Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24

NOBODY needs % TANK that iva Msy
eafl-ss . the only lady" IN ths cry
"nose moral character : utterly go0si
get tbs stretched female doss hz1ltu-
ally wat thousands OF innocent per-
sons IA Grand Rapids never heard tie
existence of. TIE w.ckedness IF sn-
cent seldom has imm0rtalaaed that clty
- putting It's name into the vocsbu-
iafy u more tnzn one people. Bat Iva
Curt IS 81 was either unknown ia
ancient sOdom, O. else Is vas toO shOsk-
ing 10 be mentioned la human speech.
Csrtslnly not any Of the dictionaries Of
any language found in the Public
Library makes any mention Of 4.
Nov tie sending TO jail OF this
wretched Cart-ss g.rl yesterday would
b dismissed this morning With for
mai paragraph IL the horror of the case
Jay ia her own perdiuon. Bat ia the
dead Of night on Friday OF saturday q
beautiful Young g.gl Of l6 years Was
arrested on Monroe-s,. IN The company
Of Iva MAY Curuss. If human crea-
ture were 70 fall INTO the river and be
swept over the dam, and were 70 lodge
on projecting rock in tee suiges
below. the spectacle wou!d call the
whole city, hQrrOr-s'rlckeni - the
I place. But tais paragraph s only tell
I .Eg the fact that Young Lula Warner
I "A found n the dead or ngat ntoNi-
Gated on the pubnc streets with Iva
/ May Curt.ss, and Sd the pous ones Will
turn away their faces and make believe
I that they arc "of purer eyes than 10
behold iniQuity," and VIII tell one
another in meeting how low taste Il
must be that directs one to read the
police court proceedings: and thus
/ their hands Will be washed IN lnnO-
cency. and Lulu Warner Will he swept
into the whirlpool as far as the truly
| good ones are concerned.
The two girls were arraigned III court
yesterday, and the older one was sent
20 jail ia default of SO 10 pay the fine.
The younger one, being less than Il
years Old. comes under the Inqusltion
OF State Agent Holcomb. and her case
will be reported upon tomorrow morn
| ing. The mothers OF Grand Rapids
might be engaged in a worse pursuit
than praying tonight that the Lord
God be with Judge Holcomb till he get:
! Lulu Warner of his hands, and then
never desert him afterwards.
Once in 4 while the principle is recog
nized in police court that otfenses com
| mitted after the first one deserve Sc
verer punishment than the first. Il
would be an interesting experiment t
enter into systematic trial Of the
effect uDOn the drunkard of {
thoroughly punitive treatment. If i
were not understood that the regula
penal cost of drunk was Just 81
| much, but that punishments would b.
| graded according TO the particular
cases before the court. it would be les
difficult 10 gauge the deterrent effect
| of punishment upon drunkards.
! would not be a difficult thing 10 have
| constantly before the eye of the ludgI
a record Of the habitual drunkard
who find their way periodically int
court. If instead of having ono uni
form price OF 1886, regular scale 0
punishments were adhered to in tn
cases of the chronic ones, foundation
would he laid for the formation of
better opinion upon the best modes o
treating this class of offenders.
A case in point WAS before the cour
yesterday, which seems TO indicate tina
some such system as the above - abou
10 DC introduced. William ODonnel
is a young man not more than "a year
OF age, vet he is confirmed druukar
Of the most inveterate kind. To Q
back no farther then the last month,
Is sufficient to point out that durln
the months Of July and August, he VII
have spent three-fourths of the time J
iah for drunkenness. July II he wa
sent UP for twelve DAYS. For drunke
spree on August 3, he was committe
10 Jail with q larger sentence than tn
former one, by three DAYS. He ha
scarcely completed this fiftee
days term, when he was agai
run in and sent up. yesterday, 70
thirty davs. This sentence and servic
Will lay sufficient foundation for "a
t,onal observation OF the effect of som
sort Of rational treatment Of the cor
frmed drunkaTd at a neriod OF If
when reformation does not seem hope
less.