The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
FAMILY LEAVES CITY UNITED
Mother Who Had Fled From Argo, Ill,
with Another Man declares Penitence
When sobbing Boy Brings clemency
From Judge Randall in Court

This is real sob-story. 1t is the
story of bow little Joe Kovich month
over three years of age sobbed his
mother out of the county Jail and re-
united family. Little Joe had lived
in Kenosha for the past three months
and it seems that the boy was not
necessarily particular as to who served
as his father so long as he had his
mother with him, and when Mrs. Anna
Kovich, the mother, left her husband,
Joseph Kovich in Argo, Ill, five months
ago and eloped to Chicago with Tony
Kawlovich, little Joe went along with
them and later when they came to Ke-
nosha little Joe adopted his new father
without any trouble and the happy
family was living in house on the
west side when the husband came up
from Argo and found them.
The mother and her paramour were
arrested and in court both pleaded
Equity" to statutory charges and
both were sentenced to pay fine of
5000 and the costs. Little Joe did not
appear when the case was heard in
court and it was declared that he was
crying his eyes out at the west side
home. Kovich was unable to pay the
fine of his wife and she went to jail
for six months term and she re-
manned in jail until late Monday after
noon. In the meantime little Joe was
sobbing. He refused to 60 back to the
arms of his real father and every night
lie cried for his mother. People inter
ested in the case went to the municipal
court and told Judge Randall of the
little fellow. The judge declared that
the payment Of a fine of 5000 would be
an excellent way for the friends to cure
the boy from sobbing but the friends
were poor and they could not raise tho
money. The sobbing Of little Joe be-
came nuisance and on Monday after
noon the father who had carried him
from house co house for week in an
effort to find some one to comfort him
carried him to the court room and gave
the court chance to see just how little
Joe could sob. He was some sobber
and his grief seemed so real when he
called for his mother that the court of
icials urged clemency. Finally the
court ordered that Mrs. Kovich be
brought over to his office and at the
sight of the mother the boy flew into
her arms and laughed and cried. This
was little more agreeable than the
sobbing. 81 want mother to 90 home
with me-" was the plea that the little
fellow made to the court and the judge
gave up resisting and the boy stopped
sobbing. The court made formal or
der reducing the fine OF Mrs. Kovich
from 5000 to $50 and this was prompt
ly paid by the husband while his
friends declared to the court that they
would raise money enough to pay the
costs of the action Anna was released
late in the afternoon and she and her
husband left Kenosha under an order
of the court to get out of the city
within twelve hours. Little Joe seemed
to be tickled to death and the Russian
friends Of the couple raised money
enough to send Joe and Anna and lit
tie Joe back to Argo.
The wife declared to the court that
she would devote her life to the tender
care of her son and her husband and
that he would have no cause to repent
the clemeney shown to her.
In the meantime Tony Kawlovich,
the other man in the case, is still in
the county Jail and with no little Joe
TO save him he will probably remain
there until he pays the full amount of
5000 and costs.