Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1915 — "I’M ONLY 98,” SHE SAYS [ARTICLE]

"I’M ONLY 98,” SHE SAYS

Arrested for Begging, New Jersey Woman Denies She’s Too Old to Work. Atlantic City, N. J.—“l had to beg. They all said I was too old to work, but I’m not,” said Mrs. Edna Sheppard when arraigned before Recorder Gaskill on the charge of seeking alms on the streets. “Well, you don’t look exactly like a 'spring chicken. Just what is your age?” inquired the court “Nona of your freshness, young man. I’m ■ only ninety-eight and I’m not ashamed to tell it either,” was the ply“Prisoner, discharged,” was the verdict, after Investigation had shown Mrs. Sheppard really was within two years of the century mark.