The evening world., 1912-12-05
"And YETI" He Declares,
"fhe Boy Murderers Are
Of the Same Clay a. the
Rest Of u, but Environ-
n1ent Has Moulded II
Differently, That's AL"
Marguerite MoOeys Marshall.

"S - Hsstssst NAOOts " NSsss Osss~sss
"Ths most serious problem that
We have 20 face to-day 10 the prob
lem Of our great cities. There 10 .
porssntous amount OF Youthful ortm-
inaiity, even Of youthful murder,
ed II 10 constantly inorsasiAS. The
bog murderer are OF course The
mess Sensational A6ufss, although
IN numbsrs they DO not compare
with the petty thieves and pick-
poeksts among our growing eiti-
sens
II was Assistant District-Attorney
Frank Moss who thus voiced to mo
the growing approximations Of some OF
our most prominent educators and so
ciai students with regard to the crop
Of boys we are turning out. At .
dinner Of the Eastern Medical Society
the other evening the Assistant Dis
trict-Attorney bewailed the fact that
the present generation 10 growing up
under so little restraint.
"Ths murderer Of to-day 70 seldom
. middls-aGed man." he saiA. "To
stand In the Criminal Courts Duild-
Tag ana see the nsvss.eAAing pro-
osssion Of boys ana laAs-or4minals
tears one 20 pieces"
But whyT' put Il to Mr.. Moss
when I called on him at the District
office. what 10 the reason
for this tremendous increase In boy
criminals?'
THE CAUSE 10 A PUZZLE HARD
TO SOLVE.
II wish I knew" no sighed. II wish
any Of US knew. Then perhaps we
could do something to improve mat
ters."
"But what ought we TO do" per-
sisted.
"Ths Arst step for eliminating tie
10y criminal u for svsyyboay -
get teesthss," ~solaSeA III. Moss.
"Yassnts, school tsaohsss, the Yaxk
ana Play founa Department, tie
pAilaathrepio wofksfs. Ne ehuroA,
last, bot ~ no means lsast, ths
veues-Au sheulA unite In the a.
tempt fes tAs conservation Of our
greassst nssaonal rsseusos-ths ~
tuxs citizens. ~ present the tsna-
ENJOY 70 for each agency 70 Staxt.
Ne Own little bstssrnsnt campaign,
and 70 avoid, taoitly o. openly, all
ee-epsrstisn Win the other agsA-
siss.
tssh alone. Ask the parents why they
have no better control over their boys.
| They say. We do our best. but our
children must play some where. and they
are brought In contact with all sorts OF
evil on the street. Ask the teachers.
They will say. We do what We can
with the children while We have them.
but that's only . few hours OF the day.
In the time that 10 left they can un-
learn more than We can teach Them
ASK the playground people and the
philanthropists and the Church. They
will reply. We reach all we may. bmt
our work 10 only q drop In the bucket
And We are In constant composition with
the moving pictures which glo.ify
crims'-the very ones against which The
Evening World 10 now campaigning. And
the police will tell you that under ths
present Administration the number OIL
detectives 10 far too sman to look aftei
the gangs and that the latter simply
laugh at tho Ibluecoa1.
Mr.. NOSE DOESN'T BLAME TIL
MAYOR FOR IT.
Nov I don't blame any one person
or set Of persons for this state OF At
fairs; certainly not the Mayor Or q
no is In any way TO blame. 20 have beei
many other Mayors before him. Blu
he's got TO realise. like the rest OF us
that something must be done at one
TO lessen the prevalence OF the boy evil
} doeP."
Would you approve Of the establish
ment OF a City Children's Bureau, lik
that In operation In Washington. blu
on q smaller scale2" asked.
. "rd have TO think that over" reptile
! Mr.. Moss. but l am In favor OF some
!. thing that will effectively centralize an