Evening journal., 1895-01-24
GUARDING CHILDREN.
Agent Frank Stout Has Two
Notable Cases in Court.
sQUALoR IN THE YOUNG FAMILY

Two Street Waits who Were Sent to
the Delaware oity Protecterate-B Both
Gases Ones where the s. z. @. to O.
Has Done Good Work.
All question as to the fate Of the no
torious Hoodls has been set at rest by the
commencement of the work of demoli
tion, and by noon to day a score of the
novels, so long an eyssore to the city.
menace to the police and health
erty, were taken down Last night
Stout was notified that one Of
Brigham" Young, whose hovel WAS
described in the EVENING JOURNAL. was
in pretty bad shape and he at once went
to the scene. The family had occupied
one of the houses which had been razed
and had csmped In one Of the shanties
still standing. They are white, or would
be II the deposit Of dirt which they have
been accommodating for several years
were washed of The room In
which Agent Stout found them
was filled with broken furniture and
rubbish, while the fetid atmosphere was
made still more 50 by the heat from a
cook stove In the far end Young and
his wife. filthy and repulsivs looking.
occupied chairs, ons of the children was
standing, the ten weeks old baby was
asleep on table, and the other four were
on the floor.
1t was q repulsive sight and Agent
Stout decided at once 10 take action and
about o'clock this morning he again
visited the place, and after bundling the
entire party into the patrol wagon,
brought them TO the police station. This
morning John and his wife Amanda were
arraigned charged with cruelty treating
the little ones. The sight of the chill.
dren as they filed into the court room
was an affecting one. They we're Willie,
aged 0, Lavlna z Sarah 5, Dolly 3. and
Richard 10 weeks and Eliza an adopted
child. who, Young says, was left on his
door step, while they lived in Chester,
about six years ago. The girl is not
bright and, ,rumor has 1t, has been cruelty
treated by the woman. who is addicted
to drink and is a professional beggar
Matron White carried the baby, which
was alive with vermin and filthy In
body and clothing The family had been
in the court room but q few minutes
when the air became so foul that the
windows were opened as counter
irritant.
Young was rather defiant and said be
could bring witnesses to prove that he
hadn't neglected the children, and was
given until to morrow morning to
subp@ "a them, bail for himself and
wife being fixed at $500 each Willard Hall
Porter appeared for the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty TO Children, as tas
case is one which certainly demands the
attention Of the society, and the court will
not do wrong II he takes the children
away and gives them better surround
ings
Another case presented by Mr.. Porter
and Agent Stout was that of two boys
Francis Cruswisch, aged 10 years, and
Andrew, his bro her, aged years, who
were d. serted by their parents and have
no home The father skipped ont some
fifteen months ago, and the mother,
after being arrested for keeping 9
house OF i'll fame, left town about seven
ks ago Since then the boys, who
are bright. intelligent lads. have been
running the streets and living wherever
they could get shelter At the request
of Father Kelley and Bishop Curtis. ths
boys were sent to the Delaware City Pro
taetorafa