Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-08

struggle has at last met With much
success and now there Is a court, sit
ting daily In a special building 10 re-
larc the sufferings Of children az we'll
as 20 punish their crimes
NO POLICE COURT LAWYERS.
In the first year OF its existence,
,Gl1 children, most of whom We're ar.
rested by policemen without warrants,
were arraigned before the court. No
police court lawyers are on hand to
take a $40 fee for haanguing the mag
!.trata for the proceedings are really
more like family council than n
trial The justice, the agents of tho
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Children, the two women mission
aries who care for the interests OF
Catholic and Hebrew children, and Mr.
Howard Townsend, vice president OF
the New York Juvenile asylum, talk
over each case as II comes up more
anxious TO do the best for the culprit
Than TO find some clause in the penal
code to hold him on. This is the only
use beyond caring for his own prop
rrty, to which Mr. Townsend puts his
legal training and TO II he devotes the
morning OF every week day.
A LOOK AT THE BOYS.
To the casual observer, the general
appearance OF the room Is much like
that of an ordinary police court. out
side the railing which divides the room
MO two unequal parts and separates
me Justice, agents missionaries and
Offenders from the spectators, sit sew
eal scores OF men and women, silent
ior the mot part and manifestly anxi-
Gus Many Of the faces are those OF
foreigners, some are stupid, some pre-
possessing, not few hard and vicious.
AS The Justice enters all rise while no
take his seat on the bench. He is
smooth shaver, Keen featured, kindly
oppearing man, looking IN his black
gown Ike a bishop-but one who knows
more Of the world than most bFhops,
The clerk calls name, and the
court constable brings I'm a boy by
smll side door, He ia taken UP 10 the
.hudga' before the bench Mr.. Town
send and the Gerry society agents
close round him, while the
t"o missionaries stand near 4
man and woman from the audi
ence are called up. Not word
audible ten feet away from the
Noup After few minutes the boy is
wHen out again outside the rail no
one mas the slightest idea what he was
accused o. whether he was accused OF
anything ut ALL and stil less of what
N% become of him. This is Intention
a. Ihere Is no wish either TO make a
nefo OF @ bad boy by giving publicity
nus case or 10 parade the misfor-
,IleN OF q good one, One might spend
we whole forenoon I'm court and go
away no wiser than one came.
ON THE BRIDGE"
Standing ON the bridge" however.
% listening attentively one can catch
,,y'.ethlng Of the whispered CONVERSE
Uon I'D progress, A boy of ten or 80 Is
NaIged with stealing from an Italian
suhi wagon an immense flat. loaf of
TTi,e"G which looks half as big MS he il.
c i5lian tells his story with great
'uulllly through the medium OF an
.lerpreler The boy with tears run
n,us Gown his dirty cheeks. defends
"',Neu M q hard. mechanical manner,
.NUo"Iedglng however, that he has
GcHous{ been before the court twice.
m declared guilty and rcmanded for
,Vuee' Another boy, with a Grim
~" lace, admits stealing blanket.
w. likewise, has been here before and Is
,guUl guilty and remanded. one or
"o Doys charged with petty offenses
wv Iel on with an admonition md then
,olIts case Of "A different sort. A pale
,au' with a drawn, frightened face is
''s"1 up on his stopfathers appli-