The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-06

to time in my reports about s. s.
the eldest son of a widowed mother
living on c. street s. is about IA.
Some time ago he met with an acct
dent. and lost one eye and to this fact
his mother lays all his sins of omission
and commission. He went to work last
year. His employers say he took some
electric fixtures. He tried number
OF other places but never worked very
long He was sent to the school for
the blind. He ran away and came
home number of times. We encour-
aged his mother to send him back be-
cause we felt that he must have an
education in order to make living. At
last he started to run away and did
not have any money to come home on
and stole a five dollar bill from an
other boy at the school. The school
authorities wrote letters to Topeka
asking that he be made to return the
money.
we advised her to return the boy
to school. However, she thinks she
can reform him, so I think I will let
her try it till May. If he does not do
better we will have to put him some
place where he will be Obliged to stay.
E E, a young woman that Miss
Corning and 1 have both tried to dis
cipline, and whom we tried at one time
to send to Beloit but could not because
she belonged in Oklahoma is in Kan
sa's City now and I understand she is
in house of iIl-fame.''
A number of poverty cases are men,
toned in Mrs. Arthur's report.
Mrs. M at / street is unbal-
anced and imagineS that men and boys
are annoying her. She says they are
shaking her house with electrical ma
chinery.
Begging in City.
L F is begging over town, say
ing that he has four children and a
citation asked me to look him up. He
is an old man who has had a stroke
of paralysis and is sort o. crippled up.
1 do not believe he can work for a liv-
ing. However. his family live in Law
renee and if he has four children they
are some one else's children. He
ought not be allowed to beg, but he
can't be compelled to go to the poor
house so l suppose he will keep on
begging.
There are a number of people who
ought to go to the county farm but
will not because it is too far from the
nickel movies and the ten cent store.
Investigated Mission
THE Confidential Exchanged asked
me to look up the c. NJ and see
what they are doing at present. They
are begging all over town to get
clothes and money for charity. Mrs |
b, who is one of the workers in the |
organization, was in the brick flat on |
East s street 1 found her in the |
last flat on the alley with Mrs. r,
the same that tried to start a home |
is starting up a mission. The Ms |
were run out of Kansas City. Their |
history does not read we'll. They have |
a charter in Kansas. 1t ought to be
revoked and an effort is being made in |
that direction.
1T was reported that M p, who |
is getting a divorce from her hus-
band, is living at E s. street with |
a man by the name of b c.. Those |
who reported it wanted me to scare |
the couple. I investigated and found |
that the lady lived at the number |
mentioned and that she was keeping |
with the man but could not |
get any evidence to bear out the COM |
plant that they were living together. |
If 1 had found such evidence 1 would |
not have scared them. They would |
have been prosecuted according to
law.
''Girls Go Wrong
Last fall we had dealings with an
E. W, who would not obey her
mother and would not go to school.
She is only thirteen but she appeared
at the court house one day with E.
e. who has since been sent to the
penitentiary for stealing pigs, and
they applied for a marriage license.
1t was denied by the probate court
and they went to Kansas City and got
Then the girl thought she
was her own boss because she was
and, made trips to the bot
toms with her older sister. Her moth
er again made complaint; we brought
the girl into court. Just to show why
girls go wrong, it might be a pointer
to say that although the mother of
E. had complained in the most
bitter terms against the girl, saying
she wanted to get out of town in order
to get rid of her, she hired a lawyer
and did everything to keep the girl
from being sent to Be1oit. Why
shouldn't girl go wrong with such an
mother. The case is still
under advisement
Boys, Age 3. Smoke.
"On request l went to s. school