Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-20
TRAINED UP IN CRIME.
CONSTANTLY RECRUITING THE
ARMY OF INFAMY.
New York's Great shame Distressing
Facts That Appear In the Everyday
History OF the Police Conrts-B Begging
Lucrative.

VERY many OF those who come TO
| this country seeking home are UNI
familiar with the meaning of that
word in its American sense said
Elbriige l. Gerry, president of the
| Society for the Prevention OF Cruel
~ to Children. Too many of them
regard their children as simple pup
| pest to be utilized in making money
for them, irrespective OF the conse-
| quences to their health. their morals,
and their future lives.
"Child begging is so lucrative,
child peddling so common. and. alas!
child immortality so prevalent in the
lands they leave that it is not an
| easy thing to teach them that in
America. where the people are SOW
ereiga, destruction OF the body poll
&c BY the degradation OF the
children. who in time must consti-
;ute the people, will not be toler-
ated.n
For time out OF mind the dis
reputable neighborhoods of New
| York have been the haunts OF the
sort of people who, whom too drunk
to leave their rooms, send their
children to the grog shops tor liquid
/ poison" Here also thrives that
class OF miscreants who stay lazily
at home while they send forth their
children to beg or steal that they
1 themselves may have money TO
squander for liquor.
Here, Justice Ryan OF the JeTer-
son Market police court said the
other day, lis q study for all the
master minds OF New York Ii BE-
hooyes them to pay some attention
to ii. for we are developing new
class OF criminals, who are pound to
cause no end OF trouble
If anybody knows anything about
youthful crime and criminals it Is
Justice Ryan. II the record Of his
court aud Of the courts OF other pc.
lice justices in New York count for
anything, there is no room for doubt
that the criminal classes are being
largely augmented b. the initiation
Of chlldren into evil ways
The justice had just disposed OF
case Of theft, in which the prisoner
was boy Of years, SO small that
he had to be placed upon the Judicial
bench before the justice could see
him. After looking over the young
ster, who stood perfectly at ease be-.
fore him, Justice Ryan remarked;
1T is surprising with what perfect
selt-assurance these young criminals
bear themselves in the courtroom.
1t is also astonishing how many cases
OF burglary and robbery come up N
the police courts wherein the cul-
prits are boys. In all my career on
the bench have never seen SO many
cases OF boy thieves as during the
last few months Hardly day
passes but there are from two to
half dozen boys arraigned. charged
with some sort OF crime. all OF whose
ages are under 10 years. | don't
know what the boys are coming to.
I'm sure. "
What is to be done with the youth
Of New York II they grow up 20 be
thieves? Tho prisons will not hold
them. Many that are arraigned are
too young to realize the gravity or
their offenses.
10 show you the utter disregard
in which some OF these boys hold
their parents | will cite one case
that came up in this court few
weeks ago" said Justice Ryan.
'John McGinn, II years old. OF
AS West Forty-frst street. and
Eben Hayes, years old, were ar
rested by Agent Schultz Of the
Gerry society Tor annoying Italian
street vendors. McGiun, who had
somewhat OF a reputation as
fighter, Notwithstanding his tender
years, received his mother Ia the
examination room Of the court. He
gave her some money, but when she
made motion to kiss him good by
he at once became angry and showed
her away. saying; All, don't give
me none Of dat fake business"
Johnny Falvey," continued Jus.
tice Ryan, "a boy years old. was i
sorry sight when brought into court.
He was shOeless and hatlcss and his
face. hands and feet 50 dirty that his
nearest friends--if he had any
would scarcely have recognized him.
He mad been one Of gang Of boys
engaged in stealing door knobs.
door plates and everything transfer
able about the doors Of the res
licences Of the 'brownstone' district
while families were absent on their
summer vacations. The evidence ad-
duced at the trial showed that the
boys mother was dead and that his
father was worthless, drunken
vagabond, who regularly coached his
son in street begging and petty pill
fering until the youngsters habit
grew into something very much re.
sembling kleptomania. The boy
had two brothers, who, as a natural
result, became members OF the door
plate and door knob gang.
As Justice Ryan was talking TO
the Morning Advertiser reporter. a
patrolman came In with a boy. An
other man accompanied the tao.
The youngsters shirt waist was
bnlging out in front, giving him the
appearance OF carrying an excess of
adipose tissue in that part of his