Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-12
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The Army Of Pinkies Increased by ths
Scum OF Heiena-An Omcsr's Com.
plant.
Tbs number OF local pinkies, Founders
and other offal OF the kind which manages
to exc out an existence by living off thu
shame ci Unfortunate women, has been in
crease ~ a goodly contingent driven oui
Of Helsna. Notoriously sinful as Helena
is, it would not longer tolerate the exist
ence within its limits Of that class OF lecher
GUS parasites and dispicable outcasts o.
society and the police waged a relentless
war upon them with the result mentioned
Butte being the nearest place TO which they
could go and know that they would moi
be molested, they decided to infiict this
city with their presence, and here
they are. Like all OF their kind
they make q pretense OF being
gamblers, but oven the lowest
.'shos string" that ever stole q
check, andwho has the slightest spark
Of self-rsspect left, win have nothing to do
with such az they and holds them in the
|~loftiest contempt. Such men will not hest
tate to steal If they cannot get money in
other ways, rs is we'll known to the au-
thorities OF all communities. and for that
reason are never given quarter but made to
leave as DOE az they are found out. The
police know them and have them spotted
as well as their outcast brethren OF this
city and are anxious to make the town too
hot to hold them. but to q certain extent
are powerless to do SO. The bar in their
way is the custom which obt sins here Of
allowing every person arrested to furnish
bail in the sum OF the maximum fine and
costs which coald be imposed in case OF O.
conviction OF the offense for which the
arrest is made. In this way the leeches are
would result were they compelled to spend
day or two in O cell bcfore their trials are
called.
One of the most efficient members OF the
police force called the attention
Of q MINER reporter to this fact
last night and complained OF the
pernicious effect it was having. ave are
anxious and willing" he said, ito run in
every pinkie in the city, but what lie the
use; as soc as we arrest one OF them he
gives bonds and walks away and laughs, at
rs. The next day, perhaps, ne 10 ARE igned
and tried and escapes scot free on some
technicality or other and the police are
censured for making arrests which they
cannot back up with convictions. Let the
council pass an ordinance giving authority
to accept bail to the mayor only and we
soon rid the city Of all such cattle.
They are not stuck on being slapped into
the lookup and will 500 leave
the town when they find out
that the bail game will not work
any longer, for we can keep on arresting
them even if they are not convicted each
time, and this will make them tired and
too glad to leave the town. Those
are a nuisance and disgrace to any
and SO bold do they become that they
do not hesitate to insult respectable ladies
whom they meet on the streets without
OF course we pull them at such
times, provided We can get evidence against
hard thing to do, for no lady de.
sires the publicity and notoriety which the
in a police court means, and
it is seldom that they make a
Do away with the bail nuis-
ence and let those in authority give the
orders and you will see such q war upon
FOUNDERS and that kind OF cattle
generally as you have never yet seen."