The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-07-01
SAFETY FOR CRIMINALS.
A Criminal Judge Says New York
is an AlSatia for NOn-ReSi-
dent Wrong. Doors.

"Do you know that there is nc
| safer place in this country for Grim.
inals to hide in than the City of New
York ?"
This was the rather startling propo-
silion advanced in one of the up town
hotels the other night by a New York
Judge whose experience with criminals
in New York extends over a score of
years. 1t rather surprised his listners
who were lawy:r', newspaper men
and the men about town, who drop
10 at the various hotels every night to
chat with their cronies. The remark
in question was drawn out by a re-
mark to the effect that the criminal
classes had things all their own way
in New York City. The judge decid-
edly objected to this statement.
"You must take several facts into
confederation before making rash
charges against the men who have to
deal with criminals in New York.
said he, land, mind you, they are
facts that few persons do take into
consideration. Ofcourse, | do not
say that New York is a safe hiding
place Tor criminals of local notorieIy.
They are pretty we'll classified, and if
they do any big Job" in New York
they are sure to get out of the city
when they are able to do il. Even
then they are usually caught. There
have been many cases that 60 to prove
Thu, one of the latest being the case of
Jackson, the printer, who killed
Maude Murphy in Sixth avenue
dive some time ago.
"But it is IF foreign criminals and
of criminals from other cities outside
of New York that l pa ticularly
speak If they are not notorious be-
fore committing crime, and if they
can reach New York, they have a
very fair chance of escaping the con-
sequence of their crimes, providing
they keep sober and exercise a fair
amount of prudence.
"If a man has not on some occas-
ion come under the direct
notice of the police, the mere
shaving off of his beard, the
growing of one, if he had MT had one
before, or any alienation in his style
of wearing his hair, msy throw the
police off his track, unless some indls-
erection on h's own part leads to his
undoing.
&"But there is another phase of the
matter. New York's population is
generally put at l 100000 But that
is rot the whole truth. The floating
population of New York every day is
a good deal more than that. | es j.
mate that on many days there are
Z, 800. 900 persons in tn City of New
York. They come fiOm everywhere.
| find on many days that very con.
siderable majority of the men brought
before me are not New Workers at
all.
Sometimes they are charged with
nothing more serious than drunkenness
and disorderly conduct, but before we
get through with them we find that
they are wanted for something a great
deal more criminal If they bad not
got dru: k they would not have been
caught, and this is tue of a great
number of criminals who come to
New York. A sober man-and The
higher order of criminals are, for the
most part sober men-bave a very
fair chance Of being safe in New
York City. 1t is not the fault of the
police, either. New York is a pretty
big haystack in which TO look for GRIM
inal need e..
ut would not surprise me to hear
hat Tascolt or any other missing
criminal had been found in New York.
But if T,scott is really here and will
keep out of liquor stores and act with
discretion, he has chance of dying
in his bed and not on the gslIows."
The judge ought to know what he
is taking about, and at any rate bis
views are Interestingly. Y. Mail
and Express.