The Washington herald., 1913-08-30

be sent to the reformatory under this sus-
pended sentence.
The third case was brought by the wom-
an who conducted a house in which Kin
sella lived with his chum. Two girls,
notoriously bad. called on the chum when
he was out Tony and the girls stayed
in the room few minutes together. The
landlady became nervous and notified the
probation officer of Lindsey's court In
court the girls denied any improper rela-
tions, but Judge Lindsey reminded Tony
of his former warning. and sent him TO
the reformatory, where the board OF su-
pervisors released him at the end OF four
months.
One more case is worthy Of denial.
On the blotter the record appears:
Name, Jim jackson (colored): charge,
rape; judge, Lindsey; disposition, dis
charged" Jim Jackson is not the real
name of the negro, but 1t will serve to
illustrate the cunning lies concealed in
the charge. Out of this case the "Wom-
ems Protective League" builds up the
charge that Judge Lindsey has dismissed
a negro who outraged ten-year-old girl.
Here are the facts in this case:
The little girl had been giving her
mother a great deal OF trouble, running
away from home and sometimes staying
away all nitlt. Finally her mother sent
her to see Judge Lindsey in the hope that
he could induce her to stay at home. She
was a keenly imagjRetive child. perhaps
not too we'll balanced mentally, and her
mother. in order to frighten her into stay
ing at home, had warned her that a COL
ored man might get her and do something
wrong to her some night IL she didn't be-
have. Judge Lindsey in talking to her
suggested the same thing.
Mother Denies Story
"oh," she said, that already has hap
pened." And she went on to tell Of hav-
ing slept with a colored man, the location
Of whose house she gave. The man was
an elderly negro, the janitor of a nearby
church, and Of excellent reputation.
Judge Lindsey was completely taken IN
by the girls story He ordered the arrest
Of the man. placing the bond at 5000, and
refused to lower 1t in order to let the man
out. Learning of this, the girls mother
came down TO see Judge Lindsey, ex-
tremely indignant that he should permit
himself to be taken in by the child's
stories. and declaring that he was doing
a cruel injustice to the colored man. Lind
sey refused to release the man pending an
investigation. The child was sent to the
House of the Good Shepherd for examina-
ton and TO be questioned. She admitted
to the sisters that the story was purely
from her imagination; 1t was proven that
she was not with the colored man at all
on the night in question, and the girl came
in court and swore that she had lied to
the Judge. The prosecuting attorney de-
clardl that Judge Lindsey had done the
colored man a great injustice, and Judge
Lindsey not only apologized in open court
to the man, but gave him a letter COM
pletely eXonerating him of the charge.
These are two of several similar cases"
advanced to prove that Judge Ben B.
Lindsey. virtual founder of the Juvenile
Court in this country. has outraged the
motherhood of Denver by refusing to pro-
tect young girls against perpetrators OF
hideous attacks.
II either of the members Of the "Wom-
ems Protective League had taken the
trouble, they might have ascertained
from the court records that never in the
history of the Juvenile Court of Denver
has the mother of a girl made any COM
plant Of the nature carried in the
charges"