The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-23
w. c. z. U. COLUNV
CONDUCTED ny MRS. n. l.. Hobbs.
WILL YOU READ THIS.

Then ask Yourself If You are
Responsible for this Great
Crime.
The following taken from the New
York Recorder. 10 not piece OF fiction.
but bit Of everyday lite Ia ,his great
city. This article alone ought 10 be
enough 10 convert every man. WON sn
aud child in the land 10 Prohibition:
A ragged, wan and dirty woman Icy
lin s,upor IN = gutter st Ninsty seventh
street aud Third avenue late Saturday
evening. unnoiiced, apparently, until
Policeman Brady approached.
Cud.iled close &C. or were = tiny boy
OF 3 aud girl ci6
Tho,. TOO, wevo rsxgsl. wan and
dirty, tut that fact bothered thcm not
a ii then, tor both were sleeping
soumdiy.
Their poor little legs were protected
only by shO and stockings literally
full of holes. and their hands md faces
were pinched and blue, 90 cold were
they but still the tots slep, NJ THAR
more fortunate brother and sister tots
were sleeping at that moment IN the
lluxurious homes on Murray Hill.
The policeman summoned another
blue coat, aud the woman and her chill.
dren were taken to tn i26ih street sta.
tion.
There the woman said che wac Mrs
John McCaul, and that she and her
ia biz . had been wandering about the
streets fos y week.
The little ones were 90 wesk that they
could hardly stand, and they cried con.
stantiy Tor food.
Agent Smith Of Mr.. Gerry's society
took charge Of them and fed them ~
the society's Office.
\ Yesterday Mrs. McCsul and the III.
Tile ones, Nellie and Johnnie, " ere taken
to the Harlem police court.
:, Nellie was IS bright ~ could be.
: after good nights rest. but little John.
} ny conid hardly walk on account OF
: the large blisters on his teet.
D He cried most the time.
D The policeman preferred the charge
oiol drunkenness against Mrs. AcCaul
j. and Judge Burke asked Nelly what chi
o had been doing since she was turnet
Q out Of her home.
!. She spoke up quickly when the po
liceman picked her up, and said:
"Oh. 1t was awful, mister.
+ me and johnnie did not get no bread
!. and had to walk 90 rar that II SCENE,
q ~ IL we would die.
INV mamma begged from evecybo
= that she met and got lots Of money.
.Then she told me and Johnnie I
r wajt for her while she went into tn
Gin. n.mill, and We had to wait and wsil
and when she came out she hardly kne
10 us.
I. "Tben she gave US somc Of the ire
i lunch, but did not buy anything 70
4. us.
.t IL had IN beg, too. and once. whe
"A Inv msmma was not looking. . ma
r. gave me I've cents. and l stole ava
'. and got loaf Of bread.
3. al hid II under nv dress, and Il vi
% al johnny and had for two days.
70 my mamma told me to say had
=. good home IL Gerry's susn met me, an
q I did tell . man | hsd . good HON
"a whom wss walking four days In II
J. streets With Johnny and mamms.
%. "Oh. I was awful tired and hungr
T. but Johnny was worse than WAS, b.
N cause am bigger.
1--WE slept in hs'lwsys and In wsgo'
u and got awfnl vet.
d, "Msmma drank On awful lot svel
n night, and she used to give Johnny h,
In shawl 10 lie on.
liz ave did not have any beds. but Y
M had TO get up when II was light ~
ut hunt for money until msmms conld q
ey drink.
e. She hit me and Johnny, too but IN
y was nothing.
'ss "My msmms says she's going to
20 good TO us now"
us Mrs. MeCsui burst into tears VIII
?" Nelly was telling her story, and Jud
" y. Burke had misty look - he spoke 70
-. derly to the little girl and told her IN
~ che would have good homo but n
:" with her mother
Then he sent Mrs. McCaul 10 Blac
wells Island for three months, q
turned Nelly aud Johnny over to I
care Of the sisters Of mercy.
he All the mother In Mrs. McCaul h
I'm. not been exterminated by dissipstit
ms and che begged that she might not
sge taken from her children.
tn. And then Nellie, who at first had n
'ss. seemed TO understand what was goi
sor on. forgot oil her troubles snd miss
eat and stsrvation when II dawned up
ne. her that che and her mother were TO
has separs cd, and .,ohnny forgot his q
by foet. and both wanted TO 90 with th'
lie. mother TO Black wells Island, or q
other place where sll could be togeth
But Judge Burke. satisfied that N
McCaul vas not 0t to have the G
Ing .aS. ~ ,hs chiIdren. sen her awsv.
ling wy = -
L II
srn The Indians Anti.Liquor League
being vigorously pushed.
q m not allow your personal apps