The Springfield herald., 1905-04-28
THE JUVENILE COURT
NOBLE COLORADO INSTITUTION.
Approval Of the Late Senator Wolcott
Judge Llnsey's Great Work.
1 au Canied In Other States

Law Copied In Other States.
The late Senator Wolcott was one
of the public men in Colorado who. by
word and letter, encourage Judge Lind
sey to take up the fight for childhood
in other states. There are probably
100000 boys taken to the criminal
courts and jails in the United States
every year because of the lack of any
efficient laws and system to correct
and at the same time protect them.
Senator Wolcott was deeply interested
in this work. Judge Lindsey prizes
highly personal letter he received
from Senator Wolcott in which he
says:
II am extremely interested in the
splendid work you are doing on be-
half of the boys of Colorado 1t seems
to me that you have found the true
basis for dealing with the youngsters,
and l am delighted that you are TAX
ing the subject up in other states. l
hope to see you on your return and
talk the subject over with you at
length. You are rendering a most
valuable service to Colorado, and l
think the work you are inaugurating
must be an inspiration to good men
everywhere
Senator Wolcott was much i'm
impressed with the idea of sending
boys to the industrial school alone.
without an officer, as is done con-
stantly in the juvenile court of Den
YER Not one of these boys counted
bad" ever failed to keep his word of
honor. The senator assured Judge
Lindsey that he could do no better work
for the state and that he ought to
help other states get the system inau-
gurated. BY giving up most of his va
cations the Judge has been able to do
this and still never be away from Den
ver the average time usually allotted
for vacations and never to exceed two
months in any one year.
The states of Nebraska. Washing
ton, Kansas and Utah have adopted
juvenile laws framed after those of
Colorado and Illinois. Nebraska
passed the adult delinquent law just
as Judge Lindsey drew it when he vis-
tied Lincoln last winter. He is in re
ceipt of letters from citizens in all OF
these states assuring him that the leg
islation was largely due to his visits,
addresses and work with the legisla-
tive committee.
The juvenile court officers are be-
sieged daily with requests from other
cities for the blank forms OF pro-
cedure, description of methods and
personal work of the juvenile court of
Denver. To supply this demand
thousands Of pamphlets have been
printed and circulated. The laws were
introduced in a number of other states
largely through the personal efforts of
Judge Lindsey. This is notably true
in Nebraska and in his native state,
Tennessee. He found that 8S1 boys
were among the jail arrests in Nash
Vile last year. The Legislature met in
Joint session to hear him explain Colo
radios system and he took with him as
an object lesson gang of boys whom
he found in the capitol yards. These
boys were idling about the place. They
were not over thirteen years of age.
yet they had all been in Jail. The
Colorado law was forthwith introduced
into the Legislature.
Letters received at the juvenile
court from committees in several
other states assure the judge that the
laws will also pass in those states
Denver Republican.