The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06
DR. ORME OF CHICAGO
 PRAISES LEYERZAPF Founder of Juvenile Courts Calls Probation Officer
 a Hustler.
ATTENDS POLICE HEARING
Cites Case of Burglar Hoffman as Argument Against Re-
 form School.

Dr. A. s. Orme of Chicago, known as the founder of the juvenile court, which has become most famous in Denver under Judge 'gBen Dndsay's rule was visitor to our police court yesterday and after noting the morn ing's proceedings with much interest complmented the probation system as one of the most efficient he has ever come in contact with. He declared that the probation system throughout Connecticut was superior to any other state that he had visited and although he warmly advocated the juvenile court as best, he admitted that the workings and influences of the probation sys- tenn here were in many ways quite as effective.
 "Your probation officer irnpresses as a most ever-alert and sincere hard worker" whispered Dr. Orne as he watched Louis Lyerzapf during the trial of two wayward girls in private session. "ITe seems absorbed in every proceeding. I have watched him all morning and he strikes me as just the hustler needed in work of this kind" " After court Dr. OrTne talked with Judge Tyner, Supt. of Charities. and although he intended to call on Gov ernor Woodruff to discuss the insti- tuting of children's court he was not able to do so as the governor was out of town. That Judge IA. Mcclellan Matthewson was not in town to meet him was also generally regretted as it is known that he is greatly interested in the juvenile court. The judge s Good Government club or juvenile mu- nicipality would no doubt have also in- terested pr. .Orne and the two reform CTS would have had an interesting chat.
 The New Haven court Is the last which, ,Dr Orme will visit, after tour of country and throughout New Eng hand. ETe will give street lecture in the center tonight on the juvenile ' court system.
 The juvenile court aims to try the child criminal and deal with him sep arately from the police court and re- form him independent of such institu- tions as the reform school.
 Dr. Orne declared that the reform school of Connecticut as well as other states was Compulsory school of crime" and he referred to Henry Hoffman, the burglar, who was shot and killed after he had turned on the gas in a New York tenement last week with the intent of asphyxiating the family and robbing the house, as g product of the reform school system.
 He was one of my boys when z youngster," said Dr. Orme, T tried to work with him but they committed him to the reform school He wal graduated from that to jail and ther to the penitentiary. It was all becalst he hadn't been reached by the right reform spirit.
 Everybody who has considered thu subject must admit that the child whC commits a crime should be dealt witt as a child, trained as child, and i punishment is necessary, punished al a child. Yet in the great majorit, of our cities we take the child an( herd him with criminals try him witf criminals and punish him as criTn inal.
 T am devoting my life to correcting this grossest of evils and in addition { I want to see in every court not onl! a children's court but an established probationary system whereby tn, homeless child will be reached ant his environment so changed that h will not become 8 criminal
 "There is more than humanitarian ism and religion in this work It ha a practical business side as well. Flo instance: Tn Chicago since the estab lishment of the juvenile court crim has been reduced more than 25 pc cent. that is a good deal. In Denve in six years of the juvenile court, tn percentage of reduction of criminal has been nearly 30 per cent. and tn saving in money has aggregated nor than $9G,00o.