The evening world., 1913-01-21
"There We're 289 Cases in
1911 and 2O4 in 1872"
Says NJ. M. Coldstein,
Secretary of the Ma.
tional Deserfion Bureau
1.-THE Decrease IL Due
to the Fact that the
Crime Is Punished as a
Felony"
1.-THE Bureau Leaves No
Stone Unturned to Lo-
cate Recreant Spouses
and Has Found 70 Per
Cent. of the Lost Ones
for Whom, 1t Has Been
Asked to Search"
Mar0uerite Mo0ers Marshall.


That IN epidemic Of wife snd
famiiy dsssrtaon 10 sweeping over
the world has just been asserted
~ Judge Zen =. Lindsay OF Den
YER, Col, tho father Of the Juvenile
Court. "lGsn who have NO regard
for their marriage VOWS" he says,
"sssm 70 be growing more plsnt-
"a daily. The complaints are ap-
YsilinS, but the men In Colorado
ere NO worse than those In other
Oeatss. The numbers Of dependent
ohildrsn are everywhere increasing,
~ reason Of the conduct Of their
fathsrs."
But for once New York Is let out.
FOR once the effete East can point the
Anger of righteous scorn at the pro-
Greas1ve" West. For when went to
Monroe n. Goidstein. Secretary Of the
National Desert!on Bureau. learned
that far from increasing. the wife-de-
ssrters of Manhattan are positively
Drowing scarcer every month. Our do
megticiky Is waxing. not waning. We
mag have our graftcrs and our gunner.
but we're strong, stronger. strongest
on the sanctity of the home. AndLi "
you are sceptical. read the significant
latle mathematical comparison offered
~ Mr.. Gold>tein.
n the year 1871, ass dsssrtiou
snsss were brought 70 the notice
q the local Hebrew charities. ana
"a Was givsA to lao. In 1914 TIE
nanbsr Of AOW assertions Was re-
AsesA 20 80, ana aid wss asosssary
n only ~ eases.
Thu reason for the undoubted de-
Grease in assertions In this city" con-
t,aued Mr.. Goidstein. is due to the
fant that desertion and non-support
of children has not merely been made
n felony but has been punished as
Felony. The National Desertion Blu
rAau realizes that Its work would have
besn impossible II the spirit or the
community were not aroused against
che man who goes away and leaves
mia children to starve. District-Attor-
nsy whitman and tho Judges OF the
Court OF General Sessions have CO.
operated with Va In every possible way.
pEAERTER SENT TO PRISON
AND FINED $500.
sJust year ago we got our hrst
conviction. Samuel Levine Of Brook
Iva had deserted q wife and four
children. the support OF whom would
come on the community. He WAS found
in Chicago by the Desertion Bureau,
extradited to New York and sentenced
BY Judge Fawcett to serve one year
In prison and pay fine OF $500. He
Mas served his year and Is now up for
A,ole on the fine
sand have you proceeded against any
other deserters?" ] asked.
"seycn men, each charged With onild
abandonment. are now In the Tombs
awaiting trial" declared Mr.. Goidstein
trtumphantiy. ITO avoid their marital
responsibiiities some OF the men had
even crossed the Rockies Through In
vestlgations conducted b. the secret ser
vice maintained by tine bureau these de-
serters were located. One had jour.
nsyed TO San Francisco and was found
20 be leading a dual lie. Another was To-
Gated at Reno. where he had instituted
divorce proceedings against his wife. lie
had deserted her ana their two infant
children in destitute circumstances
about . year before.
Another man had gone 70 Chicago.
lie had been a chronic deserter. and was
promptly indicted and extradited. still
another casa 10 thnt Of 2 most vicious
dessrter. q man who had left his family
. burden upon the organized charities
of New York for many years. II was
not inability 10 support them which
ssnssd him to disappear. but the desire
10 support another woman. 1t was this
second venture which brought him into
seY1ous dinicuity. He remarked. and
vhsu this WAS discovered by the Deser-
Non Bureau steps were taken TO have
the second marriage annulled. While
the husband was testifying in court he
wus arrested on the charge OF child
AnAadonment, which was later supple
tnsntsd by Q charge Of bigamy.
PURSUIT OF WIFE
DEsERTER6.
sYho pesertion Bureau leaves no stone