The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-31
Little Italian CHI 10 Sought
Happiness G Caught III Tolls sof
L lanted in New York

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for everything So he paid for
everything.
After while, my father and
mother would not give me any
thing unless Nickie bought 1t. I
could not have food 70 eat or a
glass Of wine to drink or clothes
to wear unless Niekie paid for
them. They made him spend for
me all the money he had. and
when he wanteu to marry me they
SAID, Walt month or two"
when 1t was two months,
MCKEE said to my step. father, The
two months arc gone: can marry
Anna now?' My father sSld, Wat
two months more and then you
can marry her. But MCKEE said
When | walt you say to me again
to wait more; you make me spend
all my money on you and want
TO marry her now
MY father got mad and he
said. I will never let you marry
her. But he had promised MCKEE
to get his money and make him
buy things He had made him
spend $500 for things and now
'Nickle had no more money and he
would not let him marry me.
MCKEE said to my father, You
promised me and want to marry
her and she wants to marry me.
Then my father said, I am
tired of you and never want you
to come here again, and he cursed
MCKEE and told him to go. When
MCKEE said again my father had
promised, my father said, 'Pececca,
| am going to kill you. am going
to go get gun and I am going
to kill you. Nicike said. 4 VIII 60
for l do not want 10 have trouble
over Anne, but | hold you to your
PROMISE
when NIckie went away my
mother started to beat me and my
father he began to beat me. too.
My mother bit me and scratched
mo and my father knocked me
down and kicked me. When they
quit a minute. | said. 4 will run
away They said Run away; we
don't care and beat me and ours
ed me more.
" viii XIII You Now"
"My father said, will you run
away? You will not for will kill
you now He went for gun ana
I ran to get my money mad hid
den away. heard them coming
toward me. l knew they would
kill me when they come. It was
upstairs but I jumped out the
window and ran away.
''Nickie, he lives, too, on the
same block on Sixt:eth street. and
! ran to his house. said to
Nickie, Take me away from
them. He said, 4 cannot take you
away l said. Take me away for
they will kill me- He said, 4 will
marry you and then they can not
hurt you I said. Take me away
from Brooklyn for they will be
mad and come and Kill me-
"N,ckie said then they were
going TO kill me he would take me
away where they could not. But
then he said, I have spent all my
money on them and | have not
enough left to take you away to
my brothers house In West Vir-
ginla.' counted my money and
I had $50. MCKEE had $50 too, and
that would make enough.
I'VE went to the station and
bought our tickets TO come TO
West Virginia. ! bought my ticket
and Nickie bought his ticket. We
didn't have much money left, but
MCKEE said he would get work
with his brother at Grant Town.
ut was on Sunday evening we
ran away-on the fifth Of March.
On the seventh day OF March we
got to Grant Town. We had no
money to get married. Nickie's
brother, Joe, he had no money.
either. He had no work and he
had spent his money. 1t was a
strike. they said. MCKEE could get
no money. We stayed at Mrs.
Lilly's house till Nickic could get
work and get some money so we
could be married.
"And then the police came and
got us and brought us here. Are
they going to take us back or what
are they going to do with US? We
haven't done anything wrong. II
they take me back TO my father
and mother and put N:ckie in jail