The Greeley tribune., 1908-12-09

hoo"' A"ey DO not like the bovs ona
the dislike becomes mutual
Judge Lindsey was in New o,,.
while ON leave of absence Thars
are 10000 children in the tails ~
the south besides several tbonsora.
in the cotton mills. He saw than, Us
the p".' pens aud with ball and chain
on their legs He looked upop II as
horror although he did not iust,fv
crime or SIN or anything wrong in :,
child. He went into a polics cn',r,
and heard them trying how for
breaking into box car and stealth,
grain.
The child's mother was with him
and a big policeman yelled Mt him
How many times were Won in tho
box car The little fellow
was AFRAID aud with one fist stuck in
mis- eye answered, only once"
What boys were with YOU? ?" YELLED
the poiiceman, Il don't know their
Names" sobbed the little fellow, as
he rubbed the tears with both fists
The Judge found that child puiltv and
sentenced MIN to Jail for ten DAYS
That method Of correction was an
absurdity Judge Lindsey asked the
southern Judge to give the how an
other chance He knew that the lit
tie fellow had been possessed of fear
and that he had lied. Take the fear
out Of boys soul, and then you will
get at the truth Judge Lindsey
asked the boy his name. He an
swered TONY" "You were afraid
OF the police Tony, and afraid of
getting into Jail, but you must not
lie about IT, for a lie is like a snake
and will bite YOU" said Judge Lind
sey. IN Denver if the little boys
| would lie to me ! would tell them to
cut 1t out, Just as the bad part of an
apple. Now, Tony, am going to
ask the judge to let YOU go because
l want to help YOU be a good man
but I want You to tell me the truth
What do the boys say when they see
the policeman coming?" Cheese
it. the peeler'" answered Tony.
Now how often were you in that
car, Tony" 81 done been in dan
every day for six months" "Yor
were afraid the other boys would lici
you If you told their names, were yor
not?" Yes, sir" answered Tony.
With the policeman's method the,
got two lies in five minutes, and b.
the other method they got the trutl
in five minutes, and the most import
ant thing is to get the truth. Th'
child though these people wanted t.
hurt him and put him back in Jail
They couldn't get the truth out o
him because they didn't understan
him.
There was a little fellow in Judg
Lindsey's court during the past wee
for stealing A circus man frol
Chicago had picked him up an
showed MIN how easy 1t was to
into a department store and ste
goods and then dispose of them ft
cash. The police began to ask hi
questions and threaten him, and tt
result vas that he lied to them an
would not discover the older culpri
When he understood that the cou
wanted to make n good citize
out OF him, he gave up the who
truth The police said they woul
knock him down If he did not te
the truth. The boy answered. "Yo
dasent because Judge Lindsey won
let you Then the police did a littI
stunt called knocking the court.
That Was the child's plea for ju
tice. Even in the home the child o
ten says to the father who is hars
or cruel, "I'll tell my mother o
you"
Most cases which come before tn
juvenile court represent failures
the home. Seventy-five per cent {
the criminals are under % years
age. and all come from evil environ
ments. Usually they are the outcro
of a broken home. The leader OF tn
gang along the railroad track wa
such a boy. His father had worke
in the smelter, where he had lost hi
life. and the mother was compelle
to live in a shack and support
family OF little ones. There is no lay
to compel the man who draws tn
dividends to go down below an'
share the hazard with the man VIII
has to take all the risk for pittance
In pittsburg in one year there wer
5es workers killed, and 50 per cent
of these were bread winners. Al
of these mean broken homes, ant
someone must care for the littl
ones.
Another boy from broken hom
80 r,vlar bis potico lately he