The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-09-23

ETHE Juvenile Court Of Caddo parish, La.
III through the cooperation Of Judge Land
Ik-l with Mrs. Ada Vinson Delay, probation
IL officer, has within the past few DAYS re-
coraed one Of the most shameful abuses Of au-
thority and utter disregard for humane admins
tration that has recently come 10 our attention ;
but, with the Free Press Defense League. the
Knights OF Luther and individuals from the
ranks Of the Guardians Of Liberty working hand
in hand, q movement demanding the release Of
Marguerite Beasley, twelve year old Protestant
child, committed to the House of Good Shep-
herd by the above named judge is assuming gi-
gantic proportions and an able lawyer has been
employed to take such action as may be advisable
Patriots n Louisiana who have conducted vigor-
GUS warfare upon every court procedure that even
tended TO enhance the Golfers Of the Roman hier-
srchy will not cease their efforts in behalf of in
nocent childhood until the remedy has been found
and applied.
child Innocent Of Crime
Against Marguerite Beasley so recently COM
mitted TO the New Orleans slave pen, no charge
was, or could bs made. The tranquility of the
Beasley home was destroyed some months since
when Mr.. Beasley and the mother of the children
separated. For a considerable time since the sep-
aration, Mr.. Beasley had been i'll. Being a poor
man it is probable that while i'll his children did
not receive every attention which he, under nor
NAL conditions would bestow upon them. but he
rightly felt il his duty TO keep the remainder of
the family together and labOred 1ghteously to
that end.
There are three Of the Beasley children:
baby girl six years old, boy trihe older, and
Marguerite, twelve years old. Mrs. DELAY the
over-zealous probation officer knowing about the
family hailed the three children into court and
swOre before Judge Land together with some
witnesses of her same mind that Mr.. Beasley was
incapable Of rearing the children. The Younger
girl and the boy were given to families living in
Shreveport, by order Of the court, but Marguerite
being large enough to work was remanded to the
House of Good Shepherd in New Orleans.
At the time of the court proceedings W. A.
Campbell, organizer for the Knights of Luther
was out Of the city. However the next dav he
returned TO Shreveport and was appraised Of the
facts and the shameful commitment Of an innocent
child to Archbishop Blenk's house of toll. He
Immediately consulted Mr.. Beasley, father Of the
children and they decided to try TO find a home
for Marguerite. Mr.. Campbelps organization
work has brought him in touch with many of
the best families in Shreveport and he had no
trouble in finding an excellent family who we're
anxious to give the child home.
This accomplished the father felt much re-
lieved and they Immediately proceeded to talk
with Judge Land, informing him that home had
been found for the daughter, and, seeking his
consent to place her in the home Judge Land
agreed that should Mrs. Delay be willing for
Marguerite to be placed in the Shreveport home.
that the II. o. G. S. sentence would be rescinded.
However Mrs. Delay received the suggestion with
all the vehemence of sub-seryient Roman Cath
olic, Though she is a Protestant by afiliation)
and declared that Marguerite had been sentenced
to the II. o. G. s. and she didn't propose that
any changes should be made She then informed
Mr.. Beasley in no uncertain manner that his