The evening world., 1894-09-14
Parkhurst Society to Aid Her in
Regaining Possession Of
Her Little Ones.
NER WRONGS TO Be RIGHTED.
Will Be Given an Opportunity to
Identifj Her Brutal Police
Oppressors.

poor Russian woman. who told her pttiful
story OF persecution by the police to the
Lexow Committee, last Wednesday, has
aroused general public sympathy, and
there is demand from all sides that
her dastardly oppressors should be
brought to justice.
AS The Evening World" exclusively
ascertained yesterday, the men who ar
Shalvey and Ambrose Hussey, of the De-
lancey street station. Both these ward
men have been reduced to the ranks and
transferred to other precincts, and are
now on vacation.
They are In town, however, and both
deny that they had anything to do with
the woman previous to the arrest, which
was made on warrant issued by JUS
ute Taintor. on the complaint of one
Joseph Takata,. who is said to have
never lived al the address given in the
The janitress Of the f BUILDING says that
she has been there for several years
S Snd that no no. person OF that name Is
living there in May, 1893. when Mrs. Ur-
chittel was arrested.
ward detectives. who visited Mrs. Ur:
her." said Mr.. Moss this omrning, land,
in fact. I am inclined to believe that 1t
'They made the final arrest and 1t
would not do for them to appear as the
prosecutors OF the woman.
1T Is frequently the CUSTOM" he con-
tinued, ''for ward men to get some other
person, usually some patrolman attached
70 the precinct. to do their dirty work
so outrageously maltreated the woman
may have been merely a tool.
She says that he came to her house
confirm this belief. for the ward men
themselves seldom wore uniforms, but
went about in citizens clothes. How
q the ward men knew nothing about
the case before they made the arrest.
be E EsM of 1Re Sf Se n maae ey
them last night. saying that II any at
tsmpt was made to interfere with the
S sespessiD I should hold them personally
Mrs. Urchittel will have an opportun-
lily Of seeing them and Identifying them
II she can do so, In due time. Mean
while another feature Of the case is be-
ing worked up.
This is the cruelest part of her mis-
fortune, the loss Of her three children,
whom, she claims she was supporting,
efforts. When she testified before the
Lexow Committee she said that the po-
lieeman who first came to her and de.
pay 1t her children would be taken away
from her, and she would be put In prison
For this reason she made every eff
she had paid over all thot she could
raise, she was arrested and locked up.
and her children put away" in The
have ever had any dealings with the po-
Zee courts, and the agents of the Gerry
AS has been already told, the chill
dren We're committed In Essex Market
Court, at the request of the Gerry
aagents, to the Hebrew sheltering Arm,
orphan Asylum, at One Hundred ant
RQnlpVnrI
mother, owing to her imperfect knowl
edge of English and the customs Of thu
police courts, could find no trace o.
them whatever when she was released
from custody.
1t was ascertained this morning that
~ was only after the ParkhurGt So
she discovered ther. wherea bouts. ant
was enabled through tbs influence o.
the Society to visit them. This priv
lege is accorded only once In two
TT was one OF our main objects II
b6ringing her on as witness before n
morning, ito try and get back her chill
dren, of whom she was robbed as tn
result Of her refusal to pay blackmail Il
We have made no formal demand
upon the Society for the Prevention o
Cruelty to Children as yet TO. give VI
the children. but that Will follow as
matterof course, now thst her story o
suffering is known, and we will use on
influence to enable her TO regain posses
sion of them"
The fact has been repeatedly demon
strated that, when the Gerry Societ
once gets child into its possession n
matter under what circumstances or b
what Misrepresentation, II will han
on to the unfortunate victim with tn
clutches of grim death, and refuse I
give II up unless forced to do so by tn
pressure of public sentiment.
The law gives this institution the alb
Eolute custody and control OF a child
once II has been committed 10 II
charge by police magistrate, until
lhall reach the age af twenty-one. an
although even Justices OF the Suprem
Court have often deplored this state o
snairs the law as II stands makes tn
highest judicial authority OF the Stat
Poweriess 10 act. or even to restore I
us parents n child which may hav
6een committed by a mistake or un
DER some misunderstanding
Supt jenkins. who manages this sol
OF business for the Gerry Society, wa
called upon by an Evening World" n
porter this morning. and asked II he Ia
nead IN the papers anything about III
case Of Mrs. Urchittel and her children
yes" he answered gruffiy, land
haven't anything to say to you about l
f3l can't get any Information here"
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