The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-26
A JUDGES EXPERIENCE.
HE THINKS lAZINESS IS THE CHIEF
CAUSE OF CRIME.

The He.aii- of Judge Duny's observa-
tlons ~ Judge in Police C""its-H"-
formation Of Criminals at Iene-
J rtenf iIou~es-idiers.
From my experience as a Judge in police
courts. | should say that lazines5 IS the
| chief cause of crime The young man
who is Inherently lazy will steal rather
than work According to the Scriptures
man should earn his bread by the sweat
Of his brow but m our large cities there
are thousand, Of men who will do neither
mental nor manual work. and who prefer
to get their living by proving upon the
community in some form or other. Young
criminal, are born bad You cannot
exnrct that the SONS or the daughters OF
;hiet or n burglar will be naturally
GOOD Their whole surroundings are bad,
nearly every influence that IS sxerted
upon them from childhood mp tends to
make them as bad as their progenitors
Even girls and boys inclined to be good
may b. contagion. become bad
HlFOn,ATIOY OF CRIMINALS.
We have many institutions in this city
I
sexes but think that very few OF the
vicious are reformed ia such places Ny
experience with law breakers justiilcs the
truth OF the saving Once thlei
always thief" once let a boy get con
tami.rt,cd with the poison Of crime and
he vi!. live and die au outlaw Of society
in the corr, room can tell at glance
children who have been brought mp IN re.
formatorcs their manner Is deceittui
aud they haze a. hang dog crouching eN-
preston of cOuntcnauce
In my official career have met a great
many criminals and ! must confess that
among them | have never known OF n
Ccnuiuc ease of reform Quite long time
NAV sometimes cIapse between their terms
in Size peui'entary or states prison, oGt
thrg are sure to return for sof-' new
ofrusr sooner or later. more hardened
than eyer once Ia great while man
who has cone wrou- will attempt To re
form. bat that Is exceptional burglars
will die burglars. pickpocicts cannot he
reformed and confidence men would
rather get half dollar by prlcticing their
bcruiling methods than earn s. honestly
ia hc same length of time 10 Il indeed
tie sweetest
Crime. however. is no moro prevalent
I'm New Yorl, than IL is In any country
village IN proportion TO the population
/ have visited every large city IN One
United States. and most of the large cities
OF Europe have made inquiries in re
gard TO crime and have come Co the con.
clusioa that New York notwithstanding
that it il rendezvous for criminals from
all parts of the world. Is comparatively as
free from crime as any city in the uni
verse
CHEAP LODGING HOUSES.
What is called the tenement house sys-
TEN causes mn immense amount of crime.
In tenement houses people are obliged 20
herd together 90 such way that the
rising generation cannot help witnessing
the mcretucious relations that exist be-
tween tie sexes ia these dwellings Free
reading rooms. lectures etc. diminish
crime % certain extent. bat the ten cent
lodging houses more than counterbalance
the good done 10y all the former Such
lodging houses have caused more desttu
ton. more J.geary and crime than any
other agency / know of Mechanics and
labOrei~ were better OF years ago when
they hnd to pay ism 500 to - "A week
for their board In regular boarding houses
Mechanic, nowadays seem To have got
into Bo.cmuu habits. they are like the
gyp,ics. they are shiftics5 and love TO
wander from place TO place. content II
the, c3r supply the absolute needs OF the
passing moment think that the cheap
lodging houses ought to be abolished by
the board oi health.
believe. however, that promiscuOus
aims giving Is wrong The public would
be- showing more charity and humanity
By giving nothing to street beggars be
cause if Il tramp can make dollar or two
u dag hv begging he will not work.
woull ike 10 see stringent law passed
MISSING 30 obligatory upon every able
bodied man. rich on poor, 10 perform some
kind ot UorI, Every man in the commu- .
nj, should be- compelled to produce some /
thing o. my opinion the saddcst sight
To lr -.cu in "a large city ike this Is the
n4mlar of il.cra young and middle aged /
men ,c..iug out ~ windows on such /
thomu taUrci rs Broadway and Madison .
aveuuc- club men. sighting for some new
pleasure. men who never did q stroke Of
real work and who never had "A dozen
original thoughts in their lives. IL would /
be- "a good thing If such men, even if they
are the sons of rich parents. were com
PEELED to work. q. Duffy IN The
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