The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-07-18
THURSDAY, JULY Is, 1901.

THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1901,
JUDGE STEVENSON, OF the Phlla-
delphi a Court has been stirring up
the people of that city lately. He
has released several women from
the House of Correction where they
had been sent by the Magistrates
before whom they we're brought for
trial. The Judge says:
IA portion Of the public press
has chosen to misunderstood and
pervert the facts. This is not Judi
cial. 1t is not tar to the public,
nor is it just to me. It is conceded
on all sides that the law as laid
down IN the decision is sound"
These women had been commit
ted for three months. some as vag-
rants or tramps. The Judge said
th.y should have been held for
Court and their cases presented to
the Grand Jury for action. Contin-
uing he says:
"lt is objected that declared in
the course of the proceedings that
! would not convict women charged
with immor atty unless the men
guilty Of their downfall were also
brought in. This assertion is an
absur dity. What | said was this:
at IS remarkaL!. tina! in all these
raids and arrests, only the women
are brought in. Where are the
men who are responsible for their
unfortunate position? Where are
their hackers, their keepers, their
masters and paramours! There
should be no discrimination. The
men should be tried as we'll as the
women. Aud l repeat it is re.
markable that in the many sensa-
tion al raids upon these places, the
men somehow disappear, and the
miserable creatures who are their
dupes and victims are hurried to
the House of Correction and prison.
Has it come to this that those OF
bad morals, bad tame, or having
no visible means OF support, are
without the pale OF the law and
unworthy OF protection from its
strong arm! Then there are many
thousand men and women IN this
city in constant danger OF arrest.
For his action the officers of the
Law & Order Society and the Judge
are at variance, and hence the con-
troversy on the subject OF commit
ting the scarlet women without a
proper hearing.
THE fight for the control OF the
Northern Pacific Railroad, which
sent its shares up to $1,000, thereby
creating a rich man s panic in Wall
street, has been settled by selecting
James J. Hill, Z. H. Hartman,
VIM. Rockefeller. H. Mex Twom-
bly, and Samuel Rea as directors.
MIR, Rea is fourth yice-presldent OF
The Pennsylvania n. Il. This puts
a stop to the fight that has been
going on tor some time in this road
and shows what interest J. p. Nor
gan had in it, when he named the
five new directors.
ANOTHER snag has beer struck
In the Botkin case. Judge Cook
yesterday granted an application
ior a writ OF error to the L. S. ESTATES
Supreme Court in the case Of Mrs.
Cordelra Botkin, convicted OF the
murder of Mrs. John Z. Dunnins
Of Dover, by sending poisoned can
dy through the mails. This, say 5
the San Francisco dispatch. knocks
out all calcul atoms Tor a second
trial, an appeal for which had been
granted until the highest court has
passed upon the merits Of the case.
WIN. RICHMOND, a million ARE cat
lie owner OF Tombstone, Arizona,
while passing through Danvilie,
Ill.,, stopped at Junction restaur-
ant, purchased a sandwich and tell
in love with the girl who waited on
him. On his return TIP he stopped
off. proposed, was accepted and
married, lie gave his bride a check
Tor so, 900 and then started on the
honey moon to Australia. THIS IS
ubsre hs,utv hroupht its owner a
,;c,, hrsiand and if % honed a road
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