Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1913 — Logansport Men Fined For Violations of Child Labor Law. [ARTICLE]

Logansport Men Fined For Violations of Child Labor Law.

George A. Strecker of Logansport plead guilty Wednesday to employing girls and boys under legal age in his bakery. The fines amounted to $2lO. The investigation that lead to the prosecution and payment of these fines grew out of the injury and death of Leland Warner Monday night. Warner was on night shift and in going from one story of the building to the other he undertook to save time by jumping on the freight elevator. He missed his footing and fell so his feet and legs dangled down the side. He was caught between the elevator and second floor breaking his back. Death returns showed him to be only 13 years old and the authorities took up the matter. George Mulcahy, cigar manufacturer, was fined on his plea of guilt in employing two girls in his factory under 16. He paid $66.90 for his misdemeanor.