The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
THE LESSONS IN THE CASE

T HIRTEEN TIMES within brief period the negro desperado Baby Doll, into the precincts of the city courts Thirteen times he escaped without penalty being inflicted that operated for his for the protection o the community.
 becomes question in the domain of morals to what tent the city court accompce before the fact in the dacefu riot of Sunday morning. and in the murder that en- sued '.,a
 Baby Doll comes from race that has had comparatively small chance America Some of the members of that refined honest industrious and intelligent as any white man,
 of that hark back to the ungles of Ethiopia Un der their modern garments they are their ancient fOEbeagss
 When such haed into the white mans courts, pet ted by usce and sent back to on his work of dsupng society how be supposed that he will become other than an Increasing menace to the social order
 The community should count morally accessory to the crimes of Baby Doll all those public officials who should have taken action to prevent his misdeeds and did not
 Indeed Baby Doll under peculiar oath to behave himself But the city court to administer justice In the interest of the community and the city court is operated by who have studied in the schools that they may know X what justice is
 The mayor charged with the execution of the laws had duty that the negro kingdom of Baby Do should never come into existence.
 The county commissioners had duty to that such al had license from them to handle through the agency of called club such commodity liquor which needs o be in the best of hands be safe article of merchandise
 The fact is that Baby Doll peed and supported by the rulers of Bridgeport No wonder this half thought he could do as he pleased
 What is the matter? Are the men who run the city court bad men Mo- they rather above the average of mankind Are the county commissioners bad men? No, they also are rather above the average of mankind The true of the mayor of the who stands behind the mayor and of the chairman of the Republican town committee to whom Baby Doll in his hour of peril called toa of sure relief
 The difficulty is in the system. All these together with many others have built system of operating en for the mutual benefit of those who control the ment.
 All these selfish attempts to make little unfairly the d but sticks in the great bundle of ev in which lay the institution operated by Baby Do and many similar in sttutons
 It is not very wicked thing little too much drink
 little habits that grow a man, and presently the habits the and he dies of Brght some like disease, untmely death
 not terribly bad to let Warrenite without bidding II is not hanging offense for somebody to receive commits sion on the contracts so let Running drinking club isn't hangng offense That what Baby Doll doing and with the consent of the authorities
 government that becomes diseased at point and seeks remedy w after tme become diseased at all points All citizens then what thoughtful citizens always knew that the partnership between city and law breaking ee ments may begin in drinking clubs but it will end in murder
 Baby Doll is safely confined Taken by the Federal thores by direction of United States District Attorney Thomas Spelacy Baby Doll in Bridgeport jail until he is wanted by Homer Cummings District Attorney for Fairfield County.
 Coroner Phean like the alert and honest public officer he has bee has ordered Baby Doll held pending the probing of charges for murder.
 Mr. Cummings has said that Baby from justice and he will not He will be hand tell his story and he has interesting story to tell
 The lesson of Baby Doll should sink in should the system of government prevailing in Bridgeport The
 the lower court proceeds from the system the are good but the system bad The minor judges of Connecticut ought to be designated either by the governor the judges of the superior court Connecticut must get rid of political jus tce; Connecticut has had enough of boss justice
 The county commissioner system is bad because springs the bossrdden system The boss system need the negro pander and the white leche county commissioners and courts kind to the lowest and based of the criminal elements.
 This cannot be done immediately One thing be done Immediately Get rid of all the drinking clubs There are lot of them and of them is of fostering The county commissioners did not know how wicked Baby It is ridiculous to believe such story but let
 tito be true Then they do not know anything about the ohe drinking clubs and gambling hes which exist under their Let them call in all these organizations and them up.
 How many murders must there be- how many women de bauched and how many diseased before the city gets the drinking clubs How much must production be that few politicians may get few votes election day?