The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-02
BORROW BABIES To
GAIN COURTS MERCY
Too Many Young Dublin Women
Resort TO Ruse, and Judge
Grows Suspicious.
BY THOMAS EMMETT.
Special Cable to The Tribune.

special Gable TO The Tribune.
DUBLIN. April 1.-The custom of
women getting the loan OF babies when
arrested or summoned TO court has be :
| come rather common. Here Is a case In
point Two dozen OF young women fist,
dealers were summoned at the Northern
police court for exposing fish for sale on
the streets. The first batch all appeared
with babies in their arms and were dis
charged with caution
wonder. said his lordsllp with u
smile, III these are their own children o.
When che second batch appeared and
| each had a baby the magistrates said:
"Oh, this won't do at ali. l won't be
imposed upon In this way. You must pay
smiling each or remain in custody un-
| til 4 o'clock"
1t was learned the day after the cases
were disposed OF that ali the babies were
borrowed for the occasion.
The authorities Of County Mayo will
soon put the screws and enforce the com
plusory clause OF the education law At a
recent meeting OF the County Mayo ma :
tional teachers DIR. J. McGrath declared
mat the county holds the lowest record
5000 children OF school age only "a, 600
are on the rolls, while out OF the lat
ter r,nu number 5Sn only 2I.ooo attended daily.
rraurS dw0 iervid love letters no ardent
read & al the Fermanagh Assizes in case
IN which George Fleming. farmer. was
bueu On6 READ fOllOws:
oh. my dear Ellen. With broken
heart ! must tell you / received your
long wished-for letter from a land never
expected q you would see on. to Cod
you to see II. loud laughterD MY tears
are Wctting the paper and my heart Is
getting weak, so, my love. 1 Will Try and
siay DON forget the promise and the
DO not chat with any chaps or keep any
nlrt. .
Il can place confidence in YOU. as Fa-
ther. Francis told me he would go Sc
curity that YOU would not soil the sacred
VOW even with smile yill / would see
And the other gusher reads in this
fashion:
oh. my dear Ellen. ! see you are
dear. OF the day we parted coming from
the train. / turned 20 the yard where
we vowed TO each other. and / went
down on my knees and prayed for you,
you. and / will not break It until Christ
mas-and then | Will take one out OF
your own own hands On: what was I think.
l wish my feet were horses fest-they
could bring me 10 you. Oh. had I the
wings OF dove, I would fly to my own,
Counsel explained that the promise TO
marry was made In 1902. and the defense
was denial OF the promise. while the stat
ute OF lulltatlOns was also plea1ed- The
girl, Miss McCusker, said she has been
away from Ireland over seven years and
since her return she had never asked
Fleming to marry her, as IL was his
place TO ask her first
The plaintiff was unsuccessful. the evil
dence showing that she had broken the
promise.
AT Clonmel recently bomb outrage
occurred at an cvicted farm at the COM
mons. Two bombs were placed outside
the house OF a man who is in charge Of
the farm Only one exploded and the
kitchen window was smashed. The man
was fred at flve years ago.
One OF the three automobile fire en-
gines which the Belfast corporation has
ordered made It's trial run 10 Ilarne and
back. giving complete satisfaction.