The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-26

Nht uflIuh uONu. " NFtME ntF as HnA would A
station house habitus or n hardened criminal
There Is a pretty young girl, not seventeen,
outside now who was brought I'm this after.
noon for stealing a few spools of silk twist
from n store where she Ia employed. I didn't
even put her in a cell. She is at liberty to
walk around the corridors while she IL wait
ing for some one u bail her out. The Ser.
Eeant cried when she was brought in and 50
said to her, You tell the. Who'll, truth when you
go TO court. for that Is the only right thing to
'Oh. natron. / did take the thread. for |
never took anything before and never will
's"STi;o lad some hard cases to deal with,
though. In this district. Several years ago |
die. There were the dainty. refined girls,
well educated, and with charming manners.
table house was raided. I've seen them here
dressed exquisit.ly, as II Tor a ball, They
.moh 3D. u sSt s esa l SI@nihsS' and NOR oS dfsnk; often pos
they would be touched by some little atten-
tom and many OF them told mo their stories.
men. ,Thelr, cheeks were, painted, their hair
r,2olored artiacinlly. and they were az coarse as
the Others were refined. They dressed gor-
geously. drank, smoked. and used foul lam
are nearly all dead. or are the low drunken NO;
police courts, now. They come in under new
names, but ! recognize many OF them as hay
nociety.
The last class we had then and we have
NpN' Nai thoihStiNts .ItbItCtuDIV mHTTlCu WV
men. They are sometimes common-law wives.
Gut often have no right to- that name. and are
d dFS n RSs' woman SonisnN IS more sO anma G% Sar5h: t Eae
ter drunken men.
When one stops, to think that each one of
and 80 must the %old.time shoplifters and pick.
pockets and fret offenders, then one gets q
~ remember that once a ,Tondrrioln favor.
tie was brought In drunk. searched her and
l s9fIDs. b asE sp' it. sa aad 'C when her %p ssns s1 v inaG
her was attempting to hang herself. Her
tongue was protruding several inches. called
you she said. didn't argue with her. A
lures her, II she sees that her charge is in
u frame Of mind to receive wholesome. inotherly
c cTy,fe in s" thi .@'Nf h sS dsu, ea' h sae in m4 fFon 9e and and
she managed to almost throttle herself: Then
Il win make your head ACHE She stopped,
on, the handouts. III behaye now and che
did; The next morning bad to male II COM
when a matron finds a stolen article on a
prisoner she is often ~subpensed. and has TO
70 Ing to f9 Tndw when as o Sse m oTs6t w to be b in bed ed sleep sleepsI
So of her salary in car fare and luncheons on
one case, and this is not right. or course.
Maggie Murphy. a notorious pickpocket.
was my guest on two occasions In this station
h Prison li heG may as q ha Sss1 m ! b cru ugly Iy w fhe sf srst
time that she was brought in / shallnever for
get. A woman in a Sixth avenue shop caught
her taking her pocketbOok, and held her until
a policeman WAS called. Then they all came
here. and several women who were shopping |
came along to say how outrageous 1t was to
arrest such an eIegant-lookinR woman. Maggie
stood before the desk Stimulating outraged in
nocence. The idea of me taking a pocket |
book she exclaimed. throwing her own at
me. I guess she will claim that She was
furious at the idea Of being searched. and
when the missing pocketbook was found on
her pleaded 80 ~prettily that the complaining
woman withdrew her charge.
1.-The next time Maggie was brought in she
swore that she had never been here before,
fore. When l found the missing pocketbook,
containing $40, in a fold OF her gown. she said.
'Matron. dear, you keep that money and say
nothing about II. | shall never tell on you.'
/ sail, Why. Maggie, IL / should tell that you
offered to bride me 1t would 90 ten times
harder with you She begged me again TO
take her bride. and when | wouldn't was still
As dignihed as ever.
Last week we had n touching case: A
young fellow 2l years old and his wife and
six -months-old baby strayed in from off the
been out of work three months. He was a
bright. frank boy. and his wife was "A sweet
little woman. He had a letter from some one
In Philadelphla offering work. and they were
trying to ret there. We kept them here over
nigbt and ali the next dav, and finally decided
that something must he done for them, they
proved such nice people. | tied the dear little
baby up In a chair and put a tin cup in It's
hand; as the officers came In | told them TINT
The child was so cl, an and bonny and good.
nGtured that in two hours its smiles had
brought in 1926, and the next day the happy
IA miiy left for their new home. So run our