Allegheny County PA Archives History .....Complaint Vs. Herman Flack For Commitment To Reform School October 21, 1897
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Complaint brought before H. Hunneshagen, Police Magaistrate of City of 
Allegheny, by Elizabeth Flack, mother of Herman Flack, a minor.  The father of 
the infant, who is under the age of 16 years, has been dead for eleven years.  
Uncontrollable.  Will not go to school, stays out at nights, uses vile and 
profane language.  Residence: 50 Cedar Ave., Allegheny.
   R.B. and Sally Foley of 49 Cedar St., Allegheny, testified the same.

Additional Comments:
Notes made upon the boy's arrival at Pennsylvania Reform School at Morganza:
   Herman Flack, No. 5399, Division F.  Father dead.  Mother, Elizabeth Flack, 
living at 234 Pacific Ave., Pittsburgh.  Formerly at 50 Cedar Ave., Allegheny.  
   Sent here for not going to school & staying out at night.
   Description: height, 5'5"; weight, 110 pounds.  Dark brown hair, dark gray 
eyes, dark complexion, pit on right side of nose.  Two vaccine marks on left 
arm.  Has a right scrotal rupture.
   Age: 16 on Dec. 1, 1897; received Oct. 21, 1897.  Born in Pa. of German 
parentage.  Presbyterian.  Neither parent intemperate; parent owns property.  1 
older brother, 1 older sister.  Can read and write.  Swears, lies, uses 
tobacco, is intemperate.  Does not steal.  Has not been arrested before.
   Also enclosed in the docket folder: Iron City College, Pittsburgh, Sept. 20, 
1897.  The bearer, Mr. Herman Flack, is a student in regular attendance at this 
Institution, and resides at 50 Cedar St., Allegheny.  (signed) Chas.? J. Smith, 
Principal.  Stamped in red ink: Good for both day and night school.  On reverse 
side: stamped "Good until Jan. 1, 1898."  Allegheny Bridge Co.

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