The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-26

ern cord with which Bridget Healey cor
rected her child. Here the end OF broom
handle had been cut off about SIX inches
long and the cord carefully b ind upon it.
The handle had even a bit of wire wound
around it TO give the hand better grip.
There is another strap equally business-lke
with which Joseph Burke, IA years old, Yves
dashed by his brutal father. Tom. There is
the rope with which Mrs Wolf tied
her stepchild Annie, who was found with
her nose and arms broken, her spine INJURED
and her little body a mass of bruises from
head to foot Most horrible Of all there is
the poker which was heated hot in the fire
and used to burn the flesh of tiny Nettie
Gardner years old
A 6-year-old child scared aud burned with
hot iron! Middle age torture went no
farther
If there are so many people who go meth
odlcllly about their crueltiei, there are
Others who are overcome by sudden passion
| and use whatever comes TO hand to strike
to beat, to main and mutiate those whom
| God has Entrusted to them. Here is piece
| of barrel hoop, still armed with its sharp
| nail, which was used by one man; the club
! thrown at an undoubtedly mischl e vious boy
/ by watchnan; the stone which came near
killing 2-year-old Ellen Hendricks,
when thrown by grown-up Mary Graham.
| There above it is the triple strap, with two
great rivets in one end, used by a human
wretch on his l2-year-old daughter, aud the
| base ball bat which was used to beat Annie
| Burtell 80 that she lay at deaths door.
| There is q Ratchet which was used to assault
an officer by some abaser of innocence
whose rescuers have their own special
dangers.
Less CHASTITY are the violins taken from the
lures OF street musicians, the cups they held
cut to beg for pennies, the bags they used
| for gathering cigar stubs. Most cheerful of
| all, decidedly funny, in fact, after so much
evidence of blood and suffering, is a queer
crutch improvised by one little sound
limbed rascal, who had seen what a success
| full begging business was transacted by an
| older fraud by means of a crutch. The
children whose acquaintance the society
makes are not all little angels, by any
means. Ii is charged with the care of all
children arrested for whatever offense, and
has many duties beside the prevention of
cruelty in its worst form.
There is in this museum a whole case de-
voted to opium smoking apparatus. The
| hardest, the most perplexing task at
temp ed by the society is TO keep young
women from becoming the prey of
| Chinese purveyors of vice through the
seductive medium of opium. In the first
place it is hard to make q raid and
catch any one at home. john China
mans watchers are vigilant and at a
| hui AS0 wa mug F0i OGCupAlb VI u lOlub
can be spirited away in an incredibly
short space Of time, even the balf-dazed
| creatures under the influence of the drug
catching the EXAMPLE of flight Even whoa
John and his victim are caught it is not
easy to correct the one and rescue the other,
as the girl in the case always swears she is
over l6; if so the law can do nothing for
| her. But magistrates are accustomed to
hold such oaths very lightly and to Judge
| by appearances. If the girl does not look Is
1t goes hard with John. His crime is one
| that huds little sympathy with courts or
! officers. Mott street is a pest hole of vice.
At least it would be impossible to convince
an $: P. G. I. c. agent that it is not
What's this over on the other side? As
| live, it's uar-the bar of the society.
What will you have3 Rum, gin, whisky
fine brandy or plain lagerl Here's stuff
| that might be valuable if age is any sign,
for the cobwebs are thick upon the bottles
| but the light of the westering sun is full
upon it and wine loves darkness. These
bottles contain the testimony used to con-
vict liquor sellers Of selling strong drinks
to children. It's usually easy enough TO
convict. but as the only punishment ordi-
narly Inflicted is a fine the illegal traffic
goes on much as before Here are dice a d
gambling instruments, too taken from
children and elders in houses where child
rem were kept. If the clerks in the office
OfCl WahStu W 20 on q Dig spree, thew
could drink the stuff in the bottles. play
poker dice or fan tan with the seizures. hit
the pipe with captured op'u and then xiii
each other of with the hatchets, kaives and
base ball bats
High above the other bottles are two or
three little ones, which are the most Rrue-
some objects in the place. When they were
acquired 1t was debated whether they were
not too horrible to keep, but Mr.. Gerry said
to bottle them up and put them on the
highest shelf, aud naturally it was done
These are the toes of Annie Davis
How did the society come by Annie
Davis toes' Very simply and hon
estIy enough, too, SO far as its
agency Is concerned. Annie was found bv
the society men, freezing to death on the
street one bitter night. turned out by those
who should have cared for her. She was
taken to the New York hospital, where it
was found that her toes were SO badly
frozen that they had to be amputated to pre-
vent gangrene and blood-poisoning. And
So
The holiest impulse in nature is the par
ent's love for child. The most heroic
deeds are done every day to save children.
the most patient toll aud sacrifices endured
TO feed, clothe educate them. The brutes
of rap and club aud rope aud redhot iron
are few in the mass of man. 1t does m
hurt to remember that. OWEN LAyGDON