New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-10
THE SCHAUER GIRL FREE.
MAGISTRATE MOTIFS NOTORIOUS DE-
ClSION UPSET
,-sT1cE ANDREWS REvERsEs 1T IN THE SUPREME
cot-RT-No EVIDENCE THAT SHE WAS DIS
oRDERLY-pLENTY OF FRIENDS
FOR HER


Amelia Elizabeth Schauer. the Brooklyn girl VINO
vas committed to the workhouse by Magistrate
Moi, a; IN. Essex Market Court last week because
she had been caught by policeman in the ac' u
inouirins la:e at night, where she might hho '"e
home Of her aunt who had UNEXPECTEDLY moNeu
from Frsi-s, in this city. WAS set free yesterua!
bv Justice Andrews in the Supreme Court MIS-
Evans president Of the Prospect Heights h'hs
Daughters Circle No !. OF Brooklyn, was IN court
/, offer a home TO the girl after her feiease' anu
she carried a letter from the Rev. H. Neifnar Oh
the Church % the Atonemen,. In BROOKLYN cer''S
ING 10 the girls good character.
MAGISTRATE Mott has been severely criticised ny
e,rl, all of the newspapers for his action IN CONF
hitting the gir the assumption that she wa
d.sorlerly because she was found making inquiries
- men In the street at late hou' lie has OF
,.ared To resent such criticism angrily. ard ne Il
reported TO have declared that all newspapers az
liars Such remark will surprise many Wv
Workers and cause them 10 wonder what "e"s
tapers Mr. Mott has been In the hapt OF le"""s
lie is understood 10 have denied saying III oPo'
court that no respectable women woHia 20 d''''
ne s,raes alone late at night. bui there are per
sons who 6eclara positively that lnsN hea'u nam
give express TO such sentiment lie i'Po &c"
, have said also that woman who ventured OUT
NJ doors alone after nightfall deserved TO DE ar
rested He has denied that. in the case Oh d "''
who vas brutality dubbed by policemen OH .ne ""'
IN D., nolice station he remarked that the policeman
All
go get him L the station. There are persons "o"
ever who inss, that he actually used that IAN
glage 49,
IN The proceedings before Justice Andrews an ar
rument for the discharge Of the young woman was
made by Henry J. Goldsmith. lawyer VINO o'
tanned the writ OF hsbeas corpus on SATURDAY AS
ss,s,, District-Attorney Hennessey opposed the
motion for he discharge Of the prisoner anu S"'G
that her only course under the new CONSTRUCTOR
va. 70 appfa to the Court Of General Sessions ana
that would avail her nothing, as the appeal co"''
rot be taken beforc the time when her sentence 10
tho workhouse would expire Justice Andrews sa''
D., could not pass upon the merits OF the arres"
,r. h.. could review the evidence before MaestIa''
Mot, and deciae If it warranted her commi''S. 10
workhouse 49,,
After examining the evidence which had pee"
,eni by the MAGISTRATE Justice Andrews saio
There is no evidence here that TINS g!ri wa
ss-}v conduct There is evidence that shs i 4"
g r Of bad character In fac there Is no tNIuenS
n All contained in this testimony 10 va an
commitment There is. however, some ~ -
ms girl was lettering in the street but 'htIt -
49, sIiffcert evidence on that point 10 coIhHI'
he girl Tie lsw provides that TO secure coiNo ",
-r o; the law making the arrest must Prov tiat
the prisoner was soliciting ana that sucH
vss To- the annoyance Of persons IN the helshp}o.
hood There Is evidence here upon thdt pm.
rG therefore there is nothing for the Court 10 40
out 10 discharge the prisoner from cuS'OuS ioi''
with -.
Amelia Immediately left the courtroom win he'
,-ends Her stepmother. who had gone to the court
20 denounce her as an incorrigble girl had TO con-
.sn, herself with making statements TO newspaper
men who would listen to her. Mrs. Schauer talked
a. II she hated her stepdaughter cordially.