New-York tribune., 1905-02-11
EVEN CHILD PROCURERS.
Doctors Told of Fice ErH in East
Side Schools.

Under the auspices of the Eastern Medical
Society Of the City of New-York q meeting was
held last night at Clinton Hall. No l5i Clinton
St. 10 consider the prevalence Of crimes against
young girls and the duties of the medical pro-
fession in relation thereto.
Dr. Ephraim X. Browd. president of the So
ciety, presided. Miss Julia Richman. District
superintendent Of the Department Of Education.
was the first speaker. She said in rart:
When came down here was under the i'm
preston that my work would be pedagogical
and ethical. but I was less than month here
when I found that outside influences were at
work TO undermine the moral character of school
children. and 1 also found that there were peo-
pie who made il a business 70 teach boys TO
become expert pickpockets. 1 discovered that
little children were foully used
I knew case in point of a baby seven
years old. who left her home attend school.
and after school was brought home in a fright
5ul condition called upon Captain Langan, of
the Detective Bureau, for detective who would
% no 'whiteWashlng and he sent me one
Through the work Of the detective and the
school principal we learned there was another
child. girl Of eleven years old. who was an ex-
pert procurer. and that she had been in the ha bit
of Turing little children TO cellar 10 a beast of
q man there We had the man arrested, and We
had sufficient evidence TO convict him but when
the case came to trial the children had been
paid 10 say the prisoner was not the man, and
thus he escaped.
would advise you gentlemen in cases that
come 70 your knowledge TO inform the Gerry
Society have letter from Superintendent
ldncsley. IN which he says the detectives of the
society can work better without the police
I have learned that in Seward Park in the
sumner Italian men would stand outside while
The children were at play. and after they had
hnished ana had gone out OF the park would
offer bTibes of candy and cake and money to go
along with them. ! would advise YOU doctors 10
warn mothers TO advise and caution their chill
dren against allowing strangers 70 approach
'hem and offer them candy or other bribes.
Magistrate Cornell said. in part
have been magistrate for more than Ten
years When was first on the bench noticed
there were scarcely any Hebrew prostitutes but
now there are more Hebrew prostitutes than of
any other faith or race. Virtue among the He
brevs 7 know is priced more highly than bv anv
other race and there is something wrong which
brings about such a change. AS a result of the
effort We made last summer thirty men who
lad lived from the earnings of women were sent
So the workhouse. and. am happy to say they
had 10 work. ] told the warden the kind they
were. and ne did the rest Many more Of this
breed fed Philadelphia. and I understand
that the Committee Of Seventy tnere-not the
poiice-spprehended most OF them and sent them
10 Jail.
one Of the greatest evils we have 10 contend
with is the dance hall. The police are 10 blame
for not stopping this drink evil in dance halls
The Nagrant act which provides for six
months hard labor. with no bail. is good de-
Ierreut for these procurers. There is a new law
now being presented TO the legislature making
the cadet" system a crime OF abduction. think
i IS good one.
Isaac \. Seligman. who vas expected 10 speak
sent letter OF regret. in which he said that
while the Committee Of Fifteen did much TO
cleanse the East Side Of the procurers there had
been Of the evil He said spasl11odic
that the method ne proposed was to keep up the
effort for the betterTnent of conditions and the
eradication OF the system.
other speakers were Dr. Bernard Rabbino
and DIT. Ludwig Weiss.