Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1916 — LAZY HUSBAND PAROLED [ARTICLE]

LAZY HUSBAND PAROLED

Indiana Man Who Put Fishing Before Labor Accepts Terms to Esv cape Jail. Aurora, Ind. —Albert C. Cochran, aged 39, was arrested under the "lazy husband” act, on a warrant sworn out by his wife, and fined $25 and costs by Harry J. Wade, Justice of the peace. It was alleged by Mrs. Cochran that Cochran would not work and compelled her to - do the farm work Yhile he spent his time hunting and fishing. When Cochran was about to be sent to Jail in default Of his fine. Mrs. Cochran said she would pay the fine if her husband would go to work and assist her with their crops of tobacoo and com. After some argument, Cochran agreed, was paroled and placed in the custody of his wife. He ia to work five and a half days each week, getting Saturday afternoon off, and is to attend Sunday school each Sunday and is to report each week to Magistrate Wade.