Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-05

Queer things come to the attention
of the prosecuting attorney. Gould
he but remember them he could make
his fortune in a far shorter time than
it takes the average lawyer to get rich
enough to retire to his comfortable
rocking chair. There are some people
who think the prosecuting attorney is
the legal depository Of every ill that
life in a tenement block is heir to,
where half a dozen tenants make
things lively for the landlord because
he expects them to live in peace and
hang their respective WaShings on the
same clothesline. If Prosecuting At
torney Harold r.. Durant ever gets
enough money together to be able. to
build fat house or a house of flats,
he will have hanging gardens from the
roof and clothes lines from the clouds:
For he believes in peace and tranquil
lty, though he does not manufacture
big guns. But his life as prosecutor
has opened his ears and eyes and de-
veloped his mind, and he can see the
little things that cause family Jars, di-
yorces, fights, family skirmishes and
shooting and stabbing ARRAYS. If Mr.
Durant could have his way, if he could
but induce the legislature to see
every landlord in the city serve a term
as public prosecutor in order that the
landlords mind may be opened and de-
veloped and he could see things as his
tenants see and feel them. I
Mr. Durant has been in Office six
years, and during that term has heard
more complaints from broiling and
fighting human nature than any other
man in the city. This is only natural,
however, for the great public that
makes business for the city court be-
lieyes he is the man to tell all com
plants to.
Of the various kinds of people that
visit his Office with requests for war
rants. the Hebrews are the most pc
culiar. While by no means litigious,
| in fact as a general thing very law
abiding, a cross word between two of
them makes one Of them fly with a re
| quest for a warrant to the prosecutor
| for the others arrest. And generally
they want half a dozen fellow country
men summoned as witnesses. Whether
this means that he would like to see
each of them get so cents, the legal wit
ness fee, is matter Of conjecture
Men make the queerest complaints
Frequently man wants his son sent
to the state school for boys because he
| cannot manage him. Generally the
father is accompanied by the alleged
incorrigible boy. Bring him into
court tomorrow morning." he is told
But he won't come; / can't make
him" tBut you brought him here
why can't you have him in court to-
morrow morning?" '.Oh, I can't make
| him come" is the reply. The trouble
in such cases is a desire to get rid Of a
| boy who is not properly taken care of
| Women in large tenement buildings
are a constant source of complaint
Last week a woman wanted her neigh
Dor arrested because she used the
clothes line on the day the other wo
man was accustomed to use it. Tho
request was preceded by az warm en-
gagement between both Of them. Some
landlords leave the question of clothes
lines to be settled between the tenants
and sometimes it is a source of con
slant broil in the neighborhood for i
is never settled until either of the wo
men move. And even then it is re
sumed with the new tenant who tool
too much for granted when engaging
the rent.
Children aresthe source of considera
BILE complaint to the prosecuting al