Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-19
HEARING ON CUSTODY
OF l5-YEAROLD GIRL AT
THE MUNICIPAL COURT

Malta OF Care and CUSTODY Of Cora
L.zo-eE. Daughter Of Come Lizrtee,
Is -sard-junge Gerry Takes tire
Case under Amusement, but De
cires the Girl Snail Not 1--we Long
er witt, Her Father
The Augusta municipal cuurr was
taken up gu " eeinestiuy AEiernBon with
the maEtsr If lhs care ana custnGv OF
Aias Cora -izDEie, the 1s-year-Ds4
daughter u Cnrle Liznt1t. UhU resides
al lowe Corner The cas-. came ne
foTn me court IN a warrant signed 6v
Mss Katherine Hatch o. Fairfield
agent for the STATE Baard Of Children
GLarG,ans, VINO alleged sunstar-ialtT
yhat the Young Cir IL her home was
.-l-L-eatsd and neglected, SurieLgh Mar
tin appeared as counsel for NJ. L4ZoCt@
After considerable rest.rnonv MAD Dee.
introduced in me hearing Judge RoD-r-
A Csry announced ina he would TAI
The matter Of Llie care and c,!siodr -
ting child under .-dvlsernenr and lha-
everything passiDe for The aeHt inter-
eats Of the cir! would De done hut ne
stated thai ne mad decided mat The
child should not &c 10 Live win her
father again.
Cora Lizerte was j ve~y bright ap-
pea-iug Young girl. Upon the Witness
sranC she tnie Of her --ea cner- a. nome.
She sain thai she goes 10 school II
Howe Corner When asked By the
Judge WHY i was thai she went dow
70 Mr.. NIiharr, house and did MOI Wish
10 90 back hoIue, she replied mat 4
was partly beca USE her f2thar wlipptI
her She said that her father whipped
he- qutIe 4 lot and upon one occasion
had whipped her SO -'aI i T1aue ne
utaod come cut IN her legs anC rt+Ian "a
on tn. stockings He had used I horse
wn.p OF her once, she tesL.Tied. Ter
ezti,s- rad come home few times
when ne had been drinking. som. othG'
nights he mad not come home a al ana
she mad stayed alone. she testified ma,
Mrs. Whitman had given he Inc coi--
gile had or. that . dress she hau OF
her father bought for her iAst w'nLeH-
Questioned by A-1orney Martin ne
vour,c g.rl testified Lilat size IS now II
me eighth e-ade and rhat her -eacher
told her Il she studied hare sne couic
70 To the high school next wear SnH
wanted ID go 70 high school nut h@r
father lad toid her thu he did NOT
war- her 70 70 and that he wanted her
IN ., In work. M Wilham had toid
nor he wouIu keen her and send her -
.;e, school. The CIR complained ahou +
her clothing, but not about her fnsG
and she testified about the WORK 'afle
does IN the house. She TESTIFIED she
would be willing I'd go 70 1--we with her
aunt in Augusta.
Miss Hatch. agent for the State
Board of Children's Guardians. tesf2-
led abeu, her visit 10 The -l2orle
home on Ncv II last and about the
conditions she found there. She res-
tiled that the house was dirty and
gr,,eiied bad. and she testIneC aooCt
he clothes Of Cora Lizotte. Cross
.szamired she stated thai she NAG
nor investigated and did not know
of her rwn knowledge Just WHAT
clothes the girl possessed
Mrs. ". F. Witham. a neIgnbor
who lives on the Spring road, test
fed that the girl hac come 10 her
house when she ran away from home
about three weeks agn. She showed
70 the court some Of the clothing
blight weight) that the girl had been
wearing.
M. Whitman testified that the girl
had come to their house and that she
appearea 10 be frightened OF 'er
father. Eis considered her nice girl
and q good cnmpKnion for nis Own
daughter WIN is about the same age.
crnss-examined ny Lawyer Martin.
he spoke of one evening when the
girl had come 10 their house and ne
had refused To let her 60 home until
morning. having been requested 10
py Nj Lizarte. He testified thai he
does not want the girl, but cut OF hu-
mainly might take the chiid II shs
were given int his care fae said M.
vuuid rRtner take Inc girl tRan tiaps
her nut in an institution where she
you,d hive TO w0rk haru.
Mr.. LASorte did not take the VIZ
ness stand, but Attorney Martin
made a fnrceful argument IN which
ne sfatec that Mr.. Wftharn unin-
.eutiouaJ.y had snwcd the seed az
discsrteut IL the 1irifs Mird ny any
.rx thst II she would CONS 10 lnsis
hsuve 70 I've sne could 70 TO Essn
.chuul He argued that IL wac that
wt,iri, startsd the trouble. ttr point
ed cut that the home IL a sacred N
..ifu.ion which should not be hrnk-
an I'D without just Cause nnd ne
stated rhuf the girls father ~ VIII
,nx shar she should 60 10 i've win
her aunt in riais city
Judge Cony then ahnouhcsa sH@N
be weuiG take the case unosi a0