Forced to Sleep in Hen Coop, Is Charge

1920

Man, 68, Gave Nephew His Money, Received Abuse, He Says

MARYSVILLE, Cal. — Fearing that his nephew would drive him into the street and he would eventually become a public charge and die to be buried in a pauper's grave is the reason given by Manuel G. George, sheepherder, for filing suit in Judge Eugene P. McDaniel's court to compel Manuel E. George to return $500 which the old man transferred to the younger man's account in a local bank on promise that the latter would care for him.

The complaint recites that he is 68 years of age and that when he went to live with his nephew the latter's wife and children abused him and he was compelled to sleep in a filthy chicken coop, although in ill health.


Steals a Dying Man's Watch

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — As Samuel Sterling lay dying of pneumonia, his mother and sisters screamed and wept and the attention of passersby was attracted. A number of persons entered the house and went upstairs to see what was wrong. One of the strangers, a stout man about 25 years of age, grabbed the dying man's watch from a bureau, ran from the house and made his escape.