Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1915 — The Jamison Family Are Back Once More. [ARTICLE]

The Jamison Family Are Back Once More.

Mrs. Louis Jamison and children, who were started Tuesday fop the third time for Canada, where her husbandjiow is, was turned back at Windsor once more and returned to Rensselaer Wednesday, and after she and her three small children had been fed they were again taken to the Jasper county poor farm by the Marion township trustee. Mrs. Jamison, as previously stated, is a mute, and with her husband, who is a Russian subject, lately resided out in the Sharon neighborhood in Marion tp. Jamison is alleged to have abused his wife and beat her up at (Efferent times. Some of the neighbors interested themselves and the man was arrested and spent some time here in jail, being tried at the September term of court and sent to the state penal farm, from which he made his escape in a few days, returned to his family, sold off his chickens and other effects and departed for Canada. His wife and children was to follow hint, assisted 'by the township, but three unsuccessful attempts have now been made to get them over the line. Her husband is at London, Canada, where lie has enlisted, he states, in the Canadian army, and is apparently anxious enough to have his family conie there, hut the Canadian officials are quite particular about admitting people who are or may he liable to become public charges, lienee the failure to unload the family on them, and they will probably continue as charges of Jasper county.

It really would seem that if Jamison is so cruel to his family as to justify the taking of them away from him and sending him to the penal farm, that it would be very unkind and unchristianlike to send the family to him now, that he may continue this abuse, lor on the other two occasions that attempts were made to get the family to him it was not known that he had enlisted and the wife and children were to he turned over to his alleged not very tender mercies, simply because Jasper county wished to be rid of them. All of which reminds us of a somewhat similar case that occurred in Rensselaer a number of years ago, where a woman was advised by some of her neighbors and members of her church to leave her husband —who, at least furnished his wife and children with a home and a good living. She took the no doubt well meant advise and soon thereafter procured a divorce. But the friendly advisors soon deserted her and she and her children almost or quite were objects of charity, and was perhaps assisted out of town—at least she was unable to make a living here for her family, and left for another city where she hoped to do better' Moral: Don’t he to fast to “butt in on family troubles unless you know ail the facts and are willing to assume the responsibilities which your action may bring about.