Show Case of Modem Modern V Valjean aljean Reveals Injustice That Shocks French PARIS AP A year old French boy without money tried to togo togo togo go to America How that adventure started him on a n fight tIght with with-i Justice that has cost him th the best days das of ot othis' othis hi his his' life lIfo has hits reached the front trant pages of the Paris pa papers ers and has shocked the French conscience almost as U s I must as aa the ni mythical cask case of J Jeaa aa Valjean an The Th victims victim's ms name nane Is Edouard Ponto Des Deserted by by- his mother durIng during dur dur- ing the war cYr r while his father th r was wn-s at sf thief the front Ponto was made tho ward of a a- farmer Badly treated the boy ran away hoping hoping- to reach Amerl America He Ho boarded ft a train at Paris for Havre 7 without a ticket He I-fe was wa-s arrested arrested ar- ar ar ar- rested at Havre and sentenced to six years ears in prison prison- for swindling the ther r railroad company Educated in Prison Fonto Ponto w was s released and and ent to the army to d do dohis dohis his military service Six years year arl- arl in n c comments m a Paria colu columnist in a a. savage attack at attack at at- tack on on the courts Then tho bar barr racks Society did not refuse this lost lost- child the tho right tp to die for his tt But the tho barracks are almost a n paradise for tor Ponto Ono One eats cats eats has hasa hasL a L bed bcd makes friends Ponto proves an ah excellent soldier He Is 18 rol released in Sn 1927 with a a. certificate of good conduct Then Justice slips sUps again the army clerk thought thought it was IL-was was necessary nece sary ear saW to write on 01 Pontos Ponto's precious discharge papers apers the fact tact that he hewa wa was an nn ex Thero Ther Ponto was condemned condemned- to dle UC of hunger After leaving his regiment he he can art an find work nowhere Why should anyone o hire a n. youth ou h who had been In prison l' l Ponto cannot cannot cannot can can- not find work but ut he does find mc men nier with whom h served ln inT Ponto has baa jU Just t. t been rested arrested again and and- condemned to five years mOle more in prison |