The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-05-04
CRINEs CAUSED By Rum.


Mr. e. ). G-ifii h, prs.si lent of The Mary
| land Prisoners All AssCai ,iinr, was to
have read paper an "rne l. .riol of Al.
coholism 10 Crime" but he W = ~ able To 10.
present. The payer had been prep red by
him, however, and it WAS read by the Il ~.
l.. f. Zinkham. In tie last ten Year, ="
Mr.. Griffith wrote, II have kept Il +. cDrd OF
all the serious fight, Tow, mur,irrS and
suicides that have occurred in this city, and
| find that of AGO cases Sc were Z .u. el by
alone; in 1887 there were l ~ = omen in III
city Jail. OF these ! so wsre there to'
drunkenness and disOrdcrly coldGct NJ
George w. Parker says thu 81 pr c mt. q"
the children cared for by tie 5 .,i,ry tor ii'
Protection of Children from Cruel y al,
immortality are children OF drunken u. re Is
This is also the case AS shown by the state
meut of Mr.. William G. Palmer, the Z Ia
of the Henry Watson Chi'dreu's Aid 5 jc,ty.
IntemperaLce has created the largest y +
centage Of all the misery, ius luity anu
crime on record. Statistics show that a
A's't
prisons of Maryland can trace their down
fail either directly or indirectly to strong
drink, and 81 per cent. of those in cur aims
houses can trace sEeir unfortunate condition
to the same cause. The dgui karl does not
ruin himself alone ms 'niry, eE.i,+p,y,
misformed progeny, neur'l-ir and hy>tcIia
are a few of he he.itAg-s he h aids down tc
his children.
''The arrests in .itiIno-e II 1855 num-
bered %, 7S9. or thesr IS 80 were for infox
ication and di-or,Ierls ,udIcr, a majority
of the others, arrested tor assault and bat.
terry, wife bea,iI Z, proihne language, lar
ceny, gambling, vagrancy, fighting, assault
on officers x :, were under the intlueAce OF
liquor when arresC,d. On visit made to
the Mary land House If Correction, accom-
panied by DR. john Morris, the superinten-
dent, Mr.. Jesse ,oIre, stated that his OBJ
servation confirmed him in the opinion that
80 per cent. of The inmates of HE institu
ton were brought there through intemper
ance. Mr.. ). 5 Bu!l1ck, clerk oithe Criminal
Court of Baltimore, says that of D 3j6 cases
ltltllth w tLt A-'l' II -1Jt'' NtiN ~ wv
case received from The board OF police, ano
2,723 were cases Of vari lis kinds rarpiri
from murder to common assault and petty
larceny, received from police M gisira'e>
The expense to the taxpayers III 1883 i
the administration of Justice i'll tie ,iiIu
inal Court was So 400.
The decrease in crime as brought about
by prohibition is shown by Caroline L, unity,
where, since the enforcement of the lJc Il
option law, the Ill has been l'pt aimO.l
entirely empty. In three eli ,ial vIsi's
made to this al in the past three y-'r- !
found ouly oar prisoner. OLt ct ~ n.j>.
eners in the peliteutitry at the { use q
the last fiscal year on. one w&s $ 1t from
Caroline county. GIrnt, archer Iced
option county. sent oily ore rTis"rcr 10
the penitentiary. T. tLeI ir' T. stem Shnre
counties l found in all liz is IN y -
prisoners at tie time oi ny NI>I', aul for
the six months prior % h" hetn commit
ted. During the year .ess than Gao were
committed ,ut # Il I"rt ia9i"H Ct 2OG 0G0
while 1859 persons we've con tuitt.d to II e
Allegany county J il cut ct a POI uiatiou
of 40, 600"
Mr.. Gritfith's y rer WIS enthusiastically
received, and was d, c'ar'i hy Mr.. Will am
Daniel TO be one ,f tie most valuable ten
perauce documents ever truugit Il fore b,
alliance. y collection Of so was taken NJ
to publish the paper it pamphlet form, an!
an effort will lie made 10 lave it published
in the national temprr.r c. o:= is.