The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-11-09
TRAMPS DENIED
LODGING.
There Are No Mere Warm
Quarters for Wander
ing Wiiiies.

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balny days OF hobo,s inNew-Gas stle
County are over The fellow who
! gets brokeun his way home cones
under the same ruling and lie must
either begor steal a place in which
to lie dowl at night for the New
Castle jail are closed against ,ninl.
This is not a purely matter OF
choice but one Of compulsion for the
| CharcelIor has granted an iujunc-
tion against thes paym OF a bill
OF 5000 for the feeding OF tramps by
Sheriff Mcdaniel
John Mc!Iulc, Of Philadelphia, ar
| rived in this city Yesterday alter
! ro0n. He was in hard luc; and
had a -,li.ticalt time in securing 4
place to stay over night Tor he va 3
| without funds. For the first time
in the history OF the Jail he was re-
| fused admission. 1t has been Gus
| ton! ary !or men travelling from
| place 10 place as we'll as the pro-
fesslonal hoboes TO apply at the all
and Il royal welcome awaited them.
They would stay over night in .
warm cell and after getting the
| regular prison breakfast the naXt
mornin. they would start on their
Journey. Thea the Mayor would
ill out Il commitment and New
Castle County would pay the bill
including about 81 a head.
The reform movement IN New
Castle County opened the eyes ot
the County Comptroller and he he'd
up bin Of SherlA Nc Daniel. The
ma iorl,v oi The Levy Court passed
the Ell lor over 5000 and then the
attorney of the Reform Association
had temporary 10 junction grant
ed by the Chancellor 10 compel the
Comptroller rot 10 Sign the che ck.
Sheriff McDAHiel's heart is not
big enough 10 feed vaSrarts lNo
meals day and get nopay. ileuce
the order that the men must 20 III
for 5or lodays oruot al ali. Mciia!c
applied Ior lodging and vas retus.
ed. The Jail EumnS nSs oners would
not commit him for The night go OF
iiccr 1obin locked him up on the
Charge OF yagrancv.
Scarcely had Mcllale been lock-
ed up when another mau catered
the Mayors Office and asked Tor.
permission 10 stay over night. The
oIlcer told him that it used 10 be
the rule but new rule has gone
effect. y taxpayer OF tha city and
county vino was standing by at the
time later remarked TO the o!lic.r
that something mast be done #
the unfortunate men came along
there must Ue u place for them 10
sleep in and they must be given
something to eat.
The trouOlc that is now likely TO
arise is that The tramps will t,rror-
We the women and compe! them 10
give lood AID money. Kobberies
are sure 10 occur this winter and 1t
will not be no great wonder if there
are number o! barns burned.
The tramps pnst get shelter.
Tramps have been lie cause OF
The burning Of many barns in by
gone years.
Olicer Harrington last night at
New Castle said. ~ nave been in iall |
when there would la as high as GS
men lodged. There will be jlst as
many tramps this year. Where will |
they go:
OFFICER ToDin said ii is bad enough !
to have the trlmps coming here aud
no place to pat them, but wait untii
the oyster beat crews yet coming this
way. ! have seen as nigh as seventy
five OF the droJgcrs o3A freight train
and at least one third Of them get of
here. La3t winter when the weather
was SO awful cod, found twenty.
five men in Il freight car. Had they
until morning they would
nave been dead. Some OF them had
ui. skins. others old coats, and many
old blankets about them as they lay
cuudled together IN the box car. We
walked in and it was piLabe to see
some IF them. They were almost
bare footed and theil feet, hands, and
faces were irCSL bitten.
1t took Us three Gnartersof an hour
to walk five squares to the jail. Ar
ter being admitted the mcn held
their hands on the steam pipes Tor
before they felt the heat.
such occurrences sfc frequent every
year.
Tie people will not tolerate the
ramps to infest the city. Suppose
.en culored tramps come here Tonight
md are refused admission to Tie Jail.
What is natural to suppose that they
S!l do Under the circumstances cX-
'ept TO forciblv enter some place for
Ac night and tomorrow morning go
round town and beg their breakfast,