Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-03-27 | Page 15 | Trouble: Runaway Girl, 17, Suffers Cold, Hunger in Search for Happiness

i i I 1 i Ru Runaway awa Girl 17 Suffers rs Cold C id Hunger Hu Hun ger er in i n Search Search for fr o r Ha Happiness u I At 17 17 Violet Murphy Is just beginning to look ahead to happiness happiness hap hap- and has had more than h hr r share of sadness and trouble That was the story gleaned Thursday from Violet as sh she lay in a white-walled white room at the Salt Lake general hospital wr m y I and told a strange tale of leaving leaving leaving leav leav- ing her home in California California-a a ahome 1 home where there is nothing for me Violet arrived at the hospital I after a series of experiences such as seldom befall a girl of I her age VJ 11 I rT f n ft rM f s a ac J JI I I 0 I 1 c SHE LEFT TIER HER FAMILY WANTS TO FIND A NEW HOME I Violet Murphy asks chance to pursue happiness She said she ran away from home in Reseda Cal several weeks ago and made her way to Salt Lake City Here officers took her in custody custody custody cus cus- tody and arranged with the Travelers' Travelers Aid society for her return home She was placed aboard a train for Los Angeles but jumped from the moving train with her one traveling bag at Lynndyl Utah She suffered suffered suffered suf suf- a sprained wrist bruises and abrasions At Lynndyl a railroad agent and a police officer took her herIn herin herin in custody but she managed to give them the slip and hitchhiked hitchhiked hitchhiked hitch hitch- hiked back to Salt Lake City Wednesday night she was found asleep in a parked automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile in the block on North Second West street The car owner called police when she refused to leave the car Police found her suffering from influenza and bronchitis induced by exposure and undernourishment undernourishment undernourishment under under- nourishment and took her to the hospital There she said her one hope Is to find a new home and the chance to pursue happiness happiness happi happi- ness She steadfastly refused to re return return re- re turn voluntarily to her California California California Cali Cali- re 1 fornia home contending there is nothing there for me She was silent on what went wrong I at home why she ran away Violet a pretty haired dark-haired girl who was educated in a California convent said she wanted to stay in Salt Lake City If Violet is to stay here it will be necessary for a family to assume her care officers said Violet said she would do housework I if she is given a 1 home Officers said Violet is no r ordinary road kid and that she deserves a break Her case will be handled by 1 juvenile court authorities when when- she leaves the hospital I