Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-26
'r0p' SAVES GIRL OF 13
FROM BEING WE'D IN
TENDERLOIN AT2A. M.
.,.,oman Finds Marion Gilbert
I'D Frank Magee Standing
on Steps of House at
10th and Vine
CHE CRIES AS SHE TALKS

.,rch for minister by boy and
4, n their teens was rudely interrupted
,odav when Policeman Patrick Nc
e1'p of the 10th and Buttonwood
M"y .,otion. arrested Frank Magce, 10
SUI. ,id of "A East Garfield street, Ger
''", mr and Marion Gilbert, 10 years
u % n li52 North 10th street.
we're arraigned before Judge
in the Domestic Relations Branch
!, ne Municipal Court and he continued
1. case until tomorrow.
!, u,oe 2.SO a. m, and mIlkmcn were
,!,,nning to stir up the Sleep echoes of
" ',soots when the policeman saw soms-
te teot tOth and Vine streets that caused
tns - stop short and cease swinging his
sub
s'su sn,se was n very pretty sTr; Her
!. anne n few inches below her knees
~ ~ two blonde braids of heavy hair
s.shed halfway to Ecr waist
n..de the girl was callow-lookins
s,b He was talking earnestly to her
sue he pressed finger against the but
,on of the electric doorbcll.
"" msnt this awful" the girl was saying
=, nover was out so late before in my
~. Mamma will he terribly mad at me.
s,sb that minister would wake up DO
', srrnose we can get married, Frank?"
'@non't worry, kid" the boy replied
..a,ro going to get spliced If we ring
~ W. minister's doorbell in towiR"
!, ,bis pofnt Mcmahon handed himself
az s,s TO inject himself into the little
.,snre He approached the pair and
,sanlred in his most fatherly voice:
,TbIldren, what are you doing out at
~ lime of the morning? You, little
wi wi might to be snugglcd up in your bed
!, home with Tour doll alongside you.
Came now. little ones, fess up and tell
sotr Uncle Dudley air about it,"
Tears glistened in the big blue eyes of
,hs pirl while she fumbled in a pocke'
w .shsr s'r coat for n handkerchief Then one
!, ,be tears cut loose from it's mOorngs.
Icother followed suit, and still another
rntl she was sobbing as If her heart
would break
4, 10 get married." she finally managed
10 sob out.
The boy looked uncomfortable, shifted
from one foot to the other and dug his
hands into his trouscr pockets.
aOh shucks," he said. stop bawlinE,
Marion. This amt no tragedy. We are
lust looking for a minister, and this one
won't wake up.
Patrolman Mcmahon took the pair to
the 10Th and Buttonwood streets station,
Z where Marion was turned over TO the
matron She said that she left her home
with Magee yesterday afternoon without
saying anything to her parents.
II have been going with Frank for some
time" she said, land | love him dearly.
He has always been good and kind to me
and he tells me such nice things. We
had something to eat in a restaurant and
then we went to a mOving-picture show.
when the show was over it was so
2 late that l was afraid to go home md
face mother. Then Frank said we might
as well getsmarried and have ii done with.
sOmebOdy told usthcre was a minister at
the Vine street address, so we went up
there"
Marion G. Ibert, n pupil in the sixth
grade at the Schaffer public school, Ger
nantown avenue ana Wyoming street.
Ihgee is employed as an apprentice at the
Midvale Steel Works.