Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-16

ups and it is high time the uniformed
force was called to account for the
outrages.
1t is not surprising that women
and girls who have suffered similar
arrests keep quiet They naturally
fear notoriety, even as these girls do.
If few policemen and detectives are
pulled over the carpet it will have a
salutary effect and should put a stop
to "A species of outrage that has few
equals"
In these words Judge Rosalsky
scored the outrageous state of affairs
that permitted of the arrest of two
girls recently.
The judge continued:
New York City is an unsafe place
for your sister or my sister, or any
ones women relatives to be, if this
sort of thing keeps up.
Here are two innocent girls who
were sentenced on the word of an Of
tlcer, who had no facts which war
ranted their arrest. and by a magis-
trate who was wholly unwarranted in
sentencing them"
All of which tells the story of two
girls who were proved to be virtuous,
subjected to the most humiliating eX-
perienCe.
The big trouble with the whole stu
alton lies in the inadequate provision
of the law which permits an officer
to bring girl to court presumably
on the offense that she has tried to
solicit a man; but the man goes his
way in peace. while the girl has to
face the chargc-many times with no
witness except the officer
| have talked with several magis-
trates about this very thing. They
claim, as a general proposition, that
this condition has worked more havoc
in running the lives of girls than can
be estimated.
In the words of one of the promi-
nent magistrates in this city, when
attended his night court;
"Once girl gets in here, an limo
cent girl, and IS convicted. the case
is hopeless, She goes down, down.
down"
The injustice and inequality of the
thing makes every woman boil with
Indignation
The truth of the whole matter is
that in 80 cases out of 100 the man
in the case has done the soliciting"
He has taken the initiative in flirting
with the girl and getting acquainted
with her lust as in this case, when
young soldiers in uniform approached
these girls and got acquainted with
them.
Every woman knows when she IS
on the street at night that it is
very common occurrence, even on a
well lighted thoroughfare. for men to
try to get acquainted with her.
Not wishing to call an officer for
fear of being drawn into the lime
light, the woman let's the incident
go and the man goes unpublished
Now, If an officer sees this attempt
ed filtration. he does not arrest the
man. as general thing, but he will
arrest the woman and let the man go.
That night or the next day the
woman goes to court with nothing
but her word to defend her. and on
the evidence of the officer the mag
istrate, according to law Gf he sticks
to the letter of the law), convicts the
woman of the charge.
If the man We're taken to court
along with the girl, or even held as
material witness, the cases would
be rare indeed where a woman could
be convicted IN the light of honest
evidence
Because, IL the truth We're known,
the evidence would show that the
man in the ease was the first to ac
cost the girl and thereafter equally
guilty. il not more so.
Steps should be taken to alter the