The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-27
RUNAWAY GIRLS
GLAD TO RETURN
Medina County Lasses Reach
Length Of Tether in
Michigan.
I TAKEN IN CHARGE BY s
WELFARE SOCIETY
Court Paroles Medina Girl to
Care Of Father and La "
fayette Maid to Her
Mother. ".

ff Two Medina county girls recently
stacked up against "the cold world
and like, thousands Of other girls be-
fore, were not long in finding out that,
BE il ever so humble, there's no place
like home. ss-.s ,1s s
Whether or not they had tired Of the
n rural hum-drum; or had visions OF
4 mushroom theatrical carer has no,
yet been definitely learned. Suffice
1t to say that soon aftersthe breaking
\ of hozncties they became hard press
ed fOr money, and in their straits at
tracted the suspicious Of the police, to
! Whom they unburdened their troubles
andstOid Of where they came from. v
The girls are Marie Wightman Of
Lafayette township and lola Baner oi
Medina. The former is the daughter
Of Mrs. Myrtle Wightman, widow d
the late o. L. Wightman, and the lat
y ter the daughter Of Mrs. James
Schemp Of Medina village.
s The girls left Medina together about
two weeks ago and were seen to take
the electric line to Cleveland. They
\ were not heard from again until last
Thursday, when delayed letter was
received by Sheriff Bigelow from the
police department at Jackson, Mich,
\ stating that the girls had been appre.
hended in that city and had been turn.
I ed over to the welfare department
pending directions from the author
N tiles here.
Sheriff Bige1ow Immediately notifi-
ed the Jackson authorities to hold the
girls until a warrant from the Probate
Court could be obtained and to, ascer-
4 tain as to the necessity Of securing ex
tradition papers from the governor.
These details were subsequently at.
ended to, and Mrs. P. c. Bigelow, wife
Y NJ the sheriff and matfon OF. the coun.
ty Jail, went to Ja5ckson last Friday
I arriving in Medina with them Satur,
day night.
The girls offered no resistance to- re-
turning with Mrs. Bigsiow, on thescor
\ trary appearing rather .gratified ovel
' the timely interceptior Of their way
4 ward career and the prospect Of i
4 speedy return to their homes, ant
mothers the only true friends the,
will ever have. ''3 .9e,,
on Tuesday afternoon the girl
were brought before, Probate Judge
Van Deusen. With them were thei
mothers, also Clarence Baner of Wes
/ Park, father Of lola Baner.
Testimony at the hearing showed
that the girls had conducted them
selses reasonably well in the past ant
had attended school regularly for til,
most part. It developed at the hear
\ ing that Mrs. Schemp. mother Of til,
Baner girl, was aware Of her daugh
ters departure at the time she lef
and had given her consent. The moth
er testified that lola said she was GO
ing to Lansing, Mich, to work, an,
also stated that she knew the Wight
man girl was going with her
' When Clarence Baner divorced hi
4 ffst wife several years ago, the conr
gave him the custody of lola, whom
4 AZ took with him. A year or tw,
later the girl was allowed to return i
her mother. with whom she has sine
Y made her home. /.
Judge Wand Deusen paroled the Ban
er Girl to the custody Of her father an
the Wightmati girl to the custody Q
Her mother after administering plai
but kindly talk to both girls, and
\ word Of warning for the future.
The girls stated to the court tha
they were penitent and departed fror
THE court room with apparent pleas
ure atSbeing back home again,