TILLEY, Oscar - bastardy case - Putnam

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TILLEY, Oscar - bastardy case

Source: Greencastle Banner and Times 22 June 1894 p 5

Oscar Tilley arrived home several days ago after quite an absence and on Thursday, Special Constable Callahan called on him and escorted him to Justice Ashton’s court. There, a charge of bastardy had been lodged against him by Emma Rule and the child in the case was born about three months ago and a living evidence of Oscar’s duplicity. Hyman healed the breech however, and Thursday evening Oscar bought a marriage license and married the young lady.

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