The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
'C|T|zENS, COURT,
/ and POLICE WILL
UNITE FOR WORK.
Practical Steps Are Taken Look.
ing to Care Of Juvenile Of
tenders in Richmond.


Police Court In Richmond were taken
at meeting held yesterday afternoon.
several hundred people being present,
including many OF the active workers
who were In attendance on the National
Conference OF Charities and Cores
ton.
Mr.. c. B. Cooke called the meeting
to order. explaining that though Its ul-
innate purpose was the establishment
OF Juvenile court in Richmond. still
such step should not be taken by
legislative enactment for at least two
years, and the more practical PROPOSE.
ton was the formation OF some sort
OF juvenile protective association,
| which, acting in a voluntary way, anil
with the cooperation OF the police
Justice and the Judge OF the Hastings
Court, might make the best arrange
ment possible for the care OF the youth
full first offenders.
Addresses on the advantages OF the
Juvenile court system and its detailed
workings were made by Miss Frances
Curtis. OF Boston: Mr.. Crawford Jack
son. OF Atlanta; Miss Lathrop. of Chi
cago: Dr. Hart. OF Chicago. and by Mrs.
Gregory. the probation officer OF Judge
Lindsey's court in Denver
| Police Approve.
Police Commissioner W. Daugias
Gordon pledged the support of the po-
| lice department to such an organiza-
! ton, being strongly seconded by
Major Werner. chief of police. and
several members of the police board
| who were present Mr.. Gordon stated
/! that under the present law. II a girl
1 OF ten or twelve or fourteen years does
anything unlawful that causes her ar
rest. the judge must turn her loose or
| else send her to the common jail.
'.Thcre is no other place." said Mr..
| Gordon "a boy may be sent to the
| Laurel reformatory.
"As a result the police do not arrest
/ children unless 1t is absolutely neces-
sary. and many are dismissed by Judges
! even when plainly guilty. because II
! would be monstrous thing to send such
4 children to Jail. Last year there were
1850 arrests of children between ten
4 and fifteen years old. There are to-
I day twenty-five children between the
ages Of ten and twenty serving sem
licences in the city Jail am firmly con-
/ WINGED that we need not wait for leg
5Iislation Both the police and the JUS
4 tice have certain discretionary powers
4 and will cooperate with any move
ment which will meet the situation
without any further action OF the Leg
! pend sentence and turn child over 10
any esponsible person or organization
! who will keep 4 proper supervision
over It.
Even now we do not put children
when arrested in the common ceils.
We have chlldren's rooms upstairs at
4 the First Police Station. and all chill
dren wherever arrested have to be sent
to that station
/! Several speakers expressed the view
kt,ot orolA Nr
desired to keep children away from
common jails and association with
hardened criminals. should by no means
4 be used to excuse the offense In the
= ent course OF the police and courts IN
not convicting Juvenile offenders ex-
'cept in extreme cases. while hereto
fore necessary under the circumstances
community. and would tend to give
the children themselves a contempt
for law.
i Committee Appointed.
II DR.. Maybce. of the Children's Home
!, Society; Mrs. Kate P. Minor and 9TH
I ers discussed the situation. and afteS
4 many motions had been made COM
/ mtttee on plan and scope was appoint-
ed to draw up scheme and nominate
officers for permanent organization.
Mrs. Minor moved that Captain Joseph
r. Willard be chairman of this COM
mittee. All present We're asked to en-
IIOIt themselves IN a tentative OTEanl-
cation for the protection of the chill
Z dren. and over 100 Richmonders gave
their names to the secretary. Others
! who failed to enroll and those not
present who are In sympathy with the
movement, are requested to send their
l'names to Mr.. l.. NICK. Judkins, the
provisional secretary
The committee on plan scope and
nominations, as finally app ointed, is
9omposed Of , the e. fc ,Iss c M'nar
Hon. John Garland Pollard. Rev. AR
Thur B. Sharp. DR.. f. N. Calisch, Mr..
NJ. Il. Marcuse. DR.. James Buchanan.
Judge r. G. Riehardso n Hon. p g.
L. r. Mason, Miss Mamie Minor, Rev.
James B. O'Reilly. Mrs. Charles Boil
ling. Miss Alice n. Parker Mrs. B. B.
Munford, Mr.. Charles B. Cooke. Mr..
i L. Nick. Judkins. Mrs. Sam v. Cohen.
Mr.. Douglas Gordon and Major Louis
Those Enrolled.
Those whose names were enrolled In the
Richmond Juvenile Protective Association
Rev. r. A. Goodwin, Mrs. Sam Bendheim.
4 Rev. r. W. Forsythe. Miss Powers. Mrs. AL
Black. Mrs Norman v Randolph. Mrs john
Teefy, Miss Ada l.. Arundel. Mrs. William
ford, Mrs. l.. a. whltiook, St. G., T. G.
Massie. Rev. William J. Maybee. Mrs. F. D.
Williams. Mrs L. NJ. Massie. Miss NJ. s.
Minor, Mrs. William Gemme, Miss Emily
4 Bliss, Chris Manning Jr,, Mrs. Charles v.
I Meredith. Joseph B. Welsh, Mrs. Morryat,
/ Dr.. r.. NJ Calisch. Rev. John Rdout, Rev.
Watson Dorset, James McGraw, Miledgo
ncnham. Jr, Joseph Wallerstein, Mrs, !.
l Thalhimer. Mrs. Milledge Bonham. Jr., Mrs.
z ]. Euker, Major Louis Werner. Mrs chas.
lie Wall. Mrs. r. n. Calisca James c. Har-
wood. Miss Florence Tf,llhmer. Archer D.
Wright. Mrs, sam Cohen, Mrs. NJ. II. Asher.
! .Dl. James Buchanan, Mrs. James Buchanan,
John c. Hasan, n. P. CARRIER John NJ, Dom
ahue, DR., Frank w. Peyser, w. +. McBain,
I W. a. Crenshaw Julian a. Burruss, Colonel
Joseph z, Willard. Mrs, Joseph F. Willard
Il Mrs. Ella p. Greer. Richard II. Meade VIII
liam B. Smith. William ". Gillette. Marx
Gunst, Mrs. a. H. Christian. Jr., Mr.. a, II.
4 Christian. Jr.. Z. @. Bingham, l.. B. Gibbons,
Mr.. a, II, Ihiermann,, samuel p. Turner,
4 Mr.. Henry r. Baskerville, Mrs Henry u.
Baskervill, Miss Lou Belle q Jones, S. S,
Rosendorf, a, d. Landcrkin. Miss A.
erews r. y, y, Myers, - u; Thomas 2. Scott
/ Beatrice Canepa Mrs c., II, Walford Miss
r. A. Hennshauser. Mrs. Randolph, MIS-.
q a 0npa Il, p,ar NJra5