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Show Father Chains Son Who Stays Out Nights CHICAGO: Joseph Svarlk, Jr, ten years old, liked to run away from home and stay out until two o'clock In the morning. morn-ing. But his father, a laborer, who works all day long, didn't like his on's day-and-night peregrinations, and so he solved the problem by a method he learned back In Czechoslovakia. Czecho-slovakia. Neighbors discovered his unique method and reported to the police that he was In the habit of chaining the wandering ly. Policeman W. V. Murray of the New City station was on his way to duty when the neighbors summoned him. They told him of their suspicions and led him to the Svarlk home at 4747 South Honore street In the kitchen of the home the policeman found the old world method of handling han-dling a case of Juvenile delinquency. Before Interfering further with the routine of the Svarlk household the pntroluian consulted his superior, Cupt. William Stapleton. who came on the scene to make personal Inquiry. Joseph, Jr., was chained about bqjh tegs. The wrap around each leg was padlocked and the connecting length was so short that he could barely shuffle about. It was necessary for the father, who kept the keys on his key ring, to loose the padlock before the boy could be taken away. He could not understand the fuss these policemen and all the neighbors were making. There are four other children, he told Captain Stapleton, Margaret, Helen, Mary and Clara, ranging In age from three to thirteen years. Neither he nor his wife had trouble with them. But Joseph, Jr., wai another an-other matter, a "lie stays out till two o'cloc In the morning sometimes," the father declared. de-clared. "He runs away and lives under un-der sidewalks. In the summertime there's no school and there's no keeping keep-ing watch of him." So Joseph, Sr., remembered the wooden stocks they used back In the old country for boys who didn't behave. be-have. He evolved the chain Idea. It was the third time he had used it when police came to the rescue. "You're In America now," amended Captain Stapleton and booked Joseph, Sr., for appearance In the Juvenile court. |