Girl Wins Right To Luxury Life. Court Warns Mother Not To Interfere With Daughter's Future Happiness. New York City, New York; February 19, 1925. The life of Mary Gillin, which was spent in what she herself described as "sordidness and misery," probably will be one of luxury and happiness in the future, as the result of the sanction of a court, the generosity of a wealthy woman and in spite of the protests of her own mother. Mary is eighteen, pretty and attractive. Recently in the Seventh District Court, Brooklyn, she wept happily when Magistrate Folwell told her she need not live with her mother any more, but could continue as the companion and secretary of Mrs. Agnes Naetzker, wealthy young matron of 2025 Regent Place, Brooklyn. Mary has a hunchback brother. The two were born of poor parents. Their father died many years ago. According to the girl's story, their mother, Mrs. Grace Gillin, who lives at 526 Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, failed to give them adequate care, and often drank too much and beat, and scolded them. They were placed in a Catholic orphanage. One day Mrs. A. [sic] O'Malley, a social worker of Kew Gardens visited the orphanage and took a liking to Mary and her brother. She took them away and made Mary a maid in her home. That was the first time Mary ever had come in contact with luxury, and it made her happy, for even in the orphanage she had dreamed of fine things and nice surroundings. Mrs. O'Malley placed the brother, sixteen, in position where he is making good money in spite of his deformity. Mrs. O'Malley had a daughter Agnes, seven years older than Mary. The two became friends. Recently Agnes was married and became Mrs. Agnes Naetzker. She made Mary her companion and secretary, so the two would not have to part and so Mary could continue to enjoy the life for which she longed. Mary's mother, however, according to testimony of witnesses, several times went to the Naetzker house and abused and threatened both young women, until Mary agreed to return to the home of her mother. The girl said she was abused and beaten so much they were returned to Mrs. Naetzker. There she regained happiness, but in the midst of it Mrs. Gillin returned and threatened bodily harm to the girl and her companion. Mrs. Naetzker ran to a fire escape and called Patrolman J. Farrell, who arrested Mrs. Gillin on a charge of disorderly conduct. After hearing this story, Magistrate Folwell suspended sentence on Mrs. Gillin after receiving her promise that she never again would bother her daughter. "With Mrs. Naetzker," he said, your daughter can have a beautiful home and every opportunity for getting up in the world, while in your home she can only be dragged down."

The mother of Agnes was Georgiana Marie Reynolds (1854-1940) who was married to Thomas Francis O'Malley (1854-1918). Georgiana appears to have been the social worker. The article appears to misidentify the mother as "Mrs. A. O'Malley"

• Agnes O'Malley (1891-1980) who married Oscar Louis Naetzker (1891-1983)
• Mary Gillin (1907-?), the friend of Agnes rescued from an orphanage.
• Hunchback Gillin (1909-?), hunchbacked brother of Mary
• Magistrate Folwell
• Grace Gillin (c1885-?), mother of Mary. She may have been born in Ireland and widowed after the birth of her children.
• Patrolman J. Farrell

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