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Show TEACHER HADTO PAY Woman tid Been a Fugitive for Whipping a Boy in School Champaign, 111.. Oct. 21 Ml-s Annie Kelly of Champaign, formerly a teacher at Tolono, cfter being a fugitive fugi-tive from the law for four years, has I capitulated by pa Ing ov?r to William Barke of Tolono l,2iio damages. She Is now free to go where she will, and the "Tolo;i.. scno-d case" is ended. Because they alleged that Miss Kelly and h r principal, Sherman Cass had seriously injured their 1I-, year-old hoy .Michael by whipping lilm. Mr. and Mrs. Burke sued and obtained damages of ?.N0o After spending six months In Jail, C;u?9 paid Soo hut Miss Kelly lied. To the doors of the supreme coirt the young toucher took the case, plead'ng exemption under the bank-riptcv bank-riptcv laws, but the highest tribunal In the land ruled that I'nrle Sam could throw n shelter around her. "I have always wantc-J my daughter daugh-ter t-i pay up. but she was too much of a fighter to surrender," said her father, .lames Kelly, a prosperous retired re-tired farmer. The supremo court decision, however, how-ever, wos the Dual blow to the Indomitable Indom-itable spirit that had kept the young woman a fugitive from her home for yet rs. Bv the terms of the settlement. Miss Kelly pr.ld ever the remaining $1.20' of the Judgment. She also paid the court costs. The Burkes hae spent at least $'.-001 $'.-001 trying to bring' to justice the teachers whom they believe injured their boy. The defendants are out a i-imilar sum lit ariclilon, Miss K'dly's professional profession-al life has b"en practically broken up for four years. |