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The Jukes in 1915

Creator: Arthur H. Estabrook (author)
Date: 1916
Publisher: Carnegie Institution of Washington
Source: Available at selected libraries

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VI 152, the brother of the above-described man, and four years younger than he, is recalled by his primary school teachers as "a very beautiful child." He was below average in his studies, very pleasant to one's face but treacherous otherwise. At 10 he was sent to the Children's Home for truancy. He immediately ran away and returned to his old haunts. At 11 incorrigibility sent him to the State Industrial School for Boys, where his older brother awaited him. In 1902, aged 17, he was paroled from this institution to his stepfather. In the following year he was fined $3 for breach of the peace, and for burglary was in the county jail 2 months. At 19 he was sent to the county jail for a year for burglary. At 21 he served 2 months in the county jail for burglary. At 22 he was convicted of an assault with intent to kill and a sentence of from 10 to 15 years in State prison was given him. Here again his older brother preceded him. He died of tuberculosis in State prison at the age of 27.

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In strong contrast to these two boys is their sister, VI 153. Born in 1887, she has grown up a keen, level-headed girl. She has retained her chastity in spite of the low moral tone of the factories in which she worked and of those who wished to take advantage of her. She is now well married and has one child. The sister of criminal brothers, she has remained chaste, under environmental conditions which would naturally produce prostitution.

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Adelbert, V 49, the fourth child of Albert and Ruth, was sent to the county jail for 30 days for assault and battery when he was 20 years of age. At 22 he was convicted of burglary in the third degree and sent to State prison for 2 years. At 31 he was reported as reformed, owning a 40-acre farm and quarry worth $5,000. He is recalled by old residents as a man below par mentally and not liked by the better sort of people. He was slightly intemperate at times, and would get mixed up in petty brawls. His wife, Lu Ethel, V 50, lived with a man before her marriage to Adelbert. She could read and write, was industrious and temperate, and inherited property. They had only one child, VI 155, a girl of good repute and considered intelligent. Later she married an intemperate, lazy ne'er-do-well, VI 156, who deserted her before her last child was born. She had four children, only two of whom are living: a boy, VII 174, industrious and capable, who is married, and a girl, VII 177, of whom nothing is known.

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Athena, V 51, was the fifth child of Albert and Ruth. Dugdale's record of her follows: "Harlot; at 20, county jail, 9 days; 22, vagrant, county jail, 2 days; 23, forfeits bail; outdoor relief, 1 year; 25, married; 31, safe-keeping, county jail, 7 days; outdoor relief, 1 year; intemperate; can not read or write." She was sub-normal mentally and an immoral woman. She was kind-hearted and would do anything for anyone of whom she was fond. Though a hard worker, she spent what she earned in drink, hence was always poor. She died of pneumonia and tuberculosis at the age of 62.

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Her husband, Levi, V 52, was a canaller and quarryman. At 25, he was sent to Sing Sing for 1 year for larceny. He is a man of low mentality, but has always worked hard; also he has been a very heavy drinker and his wages have gone for this. He received a great deal of poor relief, but records do not show this. Athena and Levi had six children.

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The first, VI 157, was a mentally weak woman, who is indolent and inefficient. As a child she had "fits." She was a harlot before she married her cousin, VI 793, of Effie blood. At 29, she was in a hospital for the insane for 2 months, "suicidal and homicidal" with melancholia, after uterine trouble following non-attendance at the birth of her children. She has always been very poor. Her husband was a laborer who tried his hand at many things and succeeded in none. He was ignorant and mentally slow. At 36 he was sent to the penitentiary for 3 months for stealing farm produce. He was accidentally killed during the past year in a mine disaster. They had six children.

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The oldest, VII 179, when a young child, would fall downstairs, become black in the face, and froth at the mouth, but she seems to have outgrown these attacks. At one time she was on the stage. She has a rather attractive appearance. She was a harlot before her marriage, which occurred a short time ago. She never paid her bills in any of the places where she has lived.

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The second child, VII 180, has had some schooling and is a semi-skilled laborer who is trying hard to get along. He is married to an orderly, industrious, somewhat shrewish woman and has one child, now 5, who is active and playful.

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The third child, VII 182, now 24, has always been reputed chaste. She is of "fair mentality" and worked regularly in a cigar factory until her marriage recently.

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The fourth child, VII 184, has attended school, is careful and industrious, and has always been considered moral. She married a steady, industrious fellow and has three small children.

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