Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1914 — Picturesque Institutions of Gotham Eliminated [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Picturesque Institutions of Gotham Eliminated

NEW YORK. —A picturesque bit of New York life is being eliminated pretty rapidly by that industrious young woman, Mre. "Katie” Davis, our new commissioner of corrections. She threw up her hands in horror at the hoary

old custom she found in our famous bastlle, proceeded to get a new broom and made a clean sweep. She has even dared to squelch the insidious evil of the woman charity worker, which is still in great vogue at Sing Sing. Why, it’s come to such a pass that it’s almost impossible to pass a "shot o’ hop” to a fjrlend temporarily detained. A young woman called to see her husband, accused of petit larceny. She

submitted to a search of her person. This has been the rule always, of course, but the Davis search wasn’t like the traditional style. Miss Davis’ underling went so far that the young woman became very nervous. The searcher became more curious, and especially interested in a pretty little hat pin. It had a long, black, shiny head. And the pin was rudely drawn from the hat. It was hollow, in fact, had once served as the cap of a fountain peu. White cotton - was packed inside and the core was a quantity es white powder. "About four grains of morphine,” said Dr. Lichtenstein, the Tombs physician. So the young woman was soon occupying a cell near her husband.. The “morbidity parties” are a thing of the past, too. expeditions have become a special joy to New Jersey commuters. In fact, there are rumorß that certain railroads have run special excursions that ruralltea might be "uplifted” by a vision of some of the famous Tombs residents. A walk over the Bridge of Sighs brought thrills to the New Jersey heart.