Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12

JUDCh fAGaLk 1ANAs pUFF1.
glad TO BE- committed Over one thousand
have deliberately ask ed me - send them
60 the Island over av- thousand have
similarly spplied to the police magistrates
% the city All this Is bad enough, but
eAsre L. something worse beyond. Ia vari-
Gus parts Of New York are what is known
"a dives" These are cellars Easements
and gzrrets, cheap. dirty and full of
disease where men and women are allowed
60 stay sll night upon the implied condi-
s.on tast they will buy the stale beer and
vtsriohc ~hiskeY which sheir proprietOrs
sell In defiance Of the law No one knows
how mssy OF these uonstrous places exist
Police Captain Mccullough, one Of the
b~st and most conscientious officials re-
ported nve years ago thas there were over
three huadr~d with al average patronage
Of thirty in his precinct alone. In one
series Of raids ne made upon them, he
arrested 30 inmates and then told ms
ssaE there were A. many left as ne had car.
f1red- When I had committed a majority
OF those 70 the Island. the authorities
nOtidsd me rot 20 send any more "a they
eould not De accommodated Both the
captain ard myself thus found our hands
ssd and were unable To do anything
further ts cure the city Of the scourge
mentioned.
Another and more omlnOus Tact Is the
tncrease of immortality among what are
called s1s educated. refined aud wealthy
glasses. IL IL difaculs 70 tell the story in
bleek and White. TIE desire for excite
meat aRa above AL FOR novel sensations
bscsme< disease aud produces results
thss sre simply Incredible. | have had
over hftY cases before my bar in
which mothers have sold their daughters
for base purposes, forty In which sisters
we've thus pus upon the market aud ~
Least two handr.d wRsye wives we're made
the subjects OF bargain and sale. pre-
sume thss other police magistrates have
had shs same experience.
Besides these cases in which the matter
wss the dirscs issue there have been ten
ssrnes ~ many IN which the same facts ao-
pssr-d Incidentally. In aearly all Of these
transactions the parties involved belonged
60 what n termed the better cls.s Of So
cisty Scarcely ever does the workinsmsn
OF vorsingw0nan appear ~ character
IN these awful dramas On the contrary
the actors ara refined, educated people.
snd al u them removed from ths temDta-
ton ef physical want. There ara here and
sher- noteworthy exceptions. One shall
never forget owing 20 - tragic character
snd termination. A married woman who
hv-si in nszniHcent style IN Albany. lost
her husband by death He was thorough
soiuz spscuiator snd left hardly enough
money - sive him decent funeral she
was inca pahke % labor and a. dri = tsd into
she ranks n che lest. Ta<tesd - lettinS
her daughter = beautiful xfri - thirteen.
follow her example. sh= d seed her in ous
% the finest e,iucagiouai institutions Of she
stsfs Here the XII Nss taught every
secela plieh ment and grace After i've
vssss hsd elapsed the story q her mothers
career ws- con v-v-d 81 the college by two
man brothers ~ students. Who - their
shame - - said. wsrs patrons 81 ne m
fortunate woman. Th- girl wss ostrsci-ei
snd ia - - shame ard sorrow ran away
&c New York where sh- followed the st
snvis OF h-r mother TIE latter followed
her and had her arrested and brought -
fore me. I committed her 20 a rsforus-
tsry Institution To- = Tesr. during which
sir,e ber mother sarned over a new l-af
ami BEGAN an honest Hfs The girl was
rsieased snd virh Der mother = now earn
fnx legitimate d yslihood
r there se enc lesson learned by police
-sztstrst-- IN Ersat metropolis ft -
shat che -rrrmnuisY rlske- little or No
ehsrrs IN sH- Ina q .melforsticn Edu
sstian proves M remedy for or ~ crime.
srE shrisrian exrifes an Influence rrpn
sh- isv hrrsS ~ elenaerts - societV that
- a. th@ fHrfbeSs tn nDercsuri1e " bile
sas rsrfrns forTa~ - wrong dnfng vary IN
a-fritelv scrardfax % the com nercisi
enndttiau % the tinae. ant accorIinz -
~hsE n.Y le called cri~,irsl ftshion, for
astsre = fasa'eu iu -rirses ifst ss a3uch a.
~ bennets -nf SIR hats. the rsrio 81
srffr-s su.f e-fei' i'nsIs. vics and tha rivi,ns
e. she en re eeag srian remains compare
EvsiY snalreref
rhl- ts ~@Il instrsrri IN th- csse ~
Aanix- Fora. aflT taers rsS q scearse ~
hsnk breakers. ssf- openers and bank
thievzs ThsaSs ~ luspeceor Hyrnes and
his d-ftinuusseas' s1ad of detectives. lhess