Allegheny County PA Archives History .....Complaint V. Joseph E. McFarland To Commit To Reform School August 11, 1899
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Complaint made before David J. McGarry, Police Magistrate of Pittsburgh, by 
F.H. McFarland of Pittsburgh, father of Joseph E. McFarland, a minor born 
Dec. 5, 1889.  Joseph will not stay at home, this being about the fifth time he 
has run away, staying away as long as 11 or 12 days at a time.  I provided a 
comfortable home for him along with the other 5 children.  I cannot get him to 
obey me and he is beyond my control.  This is the second time he has been 
arrested by the police. (signed) F.H. McFarland, Marble St.
     Helen McFarland, step mother, deposed the same.  Address: 5377 Marble St 
E.E.

Additional Comments:
Notes written upon the boy's arrival at Pennsylvania Reform School at Morganza:
     Joseph E. McFarland, No. 5736, Division A.  Mother dead.  Father, F.H. 
McFarland, remarried; a street car conductor living at 5377 Marble St., E.E.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
     Sent here for running away from home; disobedience.
     Description: Height 4'2"; weight 58 pounds.  Brown hair, blue gray eyes, 
medium complexion, pug nose.
     Age: 11 on Dec. 18, 1899; received Aug. 11, 1899
     Born: Mo. of American parentage
     Presbyterian
     Father and mother not intemperate; do not own property
     1 older brother, 1 younger brother; 3 older sisters, 2 younger sisters
     Can read & write
     Swears, lies, uses tobacco; does not steal, is not intemperate.  Has been 
arrested before.

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