PRESENTS FOR THE SALV'ARMY

NZ Truth, Issue 509, 20 March 1915, Page 8

PRESENTS FOR THE SALV'ARMY

Clearing Macdagan Street Carmlia, Janet and Annie. (From "Truth's" Dunedin Rep.) Constable Bandy, having paid considerable attention to Athol- place and Asher's-lane, is now engaged m the interesting and exhilarating ocoupation of disinfecting that musty thoroughfare, the haunt of shikkers and the demimonde — Maclaggan-street. Bill is a devil on the ladies of the underworld, and about the best recruiting sergeant the Salvation Army could have! Get on the red jersey, Bill, they'll make you Cock Robin. Camilla Janey Bear, Janet Couts and Annie- Reed, all courtseyed before Magistrate Widdowson, S.M., as they filed into Court. Shikkerising and consorting were their weaknesses, and the dear ladies looked the parts from their feathers to their turaed r up' toes. , Bill's evidence was lurid, so much so that it would take our old Italian acquaintance Boccacio, to do him justice. Angelic-looking Camilla Beaf pleaded innocence and, as a consequence. Bill Bandy had to tell her story for her. Among the many horrid things he said were the following: He had known Camilla for the past two years. She was of . ... THE MAN-MAULED SISTERHOOD, and of late she had had another weakling, a Mrs. Rankin, living with her. Men entered her house daily, and from their frequency she is a menace to the community. Many complaints have been received. She is m a filthy condition and is generally m a semidrunken state. Her time is spent with law-breakers and women of her own class! The S.M.: Convicted and sent to the "Awmey" for six months. Janet Couts came next, and intimated to the beak that she pleaded guilty. This lady, m Bill's opinion, was a big menace to the youth of the city. He knew her to specially cater for these young scamps at a nominal figure. Her companions were thieves and evil doers. The S.M. : Convicted and sent to the "Awmey" for twelve months. Little Annie Reed hopped into the dock next, and was horrified at the charges. Of course, she was as innocent as his Worship. But his Worship beckoned Bandy to settle that point. It seemed from ithe evidence that Annie's house was a : regular den of infamy, thieves, vags, born'-tireds and shikkers resorting there.' The lady lives with a bloke named Webb, and is always, more or less, seen maudlin from liquor. She was a great chum of Janet Couts and Mrs. Beaf. The well-known Daniel McFarlane was another pal of hers. On one occasion witness discovered Annie In a serai -nude state m a' room, and McFarlane. LIKEWISE alongside. "Some minutes later," said the constable, *'I visited the place again, and found a little girl, 12 years of age, there.v T have good reason to believe the child" was there during the conduct, though I *did not see her at the time. She denied* beitfg: there; .und said her mother only sent her for a message. She would not, tell me the message she was sent for/ ' ' ' .■ The S.M.: Does accused do anything else? • '. ' . , : Constable: She runs the cutter. The S.M. (to prisoner): Convicted and sent to the "Awmey" for twelve months. ' ' % Annie: You wouldn't take costs m I stead, your Worship? ' A constable: Come along this way, mum; it's only lawyers takes them things.