Tiger Child To Be Given
Life Term For Matricide
California Law W ill Not Allow Uoroth) ! !!in^<m to
Hait^ and She Kcmaiii in KfTormatory I utii
of Age to Hegiii Serving I,ilV in Sail (Jncntin
fly L T. OWMN
<CvpTr.?tii lv:s b> T.? Adunrr)
8?n Francisco. Jan. 19. ? First <
a period of four or five years* in
the Girl's Reformatory at- Ven
tura, Cal.. nn Interval which must
elapse before phe Ix-comes ?>f leg
?I ajcf, then a life term in San
Quant in prison. Possibly at the
end of nine years, tho average
time for pardoni for lift* termers
in California, she will go free.
Hiin in the punishment wliirh
In all probability will fall to 16
yearn ol?l Dorothy Ellingson. San
Francisco's "tiger child" an?l ;w
?trange paradox of good and had
impulses who Hhot Ikt mother to
death because the latter was "too
old fashioned. " and sought to end
the self-willed debauchery of the
tUlan haired wisp of a girl at
the hand* of "night life" sheiks.
"God kuows. I don't know," she
aays in answer to a question as to
why she did it. "I loved her bet
ter than anybody in tho world, but
?he would not let me do at I
pleased. She told me that If 1
went out on another 'party* she ,
would bolt the door against inl
and send the police after me. S? ?
) shot her. but I don't know why."
Deserted and condemned lw?th
by the public, which la still gasp
ing over the uwfulness of he;
crime, and by her relatives ? her
own father nnd brother have de
clared they will not turn u hand
to save her ? th? re Is probably n ?
pi ore friendless ano, forloi i> ti
gure in all the world than tlie IK
year old "tiger child."
Alternately sho weeps hysteri
cally and then squares h< r chin.
At time* she even smiles in a pa
thetic attempt at carrying out her
self impo.-ed belief that she is
"hard boiled." And she is bird*
boiled if certain facts In tho case
are to be considered. After shoot
ing her moth* r to death nud hid
ing herself in a tawdry rooming
house, Dorothy that same night
attended JuU such a "party" as
her dead mother so often object
ed, and it was while trying to
dale up a youthful sheik friend
for another nightly whiil In the
world of jazz manlu on the so
cond night she was hunted a
fugitive, that the police stumble I
upon her trail.
Her bobbed tltlan hair, her
facial coloring and her tawny
salt, with black trimming make
her appear Indeed the "tiger
Child." Tho cold blooded ele
ments- of the murder she so freely
confesses help to carry out tho,
spectacular pseulonym. On tin
other hand, an elfin face bearing
no evidences of months as a
singed moth of the bright lights
ami eyes that by turns express
terrified wonder and pleading f?r
a word of sympathy, convey tin
Idea that she is not a "tiger child"
by Inclination; that In a different
environment or with different pa
rental hnndllng she would not be
a matricide today. It is borne
?ut In a measure In the grlrl's ef
orts to tell of her home llfo of
why sho became an addict of
dance halls, questionable cof.'s
and all night parties.
"When 1 hsdt to stay at home
all I could do was to sit and read.
My father, my brother and even
mother would not talk to me. If
I asked them questions. If I tried
to get them to talk to m?\ U was
always 'Oh don't bother mo."
Supporting the theory of paren
tal misunderstanding also Is a de
gree of Intelligence which border *
on precoclousnesn. Whatever . I e
?he is, she Is not n mental moron;
althotigh admittedly sho In a mor
January Sale of
Men'* Flnnnrl Sliir!*.
?2.S0 Men'* Oroy Woolon
Shirt*, all itlx?<9
$3.00 Men'* Klmkl wool
on Shirts, all ?lzc* 92.2
$3.50 Men'* Klutkl Wool
on Shirt*, all also* $<.0.'i
$4.00 Corduroy Shlrta.
all *l*e* *2. or#
$5.00 Men'* Plaid Wool
en Shirt* ? *:i.7r>
TUtmf are only a few of
tho man) It ?'in?? nfffiiMl In
our January ('lmriuir? Hale.
Ruckrr A Sliorly <!o.
?nixabrtli Cltjr'a Ileal Htor*
Ctnnrd Gonils
Itojnl ScArlct Itraiul
M?t I mon Mfrnk
Tiny l'w<
Anpftrmoi* Tip*
Hllc?v| I'lniit |i|>l<<
Royal Ann (Timk*
Ormpo Fnili Fruit Natal
tinlniw h Saiarr Kraut
Hrtnc Flu Pinlfllnff
JMm Miner Mral
Pick I?
