Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-08
YOUNG WOMAN SPANKED.
And the Court Sustained Her Pa II
Doing 1t in Presence Of Her Beau.

OOIng it IN Presence OF TieF Oeau.
[ New York SUM-
Has a father who nnds his 1S-year-
old daughter dancing in a public resort
after 10 o'clock al night right to spank
her in the presence of her best fellow
and the assembled dancers?
/ Magistrate Luke +. Connorton de-
cided, in the Long Island City police
court the other day, chat he has, thus
setting precedent by which other Ia
Tiers and daughters in the borough OF
Queens may be governed.
/ Magistrate Connortons seat of JUS
! tice is behind an ink despatched table
! that serves as a magistrates desk IN q
room in st. Mary's Lyceum in Fifth
street, Long Island CITY. Every article
| of furniture in this court room, save a
chair used by the witnesses, is bor-
| rowed from Father John Mcclure, OF
| st. Mary's parish, who let the room to
! the city.
.Ivry wan av yez what's got hat
| take ut off, is the way the copper an
1 nounces that court is opened.
| ..What's thfs?'' and the magistrate
scowled at the complaint. your father
| beat YOU? TED me about it" and
plump young woman of is, with tlnse
of red in her hair stood abashed ana
/ defiant before the magistrate
Yes. Judge" and the girl voice quiz
cred: .he beat me and shamed me, too;
it was awful" ;.
| "Where did he strike you? l can
see any marks.
| mo. Judge, you can't see them, and
/ would rather not tell you where ne
struck me, but-but l couldn't sit down
/ afterwards and that's the truth.
.There, there! Don't cry. Come up
4 here. Smith, calling the defendant. !,
| Your daughter says you assaulted
| her. but you don't look like that sort
/ of man. Tell me the story.
| ct was this way, yer hohor' saiu
| Smith, leaning ponderous mana on ,he
| grimv table. Me daughters good ga,
| until she got in wild u lot OF troiiops anu
| Young fellers with fancy visits WHO
| smoke ciraroots and goes out nights 10
| dances.
| Her mither's too easy goin,' SO says
10 Mamie. Mamie says l, get home
6rninst tin o'clock and kape away from
thin dance halls or I'll come anu eh.'a
| tise We before the lot OF thlm an oiiiis
We home She disobeys me. Yer noiioi,
| an / hunts her up an finds her oahci'i
wild one of thin chudes.
| .what does l do? Jedge, she's me
daughter; and picks her up same as
did when she was a child years old,
laws her across me knee, an wild me
good right hand-this wan, JedSe lex
| tending a vigorous fist that had seen
much servicel, an laid it on good ana
| hard, so help me, jedge; laid 1t on gooo
and hard in the very same way l dld
wild her whin she was child
| "Of course, jedge. the chudes an troll
! Ions looked on. an wan iv thin blew
cigaroot smoke In me eyes; but, 1edge'
did me duty wild lfe child; an afther
the chastisin' / took her home, an as
| She tells We, jedge, she cant sit COM
Portable since"
"And my gentleman friend saw 1t ALL.
sobbed the girl; but she acknowledged
her fathers version Of the incident was
correc:.
Cali have to say, Smith, Is that you
laid YOUR duty" said the magistrate
"and If other parents would follow the
same plan there would be fewer cases IN
| this court. You are discharged. ana
as for you, my young woman, get nome
and ask your fathers forgiveness ana
don't come here again. II you disopey
him he has the right to chastise you
whether he does so before your best TEL
low or not. Now, go home and make up.