Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1910 — Newton County Man Changed With Desertion Confined Here. [ARTICLE]

Newton County Man Changed With Desertion Confined Here.

Alexander Gagnon is the name of a man sent here for keeping In our Jail Wednesday from Newton county. Gagnon is charged with desertion of his children and it is possible that he may get a severe dose of the law. He has been separated from his wife for some time and they are now divorced. Last December he was arrested on complaint made by her and charging that he did not support the children. He promised to do better and was released on a recognizance bond, but he left Kentland and is alleged to have failed altogether to do anything for his children He was arrested in Danville and his incarceration is to await trial. He is the father of five children, the oldest of whom is 8 years of age. Tvsti of the children live with the mother, two with their maternal grandfather and the other, one with his parents, and it is said to be the lack of provision for this one that resulted in his arrest.