Show rr TOOK CHUBBY FIRST l GIRL Y YOUNGEST STEPS NE PRISONER IN t JAIL I It t iI r 0 t ti g t 0 t- t C a t tC tS t C I S t 4 4 5 t tt I t Cf i C r ci 4 t 4 sM 5 t 1 1 t a 5 A child and a dog both of whom took their first steps In the Weber county Jail The baby is daughter of Ireno La Blair who is held for forgen her husband recently escaped front Jail and Is The dog is Toots who Juts 04 tho jail practically all her life I Br BY FLOYD rLOYD H of ot us is at the tender age MOST ot one vear ear or so take our feeble shaky halty steps In our nurseries while our parents kneel closely by and with Ith outstretched arms guard us against falling tailing But this I Is a story of a child and a dog who ho took their first steps in this world orld within the gray grim walls of o the Weber county jail Y D T The child the youngest pris- pris prisoner prisoner pris prisoner oner e ever eer er held in the county jail is 19 a laughing chubby gin girl who just passed her first birthday throe three das davs ago Her name Js is Naomi Jean and some some- somewhere somewhere somewhere where within the broad expanses of tho the country her daddy Is a fugitive from justice an nn escaped prisoner hiding and dodging seekIng to keep from the sharp eyes ot of the police pollee who ho hunt him Her mother held for tor complicitY In the tho forging of worth of checks In Ogden was wag recently brought back from Akron Ohio by Sheriff Richard to face the charges here and here and with Uh her into the jail came the blue blue- eyed blue eyed rollicking baby who wise had hadnot hadnot hadnot I not then vet let et taken her Hist st step I IThe The child too young oung to under under- understand understand understand stand that her father abandoned her and the mother after arter his es- es escape es escape cape jail taking their last dollar has hag already won her way Into the hearts of the officers of the county jail and the family of Sheriff who care for her herand herand herand and love her as aa If It she were their own on BECO fE FRIENDS With something In common the child and the dog have Also become become be- be come great pals paIs within a fe few days and are aro now almost Inseparable In parable Three years ago the dog came camo She Site was as then but a n tiny bill b of white down reposing cosily in the tho pocket of ot an arrested prisoner In the jail she vias nas gently placed down upon the cold concrete floor loor and there with nith tin tiny leg straddled out she sho took he her first step as liter did the child Three days das da s ago the girl guard guard- guarded guarded guarded ed from falling failing by Mrs and surrounded by the children and others took her step forward and now she toddles about unsteadily but on rapidly strengthening legs The d dogs dog's gs master gave gao over the puppy to tho the children who raised her She Is now a popular part of the fam fam- famIly fam- fam family family ily and a favorite throughout the county building Soon after the release of the dog dogs s master ho he left for Colorado tram from whence he came There he hemet hemet hemet met his his death from the pistol of ofa ofa ofa a former friend with Bith whom he fought But the dog has found a better home RI U AWARE OF TR Both unaware are of the tragedies which have hl surrounded their lives they play and frolic together two unfortunate waifs Malts early In life lite The child sleeps Bleeps with her mother at night In the women's ward ard but throughout the da day she Is with the and Is In so much demand by the boys and the sheriffs sheriff s a office attaches that she Is passed from tram one to the theother theother theother other throughout the day She Sho makes friends with them all The dog 11 she well ell she Is a per per- permanent per permanent manent fixture at the county Jail TwIce she has been th the tho mother of a family of tiny puppies which have been fought oer ov ot er or pos for tor pos session by nearly every In Inthe inthe Inthe the county building It It la Is the ardent hope of every deputy sher sher- sher- sher sheriff iff and office worker that event event- eventually there will be enough to go round BO so that the jabber and do- do de bate which exists elsts when hen the pups arrive will III finally be bc ended I |