('mun Toow(? Hmip
HHi?? Tomato Kffrhiip
R. A. Byrum (Company
fucccwora to
M. F. OALIiOi* <<OMJ'A\Y
' Plwnf* 79m. ft ami HI
C or. Main A Wnt.r Bta.
Sues Goodman
al ?-n". Studying stenography iiiMl
typewriting for only six months a
year him ilk a statewide t yi?in ?
r?: fill- \voj i K' toii (I honors.
Her "il? 1 1<? red diary," which
hears sordid entries n-gard in?c
liquor drinking and jazz mania
iKirllc:;, aV? Ii.<h Inscribed In It i
bits of pot ma and philosophies !
which uk* "d?,?,<> ? i uou?:h to h- i
within tin- ken cf persona many 1
years h* r senior.
One entry reads:
4,if of lovo we complain wlmt :
shall say, or consuming thru
dcslr< how can wo ehcaju:? How :
r; od is to pardon one who is
able to resist .- ml how much more
so one who t helpless."
Morally, physicians eay the tl-'
gr child is a case for surgeons.
Whether, as the diary roads,
she was "one who Is helpless'* or
u hcihcr the atro.i.iiis matricide
sh?? committed w;v roldly promed- j
Hated, 1 4? year old Dorothy KlIiitK
son will not hang. California law
prohibits the hanging of anybody
under IS years. Similarly by le
gal restrictions she cannot b^ sent
t'? a reiviAf penitentiary until
she is c?f legal age. She con fosse a ?
le-r crime find t K?? only nnn'.-h- j
m. nt can bo life Imprisonment.
Alma Rubens, movie actress. Is seek
InK a divorce a?aln. She charges
her husband. Dr. Daniel Carson
Goodman, physician, author, director
and ft?m magnate, with cruelty. In
181S she was divorced from William
Smith, professionally known as
Franklyn l-'urnum. on the uarno
ground.
MIW. JO>|\.s<>\ MAKKH
INTKIlKKTIXii PKOVKAM
Continued from page 1
Hon com bo. Cuban u\ Caldwell, j
Catawba, Cleveland, Craven. Cum-j
berland. Davidson, Duplin, Dur
ham. Kdgecombe. Forsyth, Frank
lin. Gaston, C.ranvllle. Guilford,
Halifax. Harnett. Henderson, Ire- 1
dell, Johnston, Lenoir, Mecklen
burg. Mitchell, Nash. Ne w Hanov-|
? r. Onslow, Pasquotank. Pitt,
Hiclimond .Itobeson. Rockingham.
Ilowun, Sampson. Stanly. Surry, .
I'nlon. Vance, Wake, Wayne,'
Wilkes. Wilson.
Counties having part-time offi
cers are:
Anson, Avery. Beaufort, Carte-'
r?*t, Chatham. Jackson. Lee, Me- *
D"W'?ll, Orange and Ituth* rford. .
I'Jlf.htyrone per cent of the]
wealth of the State is listed in [
(h ii 55 counties organized for pub- ,
lie v.? (fare, the report continues. '
and the cost of the work on the
basis i?f $1,000 worth of taxable
property raiiK.'S from .14 In
lirunswick to .010 in I*ee, with a
State averuKO of .0*7.
S. vi uty-four per cent of the
S'ate'H population is found In the
55 counties organlred for public i
w 1 fit r? ?. Cost of the work on a
per capita basis ranges from .14
in McDowell to .01 r? In Lee with
a State average of .009.
or t!?e r?5 superintendents of
l?ub!lc welfare in North Carolina,
I 4 bav" been In the county work
sine - or7.an<T9tlrn hi 1919. Thlr
ty-.> v-'n of the superintendents
have attended college, 27 have
c'iIIi-k.' decrees; '12 have been j
teach, i'm. three an* mlnlHters, 4"! I
pre church members, 29 report,
sp clul community service prior
to public welfure work, 38 are '
mani'-d. The average age la 37
plus years.
During the past year Vhe State.
Una til of ChaiUies and Public
Wi ir.ir" has made an effort to get
monthly reports from the county ,
jails* and chain-gangs In the State.
