Show fATHERS SAD NEGLECT He Was Drunk While Children Chil-dren Were Very Sick FAMILY IS VERY POOR Bought Drink With Rflonoy Contributed Con-tributed by Charity Placed Under Arrest on Complaint of n Physician That He Was Endangering En-dangering His Boys Life A peculiarly aggravating instance of it mans disregard for the sufferings of his own family was brought to the attention at-tention of the police last night resulting result-ing in the arrest and imprisonment of the offender on the charge of drunken new Two children of the family ahoy a-hoy and girl have been seriously ill ort or-t fever for several terries and the family has been suffering for the necessities neces-sities of life Charitable neighbors have been looking after the sufferers and at different times have contributed money for their relief Recently it Is claimed the discovery was made that the husband and father secured possession pos-session of the money so contributed and spent the greater portion of It in getting get-ting drunk leaving the sick children and the nearly distracted mother to starve or to get along as best they rouId Finally woman who wis r helping help-ing course the children reported to the doctor that the condition of the sick boy was inudc worse by the father coming com-ing homo drunk late at night and getting get-ting Into the bed with the child and then t the doctor believing that forbearance forbear-ance had ceased to bo u virtue reported re-ported the matter to the police and had the man taken Into custody i 1ite family fam-ily lives near Second South and Fourth Vcst streets and the unnatural father gave the name of John Jones at the police station I |