The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-10
THE ROAD TO RUIN.
A Si1-Year-01d Girl Driven
from Home TO Beg by
Her Parents.
ANOTHER IS MISSING.
Deprayed Children In HobokeD
Leading others Astray.

There was an unusual prisoner before
Recorder McDonouga in Hoboken this
morning. She was six year cid girl
with a very pretty face and beautiful
brown eyes. Through the love OF her in
human parents for liquor. the enid was
beaten and sent from the house to beg
aud steal. According to the chlld's story
she has slept in Railways with other girls
older than herself and in the day time the
crowd would 90 of on marauding ex-
their hands on.
The child is Bridget Cummings.
About nine O'Clock last night Joseph
Temple Of No. q Grand street reported
10 the police that for the previous three
nights a ragged child had been found
cuddled up asleep in the hallway by the
tenants. The child told such pitiful
story that everyone ia the house felt
compassion for her and she did not want
Tor anything to eat. To all questions as
70 where her parents lived the child
would not answer. Finally Temple de-
cided 70 turn her over 70 the police.
Policeman Julius Nelson went TO the
house and brought the child to the sta
tlon house. where she was placed in the
care Of Mrs. German. the Janitress, for
the night
THE cHILD's STORY
This morning in court tue child, In an
swer TO the Judges questioning. said:
Ny father and mother live in big
tenement house on Fourteenth street.
Jersey City. My father drives a coal
wagon He drinks awfal hard and beats
my mother. he was always beating me.
and when my mother tried TO save me he
beat her. / was never sent 70 school. but
was sent out 70 beg. ! met several other
girls who were older than l was. and they
taught me to steal We used to take
vegetables from the grocery stores and
steal candies in the candy stores One
night | was afraid to 20 home because
my father might whip me. aud
the other girls told me that we
could sleep IN hallway Thas
Sixteenth street in Jersey City. It was
awful cold. About four O'Clock In the
morning the miikman came in. One OF
the girls knew him and he gave each Of
Us glass Of milk. We left the house
about half-past i've and came 10 Hoboken-
| got something to eat. We slept in hall
ways in Hoboken for three nights. / was
| afraid 10 60 home. ] went home in tne
l day time when my father was at work,
4 but left the house before he came home.
The girls got separated One Of them
was locked up. / slept In the Grand
street hallway until the policeman took
me away.
"Wfn you tell me the name Of the girl
| that was locked up % the Judge asked
''SRdie Miller, was the prompt reply.
| The Judge knew Sadie She had been
locked up, but on her promise 70 reform
| had been adopted By a Mrs. kvens-
Bridget was placed in the care of Court
/ Officer Stanton.
DEPRAvED YOUNGSTERS.
| Recorder McDonough said that he had
been informed by the police that a num-
Der of depraved girls Of fourteen years or
thereabouts had led the Cummings child
| to steal
The JERSEY CIIy NEWS OF Wednesday
| published an eryisw with Hohoken
police official about the number Of young
| girls reported missing. On Wednesday
night IA middle aged woman asked the
police to obtain information about her
| fourteen-year-oldd daug hter. The woman
was Mrs. Ackley, of No. 1852 Webster
avenue, Jersey CITY Heights, and her
| missing daughter is Ida Ackley. Il trans
| pred that the girl had been playing
| truant from No school for some time
Instead Of going TO school she would
/ come 10 HOboken and meet several other
girls. and the whole crowd would 90 TO
| New York. Where they spent their time
/ in New York no one SHOWS. 1he police
| Of New York and Brooklyn have been
notified OF Ida Ackley's disappearance.
1 Policeman Nelson believes that the
Ackley girl has been travelling with the
| Dugan girls, one of whom stabbed 3
twelve year old boy recently