The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-10

their rights ut the ballot box. however much
they may deplore tho incident which pro-
voked an unlawful exercise Of authority.
Tho Incidents OF . Day.
TIE SUN reported yesterday yiinci-
dents Of the tragedy and comedy Of human
life which were more than usually impress
sive or curious. Hero Is brief recapitula-
ton OF a few Of them:
One Of the most striking was the sentence
OF BILLY McGLoRY by Recorder SMYTH
after he had been brought to the Court OF
General Sessions handcuffed to a colored
thief. The remarks Of the Recorder in i'm
posing the sentence were severe and con-
temptuous. and they will be likely to have
ut least temporary effect in frightening
the few remaining keepers Of unlaw-
full dives. as they are called. Carpers
at the government Of this town do their
best to encourage criminal enterprise by
asserting that the lawless are under politi-
cal protection: but the sharpness OF the
pursuit Of criminals by the police and their
punishment by the courts Offset the evil
influence. with the result that crime has
diminished in tho city during recent years.
The number Of Objectionable resorts like
McGLoRYs is small. and it Is growing less
yearly. No other great capital in the world
is so decent as New York. and in mono is the
resident or stranger safer against the
harpies who prey on society.
On the same day Recorder SMITH sem
fenced HARRIS Pitt to State prison for
eighteen years and six months for arson in
setting fire last November to the double
tenement In Allen street in which he had
his tailor's shop. Pitts motive. OF course.
was to obtain the insurance on the goods.
it amounting to $1,000. while they were
worth only about $500. Fortunately no ono
Of tho sixty persons who were asleep
in the tenement at the time was In
any way injured. or he would have suffered
even more severely at tho hands Of the law.
The crime ofincendiarism. according to the
suspicious OF all underwriters. is prev
alent at this time when insurance against
fire is so universal. but the number Of con-
victions of 1t is not large.
Suicide as means Of escaping from the
hardships Of life is rare In civilized society.
even ut this period when pessimists have
decided in the negative the question
whether life is worth living. The instances
OF self-destruction in New York which are
not duo to o pronounced and violent sui
cidal mania are almost unknown among the
people OF English or Irish stock. Among
the Germans and others Of the races OF Con-
tinental Europe they are more frequent.
A young man named JoCHUN killed himself
on Friday because he had made up his
mind. as he expressed it. that he "had
never been any good" Inasmuch as he
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not pluck up tho courage to start the new
year with efforts at self-improvement2 II
he was brave enough to kill himself. he
ought to have been bravo enough to fight
out the battle Of life like the rest of men.
ALBERT MULLER. n German sixty years
old, writes to the Police Commissioners that
as his legs arc paralyzed below the knees.
he is afraid his brains are softening. and he
is short OF money. he has been meditating
suicide. but cannot find O really comfortable
way OF taking himself of. Accordingly he
asks the protection OF the Commissioners un-
til he receives legacy which. he aflrms. Is
coming to him from Germany and which
will enable him to bear with life, In spite OF
his bodily ailments. His letter shows him
to be On intelligent man and q diligent
reader OF the newspapers. Therefore. his
fears as to his brains seem to be groundless,
His decision against suicide as unadvis-
able Is in itself strong indication Of
sanity. and so also is his aversion to
multiplying the enormous tribe of s. O.
cranks now on the rampage" The actual
and dangerous crank regards himself as
wiser than anybody else. and he Is at en-
nifty with society because it does not take
him at his own estimate Of bis importance
to the world.
A very remarkable case WAS that In the
Brooklyn City Court. where two spinster
sisters named GILL. Of GO and Is years re-
spectively. were found to be incapable OF
caring for themselves or their property boz
cause they are both confirmed drunkards.
They have a modest competence and they
spend their money and employ their leisure
In drinking to such excess that they
are seldom sober, and are frequently noisy
and quarrelsome. The evil effects Of
such intemperance are 80 deplorable that
the Women's Christian Temperance Union
OF Hartford are outraged because the Young
Mems Christian Association Of that town
has accepted q contribution for a new build
Ing from liberal publican. These good
women say that as the selling Of liquor Is
wicked. 1t Is wicked also to share in it's pro-
ceeds. The Christian young men answer that
as the money will assist in promoting their
enterprise. 1t will serve toward abating the
wickedness from which 1t comes. The sub
Ject is an admirable theme for the debating
societies Of all the Young Mems Christian
to 1t. "
The sad effects of too much drinking are
demonstrated in the case OF LEOPOLD UN-
GER. a cook. who was arrested as a danger
Gus crank near the house Of Mr.. RUsaELL