South Bend news-times., 1922-10-22
SHIP LIQUOR BAN IN FORCE
So the People May Know

What would you fathers and mothers if your little
without conscience and with evident evil intent he put his arm
around her whispered promises of and candies
tired to entce her to his room3
You would think perhaps something of
stopped his foul by young with high of
honor who had the him the police
And would believe of that when he got
the that they would that he placed where
time at least he would be other children
That happened this city last eek- except the placing
this shell of place of safety if punishment In
stead under the of the Office he
suspended paid pay fine, and
Nor the appeal Saturday of The leader of of the
largest organizations city by demands
Of the representative of factory where this
Ployed able to from the which
evil criminal who should be penitentia1y who
should be placed in retreat for safe keeping.
Offered Them Ice Cream.
The thing happened last Two little girls had gone
show They watching the reels Back the theater
sat this He sped the girls and walked down the front
where they He made friends with the girl child of
ten the daughter of of the workers who coming
Harold Grunne boy of 49, youth with
employed the theater became suspicious He watched
this put his the girl and tightly clasped hand
he whispered what the child invitation his
get ice He into action get evidence and aP
preached the ogan The became frightened and huredy
left But he waited outside for the little girls that
the traffic policeman had been told keep his
He again accoed the girls again promised them ice and
starting down the street with them when he arrested and
taken o jail
He into day He had no lawyer
and to the Jail lawyer whose first
order for his envelope next day Judge Du
Comb he refused shift Of the plea charge
of assault and battery The again until substitute
judge unacquainted with the facts. the bench
Ready to Prosecute
That day the father of the girl there So
the little girl Harold Gunnel there tell the story But
deputy the prosecutors office took the father aside explained
that he had evidence and asked him let the charge be
changed the trivial charge of assault and battery The father
a stranger in the city consented.
The pleaded guilty through his lawyer and by suggestion
of the trivial fine and 30dy jail sentence inn
posed and then on plea Of the deputy prosecutor the jail
sentence suspended and the man walked out free
The thing would have ended there had been for young
Grunne He outraged by the performance which seemed
lacking in justice
Indignation carried him high officer of the
organization who caught the full Of his and she
inquiry did the organization where the
employed
If the had guilty of nothing ALL he had been victim
lied of the pay check If he guilty that organi
had deep protecting the daughters of its
other workers and in protecting the of the city
They found working together the facts ne truth
takeable The purpose of the evident They did
believe that the law should wait until little girl had been
made complete victim of outrage
They could understand why plea for suspended
should be made for who admitted committing assault
and battery upon a girl of ten
Refuse New Warrant.
They could pleas of cemency for who
confessed through his against little
defenseless gnL
So they went to see eson yesterday afternoon
They wanted an explanation his depuys They wanted
most ALL which would hold this until this
city could find OF protecting itself
No warrant issued The large The deputy de
nd his action the ground that he could convctand the
m confessed to a crime
The final chapter written hat will happen wher the
of the city positive to their demand that no
Of little girls be suspended sentences
when they admit their crimes.