Westmoreland County PA Archives History .....Complaint Vs. Edward McGovern Jr. To Commit To Reform School March 23, 1899
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Complaint made before S.S. Moorhead, Justice of the Peace of Westmoreland 
County, by Edward McGovern, father of Edward McGovern Jr., a minor born April 
10, 1887.  The boy runs away from home and associates with bad & vicious 
company and is guilty of purloining money and other things.  Disobedient and 
willful.  My address: Derry Station, Westmoreland Co., Pa.
     Catherine McGovern desposes: I am the grandparent of said Edward McGovern 
Jr. and have had the care of him for about 2 years ever since his mother died.  
Running away from home, stealing his way on freight cars, etc.  Address: Derry 
Station.
     Irene Roberts deposes that she has known the said infant for at least five 
years; he has become vicious and incorrigible, running away from home, etc.  
Address: Derry Station.


     

Additional Comments:
Notes made upon the boy's arrival at the Pennsylvania Reform School at Morganza:
   Edward McGovern Jr., No. 5668, Division B.  Mother dead.  Father Edward 
McGovern a brakeman living at Derry, Westmoreland Co., Pa.  Sent here for 
running away from home, disobedience.  
     Description: Height: 4'5 1/2"; weight 78 pounds.  Brown hair, blue eyes, 
medium complexion, pug nose, scar from cut on back of head, left side.
     Age: 13 on Apr. 10, 1899; received Mar. 24, 1899.  Born Penna. of American 
parentage.  Catholic.  Parents not intemperate, do not own property.  1 younger 
brother, 1 younger sister.  Can read & write.  Swears, lies, steals.  Does not 
use tobacco, is not intemperate.  Has not been arrested before.
     
  

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