The record-union., 1897-03-31
The GOOD WORK GOES ON
leeting Of the Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Children.
Officer Healy flakes His Report on
Twenty Cases Which he Has
Investigated.

The Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children held meeting last
night, the largest number being present
that had ever attended.
The following names were proposed
and elected: Bishop Grace, Father
Walsh, Mrs w. ]. Carrier, Miss Ella
Deming, Miss F. De Laguna, Mrs. A >.
Hopkins, Ira G.. Robie, Mrs. klune,
John Dreman, B. w. Wilson and Mrs.
M. Wilson.
Officer Dan Healey reported num-
Der of cases that he had investigated,
twenty in all.
One poor woman had three children
and had placed two of them in the Or
phan Asylum, where she paid for their
keeping partially, and her brother took
the little boy.
There was a case where the parents
of child had given it to man who
lives on G street to bring up. He had
done so and the child was we'll cared
for and clothed. Now the mother wishes
to take the child away from him, after
leaving it in his care for years.
c. NJ. Beckwith said he was familiar
with the case and was of the opinion
that the child should not be taken
away from her protector, who had ta-
ken good care of her.
Mr.. Healey said the case of a poor
woman had been reported to him,
whose husband had left her with five
children to support, and they were
starving. They lived eighteen miles
out in the country. He thought he could
find homes for them.
Mr.. Beckwith spoke of the case of
man with five children who had threat
ened his wife's life and who used the
vilest and most vulgar language
A man out near the Lake House who
had three children married a woman
who refused to feed them and locked
up all the food. They were taken to
the Founding Home and afterwards
taken home. She was now treating
them all right, being afraid she would
be arrested.
A wayward girl, with whom nothing
could be done, was taken to the Mount
Vernon Home
A case where it was reported that
girls were going to a saloon was in
vestigated and proved to be without
foundation as did another case report
ed by a woman.
A child living between L and NJ Sixth
and Seventh. had been sleeping in eel
lars and under the sidewalks and lum-
Der piles. He took it to San Francisco
and found a good home for it
A girl of - years of age was in an
opium den, where her mother, who has
had five husbands, is. She was COM
PEELED to clean the pipes. Her father is
too poor to take the matter into court
He had secured good position
through the society for girl of 10
Mr.. Beckwith spoke of the case of a
man with five children, who had been
arrested for threatening his wife's life
and who habitually used the foulest
language before his children. Unfor-
tunately the society had not been able
to get a legal hold on him, but he GER
tainly ought to be punished
1t was decided to have a picnic and
try in this way to raise a little money
with which to carry out the purposes
of the society. Mr.. Beckwith suggested
that the committee ought to be ap-
pointed at this time in order to put
things in train. In response to the sug-
gestion. the President appointed Messrs.
c. NJ. BeckWith, A Simons. I. Schad. J.
A. Woodson. Rev c. L. Mel and Mes
DANES ]. f. Mills. A J. Johnston,
Frank l.. Gray. c. \. Neale and Clara
Parsons
G. H. Smith asked that the clergy of
the city state from their pulpits the
object Of the picnic and speak in behalf
of it to their congregations
Previous to the meeting being called
to order there was discussion over the
case Of girl who some months ago
had been attending the public schools.
and who. it had been claimed, had
been wrongfully accused of corruptine
others and a great deal of unnecessary
sympathy had been wasted on her. 1t
was stated last night by the officers Of
the society that, since that time, she
had confessed in the presence of two
officers of the society, her mother and
others. that everything stated about
her was true and that her conduct had
been too vile to be more than limited at.
She has been sent away from the city.
NOtarieS Public.