A Family Pattern of Criminal Charges
After pleading guilty to horse theft, a local woman is sent to a reformatory while her mother faces time in the state penitentiary.
Lizzie Paschilke, who enjoys the unenviable reputation of being under indictment for horse stealing, entered a plea of guilty in the superior court last Saturday and was sentenced to a term in the state industrial school at Chehalis. Her mother was convicted of a similar charge in the Spokane county court last week and sent to the state penitentiary.
“Lizzie Paschilke, who enjoys the unenviable reputation of being under indictment for horse stealing.”
This item highlights the era's severe approach to property crimes and the gendered nature of state 'industrial schools,' which functioned as juvenile or women's reformatories.
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