The Washington times., 1895-06-01
POLICE SEEKING THE MIN
Unknown Rascal Who Sells De-
basing Stories and Pictures.
CONES FROM OVER TIE RIVER
Law Officers of the City Have Re
ceived Complaints and Are Strain
ing Every Nerve to Catch Him-His
Description in Their Possession.
Works with satchel.

The police OF the Fourth precinct, in
South Washington, are looking forone ofthe
most dastardly seoundrels that ever dark
ened the threshold OF Washington. He is
q fluent talking, welI-dressed white man,
aud the serious offense for which he is
wanted is selling the most utterly obscene
photographs aud books to school boys and
girls.
A description of the rascal furnished
No. station last night places his age at
about thirty years. He is tail, wears a
blonde mustache, has blue eyes, is slightly
stopped in the shoulders. and was attired,
when last seen, in a Iight-colored cheekered
suit of clothes He wears a white straw
hat, and usually carries a small satchel
with a false bottom. in, which are stored
the vile pictures and publications he has
been selling to innocent little school
children
In the top compartment of the satchel he
carries several packages Of homemade corn
salve, which he exhibits should policeman
appear and seek to question him. r..----..-.-,
FLOODING THE CITIES.
The fellow claims to be the Washington
agent of what he terms the Sunrise Pub
fishing Company, OF New York. a concern
which the police say is flooding the cities
with productions in the obscene line, which
would put to the blush the most immoral
inmate of Washington's worst houses,
This man, whom the police designate
as human hyena, was yesterday operating
at recess time and after the closing hour
near the Jefferson and Amidon public
school buildings in the southwest section
of the city.
One of the gentlemen who made COM
plaint to the police saw him talking to
three little school girls on Sixth street.
He showed the girls some photographs,
faces in their hands after looking at the
objects After the fellow left the little
ones the citizen went to them and asked
what the man showed them.
He wanted us to buy picture of a
naked LADY, responded one of the girls,
who was not more than twelve years of
age.
A schoolboy who bought a pamphletfrom
the scoundrel, filled with the most revolving
language and pictures, said he had a large
number of grossly immoral photographs,
and he promised to pay the boy a liberal
percentage if he would assist him in dis
posing of them to other boys.
SHOWING HIS WARES.
Itwas also learned that he invited a num-
Der of boys and girls to meet him across the
Long Bridge, on the outskirts of Jackson
City, to-day and inspect his awful wares,
away from the possibilities of arrest. The
same fellow visited the vicinity of the
Franklin and other uptown public school
buildings several days ago and, it is aid,
sold a large amount of his literature. which
the father of one of the youthful purchasers
characterized as works that must have
been published in some printing office in
hades."
Just how many innocent boys and girls
have had their minds tainted by the
literature and pictures is unknown, but
the police have learned that he has been
operating extensively about Washin gton
and sowing his seeds of perdition in every
direction.
Every effort will be made to capture him
and to locate the parties in New York
| who are sending such demoraiiZinG stufr
| broadcast over the country.