The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

from the church, the Sunday school and the
paroehial school, u-
nr a%A0a aSlG Father ssy' R SSfp a rs sss BEEN Ss 0S nv
practice To detain the woman and send "A mes
senger 10 the station house for a deteouve,
OF the district north Of East Houston street
e,ean, 1t Is ny belief az ne b pre cIsrgv mem mem
conditions The East Side h. Eso been ,s t ds6Snshsd
stand. will be asked for. What, good Will T.
do 70 take him away from the Eldridge street
station; Absolutely none as long as moss
ditions arc allowed 10 exist Wo have had other
captains here and they have been sent away
because Of complaint, but with every new
captain condition, have grown worse. ! con-
slider these conditions beastly, and ] only Wish
that the respectable people, from the uppeI par
think thce things could 20 on II the Ieople
knew Could they but see me women piSIhI
cont chilfpn ! think they would rise un and
demand that IL bo stopped, ! DO not know
where 20 place the responsibility myeeli am
Church and I must raise my voice In protest.
Anything that can do TO hlelp, any man 10 I'M
whether he i a Protestant or a Catholic, he VIII
have my ardent support "
James y Reynolds Of the University Settle
day tna case which has been IN ne Essex Market
court for the past two weeks, ana which. he says,
Illustrates well the state Of AFFAIR." on the EaSt
Side to-day. The case is n particularly sad one
but Mr. REYNOLDS and a number Of other Chris.
tian workers in the Red Light" district 4ay II
i the sort ~ thing that happens with great
frequency, and that the only reason that more
such cases are not heard OF Is because the VIC,
TIM having been ruined; prefer 70 Keep On MAJ
Rachel MItchniok. She arrived in this
Russia last May and went TO live with her sister.
' Mrs, Rebecca Rivers at 80 Eldridge street.
Rachel Is a Dlqin-lQoking girl and At the pres
After arriving here she WENT 10 an employ mcnt
! agency, the proprietor Of which got her a place
While She was at the agency she met a man
named Abrnham Magoot. Magoot has a room
in a disorderly house on Alien street and part
character on Chrysti street. The man is the
associate, Of women Of the street and is q pro.
sTR1 cd LIf af is d 4 qG5oF'oT and i0'Tis e Fpp lP sel
TO be the protector OF q number o.
house. Of il famee. 1T The Mqtchn nick o Eirl
body in the city but her sister, Magoot fol-
lowed her to her new place Of employment and
there offered to get her a better situation in a
! would get so much money that she could wear
silks and diamonds. on sept. Is last the glrl
Allen street house, supposing she was TO get a
good situation with n respectable family. After
n night In the Allen street house Magoot took
his Child victim TO the Chry.tie street house
where he sometimes lives and turned her over
TO the woman who. keeps, the place. This
woman took the girls clothing away from her.
! clad her in scanty raiment and compelled her
10 receive men in her room Magoot called
at the house every night an e9d dt 1p&% a W. wh"'
Rachel made several efforts TO escape, but
was unable to get away. or sept, y she ap-
This man left the house at once, promising
to see that she was act free he went TO Israel
NJ, iHrner a lawyer Of 81 %Riylngton street and
: of his. n man named Levy, to the house and
followed soon after himself They. found
M Nl1SG was ana Tdd ntteT : SonpSShIesdll IN thew wH'r sen tne to ' the
Rldridce street station for a policeman. Tho
scrgc'nt promised 10 send one NJ once, hut
failed 10 do so. A second messenger received
tho same promise. but no officer came. A
pcremptory demand for a policeman was then
sent and, one finally came MASCOT was ar;
rested In the meantime the girl wns rescued
from the house on Chrystie street and both she
and Magoot were In. court, the next day, Ma;
IN his lie. T6en he told Magistrate Pool that
he loved her md was willing TO marry. her
He admitted that he had a wife and two children
TO marry tho girl anyway. Magistrate Pool
committed him without further questioning In
From tha, time on, Mr. Irrncr .avs. attempts
have been made TO brlbe him 20 drop the case
against Mnroot He was nskcd 70 call ~
the oflce Of n certain politician and arrange
for n settlement Of the matter, but refused 10
do So. In the meantime Rachel was com
mlttod to tho House OF Detention on tho
J ! TlilNN anu NalNI'lNN Nlu'I ll'iIlN dlNFI ' y urn
ings in tho case both Mr. Terner and Mr. Levy
were set upon In Essex. street by notorious
women OF the neighborhood and their male
escorts Threats have since been made on their
lives unless they abandon the prosecution Of
Magoot They win 20 right on with the case,
however. On Thursday last the case against
Mnroot WIS finished and MaRoot produced
in his defence one William Feldman Feldman
deliberately swore, that he had known Rachael
Mutchnick for n long tine and that once on
meeting her ~ Conev Island she had asked
him 20 her 10 a hQtol Cross ex-
animation revealed such palpable perjury
That Magistrate Pool ordered a charge Of per-
Jury made against the witness To strengthen
the case aRalnst the man he was taken toBellevue
Uospital whore Rachel had been taken as the
result OF her experiences IN the Chrvstie street
house. Fcldman was takcn into n ward where the
Girl was living IN plain sight and asked 10 pick
her out. Hecouldl't do II. He was then shown
10 Rachel and she swore that she Rad never
seen him before in her life. u turned out that
the girl had never heard Of Coney Island In
her life. The case IS TO he continued just as
soon ne tho girl is able 20 leave the hospital
and Mr.. REYNOLDS and a number 81 others will
see 10 II that both MaGoot and Feldnan are
prosecuted 10 the full extent Of the law.
This case is n fair sample Of many that come
un In the Essex Market court. Tho mpn In
! the case Invariably has n number Of influential
friends. 1t IL rare indeed that q p%rocurer ia
. convicted When the Cascs are first brought
N court there Are nlenty Of Witnesses. but
when II comes Mp the second time the wit
nesses have all disappeared and the prisoner
goes scot free.