The evening world., 1911-01-10
Boy From Pennsylvania Tells
Strange Story OF Abuse 10
Convert Him.
NEARLY KILLED, HE FLED.
Doing Well in This City, but
His Mother Insists he BE
Sent to Institution.

They ta!d ! had devils .' me and
they were going to beat them out Of
With a club. so / ran away from
home Only a fen months before. :hey
KILLED a litt.e boy In Allentown. Ia. W
eating the devils oIt O, hin ana /
mad ~ my MIND that ,hev would not
a. that to nc"
Thus Gaid Eugene pi,kart2 firtcti.
ears old. who was arrested las. night
At The i~nst!gation OF hla mother. Mrs
Adelaidc pickart7 of Enaus Pa, who
aid the bov la, run away nom hi.
ONE Ia tha' town ;wo months ago
,rraignod before Justice McAnerne,
n ChIldrcn's Cour; TODAY. Eugene
Oil the Court he VAS perfectly able
} Jake care OF himself.
Rcbeiled Against Church.
The lal told such n remarkable story
that Justice McAneuey rrnanded him
To the care Of the Children.s Society
until Friday. His mother asked ttsit he
be committed t. an institution.
II left home said the boy. "becluse
they wanted me 70 Join the Seven Day
Adventlsts That church had caused all
the trouble In our home. For four
months We mad hardly enough 10 eat
and hardly any clothes, simply because
the church made my father give up 4
position which was paying MIN S5 =
week and accept one at Is a week.
MY father and mother Joined this
church -four months ago. Before that
we had a fine home and everything We
wanted. My father was foreman II
II brewery. Then they Joined the
church, and my father had to quit his
job because he had to work on Sa:ur.
days. and he Is now a farm hand. get.
ting " a week. Then my father told
me | would have to help make up the
So he used to make. ] went to worl
on n farm.
Every night the boy continued
we would have a service In our lpme
and durug the day my mother won Il &c
to the camp meetings. About Nv,
months and a half x my father tolt
me I was full o! devils and it was hi.
duty to drive them from me. He hel
INC with a club until was nearl,
dead. Rememhe ing another little DO,
who was killed In Allentown only
short while before because he was In
IestSu Win ttN"H 4 hiatc UP "S "'"'
to run away,
Worked His Way Here.
Two months ago I left home In al
| old pair of ovcralis ana a wN's', an
worked nv way % New >nrN. 70
time I had to sleep in the mark, bu
was happy and knew that | coul'
make my way. On account OF m.
| clothes II was hard {, get a jos. The
I got work in a book store and made
a week.
IT went to the Sewsboys Lodgini
House. and little by little ! got mysel
a good suit and a pair OF shoes. Sec
have them on anl he pointed wit
nride 10 a cheap but neat blue serg
suit. n pair Of tan shoes and a new car
Thea" went on the hoy, 'when
! could get tine I went to the Newsboy:
Farm school at wN''o Plains. One c
the men there said that as soon as
had a good knowledge OF farming II
would send me to Texas.
why don't thgy give NE a chance
make my way in the world as ! want TO
I won't Join that church and won't IL
them beat any devils out of me. 10
there isn't any in me. | am earning y
homes, living and some day I'll own
great big farm. They had no right
arrest me-
The boys mother admitted that 81
and her husband were recent convert
to the Seven Day Adventist Churcl
Justice McAneney said that because
boy made nm honest living n lived {
deorntiy az the boy said he did was n,
CROUCH cause to send him away.