The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-08
Remarkable Court Scene.
CRrookIvn EaeIe.l

The pardon of little Rosie Quinn, men,
toned in this column on Saturday, recalls
incident in Philadelphia court not
long ago that was the most unusual ever
seen in hall of justice Judge Allison
was on the bench The case on trial was
50 commonplace that not a reporter was
present \ young girl was charged with
lntanticide. She had been brought to the
Quaker City by a man she believed to sbc
her husband and there abandoned. She
visited every maternity hospital in that
great town-famOus for it's organized
charities At every place some rule or
condition precendeut prevented her adj
mission At one institution she was asked
for her marriage certificate-which she
didn have. a another she was required
TO procure the arrest Of the father of her
unborn child The first condition she
couldn't comply with; to the second she
wouldn't consent
When all the so-calied charities had
turned her away she sought wretched
woman Of the streets-a notorious char
.acter. whose na me was known i'm an the
courts. The wretched stranger met this
person upon the highway, and, seeing in
her face the brand of OStraciSm and mis-
cry. appealed tOaher. She did not ask in
vain The woman took the New England
girl to her lodgings in the VileSt section
Of the town. where, amid the darkness of
the nlght-unattenqed and alone-her
child was born Next morning a dead
baby was found in the snow outside the
window of the only haven of help that
the stranger could reach. Arrest fol-
lowed
\ young man named Earl offered to de-
fend the friendless woman. He put the
Good Samaritan girl upon the stand Then
ne had the prisoner tell the simple and
pathetic story of her WanderinEs in search
OF medical attendance. Finally. in answer
to question. the mother sWOre that her
child was born dead.
The district attorney. George :. Graham,
abandoned the case.
Then the re1narkabI incident occurred.
''Will YOU come up here. ms good girl -
asked the Cray-haired Judge Allison. adj
dressing the woman Of the streets who.
after her testimony. had fingered in the
court room 10 learn the fate of her
wretched companion in misery.
The poor girl was frightened at first:
but judge Allison had large chair in
which be was wont to entertain other
judges when they visited him, moved
sat. Then he descended from his high
rostrum and IS the Door. bedra gzIed
creature approached. he extended his
hand that he might lead her 10 the seat
When she had been placed. Judge Ali
son took his chair, and, addressing the
''GentIemen have asked this young
my admiration for her kindness of heart,
and TO say that hers is the true Chris
tianity that our beloved Savior taught. 1
haven't a word of reproach 10 cast upon
her. Perhaps her life may not have been
all that il should have been; but. as you
have seen. | am proud TO take her by the
hand. to welcome her upon this bench and
TO express by that act my contempt and
systems Of this city of ours-of which we
are so boastfui. I direct a verdict of Not
guilty Whether this prisoners child was
born dead or alive only she and Almighty
something really valua bic and effective
for a woman Ike this by my side-a wo-
man who WAS SteddfaSt in her kindness
when al other hearts were henunbed."