Two hundred and twenty-three [
reports from 30 counties have ,
bei n r. ceived on county prison ;
camps cut of a possible total of |
520. r.s such cam pa exist In 52
cmnll.'H. Three thousand, two ?
hundred mid twenty prisoners 1
were committed to these camps
within the mouths for which re-'
pr.?rtfi were made. The board's
biennial n prrt status:
"Aasun'tng that these were rep- 1
resent atlve months, then for the j
period over which the reports ex
S1.00 Neckwear
in the Whale of a Sale
65c
All other Neckwear
(irriitly Iteiluced
WEEKS & SAWYEK
Where the bent clothe*
KHiie from
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Standard Pharmacy
THEY WILL SEND IT
Ready to Serve
Yon Better
We arc now located nt the old office build
ing of the Electric Light Co., corner of Fear*
iiiK and I'olndexter streets. Regular dinners
will be served every day. Chicken dinner with
waffles Tuesday.
Vou arc invited to call.
Jose 's Tea Room
I'HONE 902
lend. 4.442 prisoner-- were com
mitted In 30 counties in ten 1
months. If the average for these
counties Is the average for the
State, there were 7.500 ni^n com
mitted to chaln-kungH within tJie
flrBt ten months of 1924. The
same proportion would give a to
tal of 9,000 for the year.
"In the iiunnuer cf 1923 Gov
ernor Morrison n.?iu?'Mtrd tie
county authorities to abolish the
lash. Of the 30 counties r? port
ing on chain-KanKS, seven report
ed floggiuK used as a punisdine tit .
It is known to the Stst" !$?arj ol
Charities and I'ubilc Welfare that
several other counties which did
not report on this item, practice
flogging."
In regard to jails, j|C r? ports
out of a poshible total of 720 for
the 72 counties reporting wi re r<
ceived. On an average < I" a lit
tie mere than seven and a half
months per county. 72 ;?? r c- nt of
the counties in the State r port
ed 6,987 persons confined in coun*
ty Jails. The hii-nuiai report
mates that an attempt was made
to lind out something about thes?
prisom-rs, but ih.it there has not
yet been opportunity to compll
this Information. Although ? ven
the approximate n?:e of many
pris ?ners was not rep it?d,
enough ages were report d in be
ilgniflrant. Of those whose ages
were given. 13S were children un
der IK years old. 49 white l*iy .
IS white girls, ?0 ncgra hovs and |
11 negro girls. One t!i>;!sind
seven hundred and :d\'v liv. wen
boys and girls between the ;?.gtj
of 1 G and 20. 7S2 w!?ite !n?yn, til 2
negro boys. IS** white : irl* and
183 negro r.irls. Two thousand,
two hundred and slx'y ? iuht w. iv
young men and women betw-?ii
21 and 25? -1.063 white men, SIS
negro men. 14S whit women and
214 negro women. Five hundred
and four were over 10 years old
:sm whit* ith u, 10 Whit, women. '
??2 negro in: n and 21 ;u^ro wo
Kikiht ludiaus were report
ed.
Tin; data rolatinr to th?- Matun
o: prlr.'iuir.* in Jails l.s |;l\en
;iiri*iiip|? |*'. Two th?it-.and. (our
haadred and t ighty-six are r?r >nl
a-' hwhIiIbk trial; 1.091 w? rv
*? rvtnj; Si wen* put in
J.ii! lMtau?i? t!i?*y wero want<4 as
w.?i!? ??.? ?, r.ud lis we tv insan*'.
Tl?i- Lav. ? marly on< -half of tliv
totiJ iiu>n!i? r. or 3.U01. unac
? :r:M?*d lor. >1auy ot th?ao, it i?
?t:'.i* d. art- |n nimbly Rccounti'd for
? > i*i iuon?-r* held Ir. Jail a r?w
ys t?tvf. ji ncv and trans
it r !o th?; road4- or lo th?? Slat*
Witlilr tl:** la>t bUunial p< rlod
15 counti>* have bull! new Jails
-?r now Imvi Jails under construc
tion. ? Cherokee. CUreland. Cum
jerland. Duplin. Edgecombe.
Prank I In. Johnston, McDowell.
??ush. N?w llanover. IVnd>-r,
!*?tlk. Kutherf'ird. Stok-s and
Wilson.
The State Hoard of Charities
and Public Welfare recomuund*
district Jails to take the burden
from .mull counties.
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An Unusual Offering
Inventory f'lul.. 1: ; with ail enormoaa t.toek of -Cook
Stoves, i .nil to nr.?vo these v.o arc ifoinjf to j?ive a 10 per
ct:ii, CASH ltlSl'Ol'NT on every cook stove in the
house, for thirty days ; this moans wholesale and letail.
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