The evening world., 1894-09-29
JAILED AS A VAGRANT.
Young Short Sought Work and
Found q Cell Instead.
Unless He Can Get Employment a
Long Term Awaits Him.
Scvcntcen-YcGr-Ol hoy Victim
of Hard Luck.

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Henry Short, or Friedman rs he Is
known 20 his keeper, an orphan, seven
teen years old whose greatest crime ia
bis ir,h,ii,,. ., ,,,..,.,,,., ,..,,,,.,,..,, -,
been torcibly incarcerdtcl In the boys
ward OF the Tombs prison. for more
thpn tom dave hIs ,t,t,,, ,.,,,,,,,, ,.,,,,,,,
W" H"'' ''' "'''S "N'V''"teS 'ou"s
ana hiIutHtu thleNes ana other law
breakers.
IN, snrIous as,oo, 90 ,,,, oa.o l., .,,,
me St'lous aspect OF ms case Is that
he has not been able to communicate
with the Cummisyioncr of Charities ,yho
200, 49,, -, ,I,' -. w.,
S'"t MN 10 inc prison. ana explain ms
position for the boy is one of the un-
y.o,,,, lo,,,, ,,s,,I,,, -, ,,, ~, ,.l'.,
wants uoh usually count win the Keep
ers at the Tombs prison.
II Henry Short doesn't find soma onn
who wants A boy to work for him bc-
fore next Tuesday thrce-months' pc
Rod on Blackwell's Island awaits the
IVY rue very tlouEht OF being sent
there has nearly driven him crazy.
10 ,h, ,,t,r,. ,i, 49,, "a, -. 4, ,
'"' ''''S '''u Wy ''c "oS 10 'ue-
and no one has been found who says
on,tbIrc h,,t s.,,1 90 bi,, a., T., hoii A.,
~ ''''e ~ h''N VI ''i''' "' 10 H''i ~
duress on charge of Vagrancy, and Is
deserving of much symputhy. Al the
"'0' w" VI ''"N" 'SN'P''"S' a. ''e
same time, some explanation on the
rort ~ ,uri,ly nc ., hon, Ia, io,J.l H.,
nrisnn ~ ,na no,,vomv 80 ort,ntnaia
should be Forthcoming.
and 5ecnme IN" victim of n baa MN
| Joke, which was probably inadvertently
perpetrated by n number OF officials.
Ever since the day he realized his pc
cullar position, the poor boy has been
! Ia
man or woman visitor who CHANGED to
| visit the ward, when the opportunity
offered.
At last his words reached the ears OF
woman whose name he doesn't know,
and, touched by his story, she wrote a
letter to The Evening World"
She didn't know the boys right name,
for to avoid the disgrace OF having 1t
| known that he had spent days In
prison, he gave the name OF Friedman.
This is what the kind-hcarted woman
NEW YORK Sent. %.
KNOWING now mp' hat THE Evening World" I. Away,
ready to stand up for the weak and oppressed |
Wish to call your attention to case ',' which
believe will come under that heading
4 boy is now confined in the Tombs Prison and
viii be sent to 'hs Island Tor three m T unless Tess
promises TO give MN enpioymsnt ,.,, ,,..,-.
nnlS tpy mas .o'imi'eu no sr,"'u ~. t T1
lie srcaiIy Greais brins sent To- the Island and
as cannot help him. | thought / would write
to The Evening World. trusting that this
letter viii be published and that some lover OF
humanity will come to his rescue.
HIS name Is Henry Friedman and by inlulrins
Of me keeper OF tne noyS prison more par'icu-
lars OF me case can DC learned
o>E SS iEIS' NAG prry ,ppr,,rn tn prr 70
rNAnIE 10 RENnER AsSisTANCE,
' ronlrtor f %,'' ."rho Even,ng World"
a rSp.rler LOT ne ENenlns Moriu
visited the iotlps irlsoIi Yesterday az
aoInooii' anu uIueH ",iu' a, " mS
sranecd an iItr,nieT mi'n 1r ,Ie pos' nnar
keeper summoned MIN from an upper
Ter cen. r.,., A.. ,.ou
snort or frledmani as tne Keeper
MN s, LII Is hiin ~ LEA
intei,gent appearance. lis complexion
saluS, aiu i's cydrn dsrS ba
M MhS tTottTIu ny 49, ~, inJS 'ia ia;
neat ''o''''''S 'e ''"'' Du'
s,If ~, f uat "o' '''' ~ '''A 'oou' 'i'ih
sen AZ mLs" ,, 90 ,r.ol, =, ,,,,oi,
hor, Hon w ba 10 SPdbnn s,er r tha
re,,or,or sH'u ne III w ''e
reP%prter,,. ,ho ,, .roo. ,,o, ,,o,,,n
Doe5nt the keeper treat you weir
VIZ Wi ~ ~ sb,,,,d bo ro,9 IN, do,,, tho
~ SIo ,,.rr, ne ny ia uVri ' ne
I'LL I'LL "rrn "urT, III tne Silii''i"is 10
mere; mar lsi the tfouDle. uon I
49, 49, nnn"' 20 mar my l'H!s. u h3t
FriSC.r'''t M my nSgbIn ELL 10 snort my
mall ii' carrier T before his death aI he was
MY mother Is dead too, They both
uleu seven years ago ana then went
west az ai9he 10 make HVIhS. |
nhalty landed IN DansVlIIe' lll;' and
went 10 work Tor farmer named Dan
lei Noulhces' put after staying WIN MIN
"a , long time me- ! mad at last to leave be-
cause ne was 50 cruel
started FOR the East, and by steal,
ing rlIeS ON trGlght trains ana doing odd
JoUs' IHhHy iiIlueu IN rev lork laSt
jury Ihen l began to hunt for work.