A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Ohio > Cuyahoga http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2099 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=47451 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: January 24 1909 Article Description: Won't Imprison Mother. Judge Says He Will Only Do So if Some One Cares For Her Children. Article Text: Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 23.--Mrs. Sophie PIREK will be sent to the work house to work out a fine of $10 and costs for stealing 35 cents worth of railroad scrap iron, but only in the event that some member of the Chamber of Commerce or other wealthy person agrees to care for her three small children while she is imprisoned. This was Police Judge LEVINE's answer today to several rich Cleveland men who have appeared before a Chamber of Commerce Committee to demand less lenient treatment in police court of women arrested for thefts of coal or iron from railroad tracks. Judge LEVINE said his conditional offer to imprison Mrs. PIREK would be open for one month; meanwhile her sentence is suspended. Incidentally it may be mentioned that the youngest of the three babies is nursing. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ OH-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com