Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1890 — Her Babe Was Her Bond. [ARTICLE]

Her Babe Was Her Bond.

St. Louis Globe Democrat A curious ease came before Alder» man Roessler, of Scranton, Pa., recently. Thomas Lawless had Mrs. M. Kearney arrested for assault and battery. She was adjudged guilty, Bai in S2OO was demanded. The woman, with a six-months’ old babe in hei arms, started to leave the office tohunl up a friend. She was bared at the door by a policeman, who said: • ‘Madam, you are a prisoner. ” Thfe woman begged not to be senl jail. A compromise was effected. The justice concluded to hold the babe foi security. Mrs. Kearney returned in an hour with a bondsman. When sh« re-entered the office the alderman'wai walking up and down the floor trying to keep the baby quiet.