The evening world., 1893-12-01
HUMANITY
DEMANDS 1T.
Scenes Which Would Have
Been AVerted with Pa.
troll Wagon Service
OBJECT LESSON IN THE TOMB5
There Is No Excuse for Postponing
the Work Of Instituting
the Reform.
MONEY CAN Be OBTAINED.
Comptroller Myers Will Point
Out the Way if He
Is Asked.
MONEY CAN Be OBTAINED.

Arraigned at the bar In the Tombs
Police Court, one after another, before
Justice Martin this morning. were over
one hundred men and women. the latter
predominating, They had been arrested
yesterday afternoon. last night ana early
this morning. Every ini!vi iual case was
a convincing argument In favor OF
new and complete signal system ana
patrol wagon service.
The ages Of the women ranged from
seventeen to sixty. Will" the count"-
nances of some were positively repulslVo
from the marks Of dissipation. with
few exceptions. the male prisoners pre-
scented no better appearance. Faces were
cut, bruised and bleeding, either from
falling on the pavements or from the
policeman's club. They had been ar
rested on every imaginable charge. Some
were dlsorderly characters, others had
been provided with the shelter Of Il po-
lice station for disorderly conduct.
Nearly every one of these arrests had
been made with difficulty. and all the
prisoners had been marched or dragged
through the streets for several blocks to
the nearest police station. surrounded by
crowds OF boys and girls. some of the
prisoners were sent away to the island.
others were fined. and the city was so
much the gamer in cash. now much 1t
lost in degradation IL "A problem for
those responsible for the delay In pro
viding the police signal and patrol wagon
service to consider.
Ono OF the men arrested was Thomas
Marley. who lives at 40 CITY Hall place.
AS he stood shaking. as II with palsy.
against the rail. even Agent Schultes. Of
the Childrens Society, turned away In
disgust Hundreds Of little ones had seen
Marley early yesterday morning stag
gering through the streets OF the Second
and Third Assembly Districts before his
arrest.
Marley is a cripple and goes about
on n pair of clutches. He IL about nifty
years old. but locks much more. He
began his Thanksgiving by drinking
early in the morning. and mt II o'clock
he was what Fourth Warders are apt
to term fighting drunk" Then h"
made his way to a densely populated
section OF Elizabeth street. and after Il
few warwhoops lay down in the gutter,
He fell down rather hard and cut his
face clear from the hair to the chin.
The children who We're out playing or
parading quickly gathered around him
and proceeded to have fun with the
drunken man" Garbage barrels were
searched for material to throw at him,
and they found lots of 1t. Nearly three
hundred were engaged In that sport
when Policeman Dennis bay. Of the
Elizabeth street station, came along and
mt tho man under arrest. 1t WAS then
ll.?o O'clock.
The policeman had undertaken bigger
task than he had harEatnol for as In
stead of going quietly to III" station
Marley vented 7" iGht III" officer. Thi'
was run for IN" children, ana a tn
prisoner frN once "r twi"" they shouted
In Gle". Finally the IH>h-'art was SUE
sestoi. Vn" was puIrIly procured am
into II III" man was bundled Til" polio"
man drivin", ~" procession W"nd"i H.
: way to III" F'A'i"n-houS'. Tn" sire"
twas half fun Of children III" fu'ur
men and women ~ IN" city. Tho
fought with each other - get nearer IN
c!.ief actors, ANA wer" dlSappont"D
when not permitted to see tho MAJ
stretched out on tn" statIon-house Noon
Three dollars" said Justice Martin
this morning, and tn" city was Just tha
ahead on that ore case. No prIr" hlEl
enough can he namei Tor what the cit!
has lost.
Even one patrol wagon ut the Eliza
beth street station. stgnal-hoN whicl
any one could use placed at any potn
OF the territory over which III" drunk"l
man travelled. and that disgusting spec
tacle would have been avoided F.
seven years the polio" Commissioner
have kept saying that they would lru
vide the system-that they would d
something-but the city is SIN year
behind the age, and II will Contnu" t
be until the public rises W and demand
1t.