The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28
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Experiences In n Police Court and with .
Charitable O~rkanisation.


One Of the former police court Judges use,
to have q great weakness for his own memoir
OF faces. He loved to remember prisoner
who had been before him at former times
Nothing delighted him more than ' the I'D
mission OF some unfortunate that he or oh,
had been up before this Judge when he wal
sitting in Harlem or Yotkville or Jefferson Of
Essex Market. or. in fact, any other court
than that in which he was actually sitting
Some woman would be brought before him
and after the conventional questions the Judge
would begin the inevitable display OF his mne-
monlo powers In this way:
Well, Mary. didu't ! zee you down in Essex
Market about two weeks agop Nor Now.
weren't you down there on this same charge?
1 thlnk 1 know your face. Are you quite sure
you WEREN'T Now. Mary. try again. 1 know
POUR face. Sec II you can't remember mine.
Look hard now. Nor Never. in Essex Market
In your life2 Only came to New York two days
agop oh. Mary. Yon're mistaken. Think you
were down there. 1 can remember you. even
IL you can't remember me. Ten days, officer"
The chances were usually In favor OF the un-
fortunate woman never having been before the
Judge before. Sometimes the prlsonershad been
and admitted IL. Others had not. but allowed
themselves to be badgered into saying that
they had. 1t was lucky for them. They al
ways got the lighter penalty. II was only
those who thought that a former offence
might prejudice the Judge against them. and
therefore stuck to their contention that they
had never. been before him in the past who
were made to realize how important 1t is TO
recognize the peculiaritles OF u Judge and hui
NOR his little ~vanities.
First offenders who did not know enough to
fatter' his powers OF memory by admitting
that they, had previously stood before him
Jared worse than the most hardened cases
who simpered an assent at the first sugges-
tion OF the Judges customary common that
he had seen the prisoners before.
The ,ignortnt. who were not aware that they
agreeing, with his Honor. Jared worse even in
their first experience in a police court, Prob
harm in the long run. The veterans learned
70 defer to II and get a lighter sentence. Az
fs9 rsyi o Sene aswa sSs I mere numerous nSI, 1sat th az. tbs
injustice and lessened the sum OF the
misery that he was bound by law to cause.
stance OF that cam to light last week through
had BEEN e%pi Eyedf for six 4 months in in
an association which made It'll point to re- |
the deserving as well as to get its, own
The, woman had a mental place. worked as
"a possible. and received small wages.
aud husband. He. was y yet-mean-
ing man OF some education. who had been per-
si%1stisn ~ hi Gn d%1' Hs .h lSf 1 year. oSt shI5sg9g mon NO
places. AID the few he had were Temporary.
always LETT them with q promise from his
and he was out Of work most Of the time,
ton which had engaged her contributed to her
for some time. But that could not be
'sFs hss place as a she did Sot h sssb bE HRe hired I'd to to
strong enough to work In a long time. The
summer exodus from town carried away the
Two weeks ago her needy condition. which
known to one ofthe women, who had
been interested In her. So she
y ee@mm no q faRe t6is WOMAN IN a ss 4 9sssev ss0Sis ETY.
'ipient Of the help which the society was ac-
to give
ociety. the woman's record was investigated.
70 her ACCOMPLISHMENT, the woman who had
he report OF the society declaring the woman
The report. said that she had be-
emf enti nSp that her husband Sus SlESq had abas ,ede and de aIti-
.9rtIng herself, or her children. The society.
usband lived with her. that they were on good
erms and that the man happened merely to
{ the society. to make her guilty Of fraud. and
ne ma report PLACED her among the unwor, :
This communlcatfon surprised her friend,
no recalled her rs "a Woodworking. industri-
US strugGler Tor the little money. she could {
arm. 80 she started an Investigation on her {
se to ss aiSSe WIN fshie Il FACT Rr sSsst hen as ehaFs n RaG !
Gated and then deserted by her husband. G
his report had been made after she had I
ven up her work with the society, which &
I'd employed her for nearly a year. A per- c
NAL talk with the woman brought from her q
admission 81 the fact, She admitted that 9
But / told it because / thought 1 had to-" g
10 added. Once a friend OF mine went UP e
the society. She hadn't a cent and she Il
as sick like | am now. They asked her II Q
10 had q husband. II he was sick and why he
uldn't support her himself. She did have a
lsband and he wasn't sick. But he couldn't
4 work. any more than my husband can. =,
that wasn't enough to satisfy the society. 1
woman with Q healthy husband. even II he
nen there were lots Of women about with
husbands and with children on their hands, L
she came away without anything. They n
suldn't help her, although she was Just as !,
UGH in need OF II as any woman that has been II
serted by her husband. When l went TO the 9
and SO would my husband and children. Sc ~
the question OF my having a husband. / said Is
had. Then they asked me questions as TO n
lere he was and how he treated me and -
else about It.. That In the way II
BY cam to believe that l had been deserted II
d then reported I was a fraud when they =,
It l thought l had to be q fraud to keep 81
II 1 had told 'em that I had a hus-
nd. healthy as O man can be WHIT don't get J.,
ough to eat. and living with me, l don't be- X
We they would have given me q thing. and l Of