The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-05
FIRST REPORT
DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES
AND CORRECTIONS
I GOVERNS sia NcIlpl WptEinEPiqAths


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The above letters represent only o. the little helpless hands
chat afr now upsiteiced you VIII you law makers answer their
psadsngs shh State Industrial Shooll
VIII sou prepare decei place IN which g eoFm and educate
these tso little ward girls end boysf
NsnoonNG sceSe
One personal experience and then have finished my plea ior the
children
One day received summons the Police court was
ffn at Ia year old girl Her father YVES dead and while her
ohf washed for living bad boys had taken advantage Of her g
ncfanre and lack protection and this trial was the result The our
was held ii he basement and when down stairs ound ysei
NJ rty crowded roon the heavy with the stencil Of
tobacco smoke hung thick like log Drunken men and lale
women were hudded togeche long benches iu OF ar,useu
Haupip around and back them like fringe and filling UP every
svaahe corner was crowd 81 yotih and idle IN the
midst Il this motley array stood the t year old girl au wo ohr
children VIC gaxcd supplied TIC crowd and The crow se ~
,-eyed anlazecn al me- During my e years aNaa Iiy
hlxna NV lr appearance ii he police The chlr cung
h aaa hooked hepcy hopefully and pcadugy mt2 de ness
cosnenance a. they waited their turn 70 come 70 The laa
drunken man was accusing fallen ust he reached
e Ve - Ms accusations the and cub' hun Y '
Hbo with her est The crowd hooed ih Attorneys 4 The adgc
sprang III separate the conbatan and the rlndren ceart
1s scene Is being enacted every month somewhere - e pol
cntDptSs coupi snrp
Do prophet ten you that wepesd crldren court
ID bear tdhoqd TROUBLES IN oklahoma Do yqu not Look win Ror
ioft at fszaiida which would bring chldhood fresh from rs
uff hfte sll INTO Az Atmosphere h "e' ~ 'N'
sssly civilization presents gieac farce before ts ooight
shAn this
tne ay followed three little children the county jail and saw
lss hine III ana seetes locked behind steel bars listened 10 their
tkhsfx spty plead with the Justice o te Peace for probation
4a efe ftryrd bit The Justice informed me that Il had such rco
lahE Il AZ o The release az the other Child he would grant
rs kf6 HE Iauft He sad This boy isupeessy bad lie has
bks II a three e When learned that this little tca year old
es as terribly wicked back take another look at The child
M Eha nonoy year old child criminal The al contained
ahfVeveA NfKn up men, among I four nufdefcs condemned
called for the little child and be ot from the midst and
ed up IKE little pofrurpe reached through the bars and pat
h o gently under e chin said Soiuy what are you ~ here ior
ia as hause said SONNY 81 human way and gave The
Ma eEd tbl tie little fellow broke into tears and while
iii face looked out through tho prison bars surrounded by the
ie 81 sin cursed men the child told This pathetic story Ills
hfad @ three years before The mother had gone to the wash
m m keen starvation from herself and the three little ones YOUNGER
san himself SIZE washed from neng ut night 80 thai ohnne
se Is ne streets he not carrying bundles
dfhts He fe with the DIRTY Dozen Gang ard the iai was
lsehd o story Shall say the ud That little ten year old BOY
Aosd The a BY The stern law Of Oklahoma was learning e PICK
lacks and blow safes and murder men and sen years from he
sh meet 81 Osaonan dark alley and Stick him with dagger
eu Ii diese him exscty these muderers have taught hint
whose fault w the cd or socessl Through The iron ga
es II the a windows could look OF over The hin and the grave
vaFd where his father lay sleeping leave this ehids destiny with sou
lawmakers and m dead mans sou Shall have State industrial
school,
II have eeu over pousc suggestions aud le portrayal Of
facts and Incidents thai under the es o. The Department Of Char
is au Corrections because an deeply earnest to cure or
loupr credit 81 Okaoma The most huomue laws aud ihe bes
Institutions iorow State
KATE BARNARD