September
16, 1902 – Nellie Davis was committed by Judge Finehout today
to the state training schools for girls at Red Wing. The application was made by
her brother, William Davis, who on Monday told the judge that the girl, who is
only 16, had been away from home for more than three months, and was fast
becoming an incorrigible.
The hearing on the case was resumed this afternoon when Mrs. Catherine Schoendorf, who keeps a boarding house, testified that the young woman had come into her place about two weeks in company with one of the drivers at Bromley’s Livery Stable, who said she was his wife.
Alexander Davis, the girl’s father, told of the efforts he had made to keep his daughter out of mischief. She had been sent to a school in Illinois, and good places had been found for her to work in private families, but from all of these she had run away and taken to life on the streets. Davis said he believed nothing could be done for her but send her to a state reform school.
The Saint Paul Globe; “Davis Girl Is Sent To State Reform School. Brother and Father Both Ask That Wayward Maiden Be Sent Away.”; Sept. 17, 1902; p. 2.
The hearing on the case was resumed this afternoon when Mrs. Catherine Schoendorf, who keeps a boarding house, testified that the young woman had come into her place about two weeks in company with one of the drivers at Bromley’s Livery Stable, who said she was his wife.
Alexander Davis, the girl’s father, told of the efforts he had made to keep his daughter out of mischief. She had been sent to a school in Illinois, and good places had been found for her to work in private families, but from all of these she had run away and taken to life on the streets. Davis said he believed nothing could be done for her but send her to a state reform school.
The Saint Paul Globe; “Davis Girl Is Sent To State Reform School. Brother and Father Both Ask That Wayward Maiden Be Sent Away.”; Sept. 17, 1902; p. 2.
Red Wing Training School for Boys and Girls
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