Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 2 | Forged Checks for Love, Girl, 17, Says in Jail Cell

Forged Checks for Love Girl 1 17 7 nn S Says ys in j Jail ii Cell Celt Tells of Meeting Sweetheart t at al I I Skating Rink Case Given iven Juvenile Court I r did it for a arnan man I thought I loved him There is a n. story within a story astory Inthe Inthe in inthe the case of little Ruth Huth lag Fag 17 11 j old ear girl now held held in the ther city Jail The story is s that she was char charged ed edwith with forgery in a complaint issued in the county attorneys attorney's office on Thursday On Friday morning Ass Assistant Assistant As As- s tant County Count Attorney James DeVIne DeVine De- De Vine learned that Ruth was was was' only 17 and asked City Judge N. N II n. Tanner to o dismiss the charge chargo against her herand herand herand and refer her caso case to the Juvenile court But the h s within that t story Is th the tale l of t Ruths Ruth's downfall nn l from the he proverbial straight and narrow path that led her to the c cell ll In the city jail that has housed far tar more vicious and hardened criminals than her herself elf Ruth Ruth Ruth-is is not asking liking sympathy pathY she Is not seeking to justify her wrongdoing wrong doing but only to explain It Sitting Sit Sit- ting ting ting-on on her narrow iron cot in the Jail she looked the picture of misery a once gay Y devotee of public skating rinks now a n. chastened and sorrowful sorrowful sorrowful sorrow sorrow- ful little girl FELL FOR HIM HIMI HIMl I l knew I was wile doln doing wrong when I forged those checks Ruth nuth s said slowly But I did It for tor Ton TonY Tonj- I thought I loved him madly madl and when he lc asked me to do it to so we could get Iet money money on which to to live Ive I II naturally did as he asked I Ton Tony Ruth explained was Tony Continued on page 3 CHECKS e FOR LOVE LEAD I. I Iff TO JAIL CELL w r Continued from page 1 poli a a. man with big brown e eyes es p d flattering ways whom she met metr meth r h fiT night at Woolley's i a filler ller skating rink P fell eU for tor him hard right away th i continued and he seemed t to me too At least he lie pred pre- pre j- j ded d d that he did and asked me mo to toM try arry him and go so to California to P M e 0 I asked him time and again the he was married and he said No like I had Insulted him e i t ter r all this happened Ruth Indi- Indi ted her arrest with a a. sweeping le hire ture around the cell I learned y t a wife and two babies I II ver VP- would have gone with him If tad iad known that From am em that chance meeting at I policy's rink on the night of No- No niber moer 11 fate late and Tony guided ith th on the downward path For- For tUng her obligations of caring for fori younger brothers and sisters at r fathers father's home 2200 East Thirty Thirty- rd d' d South street for her mother i p ft Ruth was 8 and on her hering herrig rig ing shoulders fell the domestic dens of the home Ruth chose choseI I nys companY company for better for forr II r r e. e The pitch of 01 gaiety at Ich they started dropped several I t tes s the next neat day da when they beIL beJ be be- J IL e hungry and were without ds EDED TO EAT 11 Finally I suggested that I If write I heck check for 5 on my my uncle and cash ISO so we could eat Ruth admitted fely Iy I was pretty hungry Then rhen jad id a check for 25 salary waiting ime me at the Utah Radio company 1 I intended going right out to tilt lit and pay my uncle back But Buty my y persuaded me It would be all ht So So after that when we ded money I would write the f eka and cash them Tony Tony- alid al store and andR outside the tho id 2 faYe aye ave him all the money money- All I got R r t It was was was' a pair of f bloomers a aIr Ir trot of slippers and hose a a. 4 hat bat hate one e dress which I had t W td to cash the checks I think I IC C hed u about In all Finally I to quit it all and on Wednes' Wednes Wednes I went home to my father and andi i police came and got me the never again bug has bitten 1 Pith Ith hard and permanently she dl I ve never ne done anything wrong for loro ore this and believe me I never tt l again she said ruefully rue Ive rYe my lesson and if they'll I JY yi let me I want to work hardill hard hardI hardIt ill I get all aU that money paid k I It hief of Detectives Riley RUey M. M indicated that drastic ac- ac uld be taken against Napoli om he be feels Is s responsible for u rem fall from grace Meanwhile j must wait walt the verdict from le cour court