New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01

Judge Lindsey that gives him such an influences
over boys In appearance he Is not impressive
He has not the large, athletic figure which boys
ere wont to admire In fact, he Is rather small
Hs voice Is gentle and almost az low a
vomana- Nor is his manner awe inspiring In
deed, one look at the Judge would dispel any
lingering fear which boy might harbor In his
heart
There has been theory advanced recently IN
Denver that Judge Lndseys power Is In his
eye n has been said that he has an hypnotic
eye Some have even gone so far az to say that
he has hypnot1zed boys.
But, though the Judge laughs at the sUgges-
ton that he himself has hypnotic powers. rs
announced half testingly that fl might be good
thing to ty hypnotism certain degenerate
cases
at is Just way Of getting at boy" Is how
the Judge explains It And # "a not 50 very
hard to understand how he gets at the boy. u
one watches him do it.
On Saturday the courtroom is filed with
Judge Lindsey's boys, as every one calls them
Their mothers and fathers usually accompany
them
The courtroom has been made to ressmbfs
a large schoofroom- The Judge does not cit On
his bench, but at a table He Is right IN ths
ones shoulder. He makes a running comment
on the reports Of the boys who are probatonerA
A sharp question, r. and again, shows his in
terest in the new cases Sometimes there Is =
quick reproof, but It Is invariably followed By
a hope of a change for the better, confidently
expressed
He is very boy1sh himself. this young little
Judge. One realizes It, seeing him there among
his boys And, having made the discovery that
the fudge's heart IS the heart Of a grown-up
bow. one ceases to wonder about hts power
One of the rules Of the court IS that no boy
shall be compelled to "snitch-" Switching
means telling tales A gang Of boys had been
engaged in deraiIfng cars Finally one Of the
boys was arrested He was sullen and sIen-
His parents. his school teacher and the police
labored with him in vain The boy would say
nothing. He was taken to Judge Lindsey, who
talked to him and explained that he admired
him for his LOYALTY to his companions, and that
he did not want him to ''snitch." he only wanted
him to talk to the whole gang to save them from
iau Then it was that the boy did what al the
authorities had been unable to do He went out
and brought in the whole gang without betray-
ing a single name They ali confessed mere
were ffty-two boys in the gang, and the judge
formed them into a citizenship league AND SO
in one Of the toughest gangs the work OF char
acter building was begun
Judge Lindsey believes that to understand
how one must understand his slang While he
dfscourages the use Of slang, he Is perfectly
familiar with the boys favorite terms, and ne
makes use Of them to establish a close relation
with the boy. A man Of wealth, who owCs one
Of the finest houses in the city, was informed
through Judge Lindsey that his son vas In
serious trouble In a consultation with ms
Judge the father learned for the first time the
significance of the term digger" When there
is a boy around who is watching out for MS
chief the other boys cry a warning 'jiEger.
The man had often heard his son use the term,
but thought he referred to some kind OF bug
Sometimes the judge viii talk to the boys On
Switching" He will tell them when one should
and when one should not "snitch-" He always
advises the boys to 90 the square thing," and
to warn the other boys that if they do not do The
right thing they viii be compelled to "snitch@
In order to keep their friends out Of jail
In this way Judge Lindsey has YerItao1e
detective agency among his boys Every once
In a while In the course Of the day boy WI
appear to report to the judge thai at 4 certain
cigar store tobacco is sold TO minors, or tHrzt
boys can get liquor at q certain saloon. sud