Telegram-herald., 1890-07-11

II tbe reader aoas nat l<EeGt ~
story, TIE oae waaoh follows t-ss sa ttsr
tt tbs callhre Of h.s cFeauax. Aeung
Jay Asder i not an aagsl lsag
human, he ,.o0s nol dcseIfs lae aslf 81
treatment Ae is receiving. Ie IS hoy
iiltle over l6 years oi age Has ewn
mother is deaa. an@ rs father aaa
siep-mother 6ye on the Nest ds. Tor
What reason is nol known, hat In ihe
Purposes Of 5udgngot ln.s Transaction,
oue REASON a quite a. iaauman as
another. Little jay Is driven from
home BY his step-mother. and IS lsot
peraitteo 10 eat, sleep OF drink in the
house. The father winks 81 bis Nlie's
treatment OF his boy of course he
driving OF the boy from home Is tsnta-
mount to drwng him INTO cg.me. Ii
would requFe no Aankes k.l. at guess
ing % premise tDe very ERNIE that sucA
a 10y ~outd ise Akely ~ commit first.
Denied toe rgAt ta sleep under Als
fathers root. he simply slept solle-
where else. and that is the crime Tor
which he i nOw ia 3au. simply tnat,
and nothing more. On the com-
piaint OF one Ncaurr.n, ~
south DiYisiOn-st-, little gay Rider
Il arrested and airalgned on The charge
of yagrancy. Tie specification ls that
Jay slept IA McGurrn's barn. Simply
Tins, and nothing more. lie committed
40 nuisance, hui SIMPLY sought anc
found and used place 10 lay las ire4
httle head, after hls mother had drfru
hlnf from home. The facts 0f the case
called Tor "A CONVICTION, and the boy
Mas found guilty and sent 10 iai Tor
twenty-four hours. Now some might
hastily infer that tins contamination
was the result OF some ofncial Inhum-
anity. ON the contrary, both Judge
and CITY Attorney Hughes were anx-
lOas 10 strike an even balance between
PLAIN Justice and the majesty of the
law. Much feeling Was entertained tor
tae boy, bat Af Hughes explained 20
the reporter that they feared 10 send
the boy out OF court with an impression
upon las mind that law Was not alNaNs
law. The boys moral position u now
too precarlOus 10 permit the impress
SION that the laws administrative ma
ch.nery is all 8 iarce. Besides, they
thought Il could not be- grevous
hardship 70 give a boy three square
meals aud snug lodging Ia jall, WHO
might that very night 90 hungry, and
without place 20 lay has head. nj
there Is any law On the statute books of
the State of Michigan for the older
Riders, the police authorities ought 10
have picked out the very place they ln-
tend 20 hit with i.
John sheldon goes into police court
and complains that Harry Van Ripper,
an agent of the Union News Company
has embezzled $50 Of the oompanys
funds. lie thinks the crookedncss Was
done July 3.
A young girl named Theresa Richter,
of salem, l6-yesrs-old, ran away from
home and came 70 tlls city. She was
found On Canal-st. yesterday by a
policeman apd turned over 10 Charles
Baar, her brother-sn-law.
IL John Heron had been a reader of
the Bible and "Police and Court" he
would not now be ia jail. Before he
was arralgncd. he made light Of the cir
cumstance Of having talked insultngiy
and indeoenuy 10 Maggie McKcon. II
the Morton House. John never heard
that the tongue gets nearly as many
people into jail as docs whlskey Mag
gIe works at the Morton, but lIves with
her mother and brother al ll6 Second
ave. On the 22d day OF June, John
went TO the McKeon residence at -
O'Clock al night and raped mp the
ladies, and opened on them With dis
respectful language. lie began by ask
ing Maggie If they bad there ana iong
ganders. Maggie replied that they
were all geese. Then Johns language
grew worse and worse until i became
"t0o indecent 20 be herein repeated +"
The story was straightly told. John
didn't deny IL, relying on nis deep
seated conviction that HIS Honor would
bow him out OF court and scold the
complainant for beng 50 fssiidi ious.
But John went 20 lau for fifteen DAYS
10 ruminate on the wonderful progress
the world Is making ia the science Of
criminal Jurisprudence.
John Stevens was charged with steal
ing twenty cigars, and had trial. lie
was acquitted and discharged.