Allegheny County PA Archives History - Letters .....William Geis Committed To Reform School  August 31, 1881
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Complaint made to W.H. Porter, Deputy Mayor of Pittsburgh. by Dora Geis that 
her son, Wiliam Geis, should be committed to the House of Refuge.  William Geis 
was 9 years of age on Aug. 12, 1881; he is beyond her control.  He has no 
father, he is in the habit of running away from home, and lying out at night, 
refusing to go to school.  Also in the habit of lying & swearing.  He will not 
obey her in any manner.  She lives on Penn Ave., near 39th St., in the 16th 
Ward, City of Pittsburgh.
     Matthew Heyl deposes that he has had William Geis at his house and that he 
knows that he is beyond his mother's control.  Testifies to truth of statement 
of the mother.  His address is Seibert's Row, on Penn Ave., 16th Ward.

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