Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12


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tae n44..ssr II crimes 44d srilxa1.als IL
viewed, al.1 - = tE- loss s2sE4lzsd ss
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Ths ehsaxe tb4s has oseaFssd Is @ell
illustrated b. ghs minutes ~ ths Court u
CoalusOu Peas ia lleo, sasFe TIE l2aSs
asked tbs neas. esAsEA5ls 70 please Acsg
s15er thas Nscz a. he had cs<E cEaaA
every 1ty daunz the on@ preceding
Across t.4s river she sane ysar brookiy =
aaasxisGrzte rsgri handed q e9estao-e for
zeILiaz drunk visa hls prisoner aaG fall
inx down stairs shereupon tl- kElE.t Or
ta- tinsIsd answered tAaE hs bad gcs
drunk 5aC had aoHs - IA COMPANY With
the Judge ia Tie tavern " tae latter >
brother such sceaes a. these Ia sDy court
ia tas Empirr state today wo1 Il be ALSO
lutte inD0ssibiliti-s
buE there is snot her sids ID this ina
pFovenisnt. Il Improvement there be. The
epggobr.tm east hy <rsl9ts has caused
thousands 50 fsrstks alcoholic for other
and more dangerous stinul4nts- 1ne po-
Iice magistrate - nov confronted with
opium -smokers, lsudsnum-driak~rs. has
beech eaters aud the slaves OF brOmides.
chloral hydgiate. ehloroform. ether. co
eaine aud othsF deadly drugs II the word
intoxlestion were used ia is ety mol0gical
sense, beiuz p0i,0n-d instead Of bella !.
restricted - the alcoholic phasr, AN
certain that is ratio to the population
would be th- same II not greater than IL
Wts when the desire for physical excite
meat Wa confined TO the use Of s2lFituoa.
liquors.
The same condition Of affairs exists Ia
regard 10 vice. The improvement which
optimistic ~lIH-ers vsaut 80 largely aud
loudly j. merely superficial. There has
been vast improvement In It's outward
mien. The street walker seldom disngure.
the great thOrOus hfares, aud the establish
ments which made night bldeous with cut
cry and Orgie are now compelled 10 be quiet
aud respectable In appearance and beha
siOr 10 this respect New York hes be-
come the most moral city Of the civilized
world. The seeming change for the better
Is due partly 10 the efforts OF the police
partly u the action Of public opinion. but
chiefly 80 the discovery that vice Il a far
better paying Investment when clothed IN
re-pectability and style than when dis
played IN open wantonness. For this rea
son New York has become the Mecca of al
depraved women In the United States
Last week over nifty eases came before ms
officially Ia which "A woman was the chic
InalefactOr Ia eve,y case they were oi
out-of town birth aud breeding Ia tn,
most prominent case, where "A beautifu
but wicked woman attempted 70 aveng.
herself upon n man who had lost his effec
tion for her by charging him with an at
tempt - murder her with poison, sh,
proved To be from Frankfort, Kentucky Y
and her witnesses and accomplices from
other parts of the Union
A marked change has occurred I'm tn,
"green goods" industry MS the practice o
selling pretended counterfeit money ha,
been happily termed. Only ten years age
there were hundreds engaged IN the busi
ness. some Of whom like Barney Maguire
Doc. Smythe and Tom Davis reaped 10 nd
some fortunes from their nefarious calling
Today. owins, 20 wise legislation the voca
tion is well-nixh dead.
The same rule applies TO garroting. high
way robbery. manslaughter and in genera
To the coarser or more brutal forms o
crime. They belong TO past age and di,
out ia the present one. Their followers x,
into new fields But the amount or rathe
the ratio OF crime and criminals TO th'
population remains unaltered no nlatte
how much the forms may change.
IL may be asked II the criminal classe
are irreclaimable. Under present cOndi
ti-ns, they are most indubitably. Th'
machinery for the preven.iOn and punitiol
OF crime are superb, those for its cure AR,
Iaughabl-. Yet IL need not be 80. Ever,
year millions are expended for the CONVEX
sion OF moral and well behaving Budd
hists, Moslens. Brshmins and CoDfu
clans, who would be unappreciably
bettered IL they were convicted, which
they never are, which might aud coulC
convert thousands OF ssvages in this citJ
who are aercer, wickeder and worse thar
any heathen known The most horribl.
tale Of paganism never equalled the cas-,
of The People against Smith in my owl
court. in which Christian-American. so
called was convicted OF having rubb.l
fuming nitric acid into the arms of littl.
boys iu order 10 increase their value o,
beggars by haviag the limbs rot off in th,
- h.. haf "a al 4
the regui>x visitation OF the poor anC
suffering. the improvement in livins
quarters. the reduction ot rents to conform
with the reduction OF wages that mas gon,
on during The past decade and a create
care and scrutiny over the training anc
surtsrs OF the child.
PATRICK GAvAN DUFFT.