made inquiries ia regard to crime and
/ have come TO the conclusion that
New York, notwithstanding that It Is
a rendezvous Tor criminals from all
part, ri the world, l. comparatively
a. free from crime ~ any city in the
universe.
Free readinE-rooms. lectures. etc. !.
diminish crime 70 a certain extent, hat
the teu-cout lodgiHg-houses more than
coanterbaiance the good dona ~ A.,
the FORMER. such lodging hon o. have
caused more aestitutian, more heggasy
and crime than any other agency
! know OF Mechanics and iaborers
were better OF years ago, when they
had . pay from 81 81 O. s. a week for
their b1asa In regular boarding house
In tsio-e days. men worked. and liked
10 WORK Nowadays. many a mechanic
and labGrins man, ! am sorry 70 say
With his stomach iuil 81 beer or whisky.
will be satisfied Il b. doing SOME chore
or l.y begging. he can Eet ten nts III
q pis ht i0dging When was a yolnr
man, mechanics and igbOrnrs rsceivef
less wage thm they 90 now. but O. ~
lived better and Ore sed better -
ih,y DO to-day fol migt the -
on FIFTH avenue mechanic - ~.
owner oi man son. and 10 -, f.,
hari 90 distingui, oue frc 4, r.. ,'sl,.r
into BohcWnn habit =. -. a. a., H. ~
gyp. les, they are Dr. sti.,ss e5.a -, =,
wus'ier irofo F.ac' l. flsce rantep, 4
they can supply "a as olufe needs 81
ne i,a,sihE If asscat thiuk ID { the
eieai ~ 'f ..Gg-houses ought te BE alsoi
isaeN hY Do board of heath
s.lisl lfl>e e. sec more public paEI.
, tii- = there are hut. strange o. say. ths
: t-lor who dwell nearest q the park,
Z seldsia resort t. them Residents nl
/ Nofkvillc end Harlem VIII vssit the
battery whj.e persons who live WithgT
a stone shraH az it 90 HpE see Il orc,
q veAF Tenement dWeliCrs living Near
lgen;rsi park seldom walk Ia That mag
ni6c,nt breathing place On wess
DAYS 4 Is patroniEed hy -tgaasers, or
Suadavs q their cFe,iii be tE said. les
Germans and iheif ismllies Its tas
I ssme VITA the iihrsrie they are not
patron rri by the peer whe we0ld r.
telve thg musf ben hi from them.
WHIST are the caaSes of intc'0 per
! anees Sometimes a mans success
Nifi .fsl hiln {a DRINK .uH 0FinklnR
wiH lead hsa. 60 poverty ThcH. again
ID man ects very Fear he vii Try T.
{ drown his sorrow iu drink. be want
"a ,,eeome oil .yina- O. hi, -grroaad.
{ snzs hut we mnst remember thaf in
this cfGnty ther, Is no cce-t,iop Fog
Z royrty htea1sc there IS really work
'cnaarh sor all The ages and de-
cceTlt mgs;. of rc1rc. ic taken care
pf rf fhe psAli-
tic,c l3eacvcr tbat Ii uli caogs
1 alnst wrong. Thc pafliC
ae 10 Pc shoe aE n.orr charity and
hnraanlt hY eiV.ar soothing to street,
tt-tes. tE-sas- < a tramp can make
+ e d7fsr er ESQ a ssy ty hegauF he
+ eii rat work
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