Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-03

with, disturb or IN any way disquiet 4he
pupils Of any school or college for female In
this state. or tho principals or teachers in
charge of them, while on any public road OF
street, or in nny building or structure, or on
the school premises; nor snail any communi car
ton be had for such purpose with such pupils
or any Of them either orally or in writing, or
by signs or otherwise, and it shall also be ufi.'
lawful for any person to enter upon any su,h
school or college premises, except on busfnesss,
without first having obtained permission from
the principal in charge of same, and every
Terson guilty of either Of said offenses shall be
dAemed guilty of misdemeanor and ON con.
wilton thereof small pay o fine of not less
than S. nor more than $50 for each offense on
fir conviction, and upon second ind each
su ysauent conviction of like offense shall
pay fine of not less than $40 nor more than
s50lahd be imprisoned at the discretion Of the
court in the county Jail not less than 10 nor
more than 50 days. -
Section g. Be it further enacted that It shall
be Unlawful for any person or persons to
ioiter, Ndlder, stand or sit upon the public
I roads, Stets, alleys, sidewalks or other
places or "a frequently and unnecessarily pass
along the sAne in such manner and with in,
tent to annoy, vex or disturb the owners or
occupants of promises used for school or col
lege purposes for education Of females. Any
deemed g,iifty siiH khAli be fined and punished
al in the fifst section Passed on Mnrch II, 1850.
When the above LAW was passed by the
Tennessee legislature last winter, 1t was
denominatcd s.the Johnny law" and was
the subject ofss great sdcal of discussion
throughout the state. While the law was
made for the especial protection of Ger.
tain female school in Nashville it Of
course applies TO all parts of the state
alike.
The first test Of the law was made In
Knoxv1le, and tho caso has aroused Wide
spread interest Il was nothing more OF
less than case Of flirting between young
man of good family and reputation and q
young woman Of 10 summers who happen
ed to be attending the city schools.
For year or moro Lin Chamberlain, q
young architect, has been paying attcn
lions to Miss Bessie Alderson. Tho young
man, notwithstanding that the girls par
ents objected, would not 60 to tho young
woman's homo, but would meet her or
the streets and at TIE public libfaFy. Thi!
secret courtship continued 6ue . year, bti,
never became the subject q goadp until
the opening Of the present. schoolyear
when passing Policeman NV The youne
man ono day whcn hV gently wavef hil
handkerchief as signal for the m
leave her associates and join him "a
around the corner. M
This very fly copper posted his ruhuaiii
mate to catch the young lovers. and tltsf
other cops were given tip to watch lh,
case. After all had seen enough to be Wit
nesses in court the father of the yojhe
woman was notified Of tho secret mi bt
ings, and he was given o position I
stairway where he saw the parties g4ect
and when they were about to taka stroll
together tho father stepped up and potified
the young man his daughter was, pot old
enough to receive and entertain, cnpany
and warned the young man to desist there
after.
The watchful eye Of the police of6cs,
soon detected tho pair Together. an ~
result was that Father AldeTsou too& {
warrant before Justice Sel1oeuy eAR61n6
violation of the Johnny law" n1s1i
The trial attracted much atteotloosbnl
was well attended. Young ChAnbm3ojn
was represented by his attorney, ~ ~
father of Miss Anderson was his ON ~