From the November 22, 1906 New York Times:

“‘Writing love letters to his teacher in Public School N. 70, at 207 East Seventy-fifth Street,’ was the charge made against thirteen-year-old John Smith of 315 Easy Seventy-fifth Street in the Childrens’ Court yesterday by Patrolman Alexander Frazier. John went free because the teacher failed to appear against him. 

William Adams, janitor of the school, approached Patrolman Frazier dragging Johnny Smith by the arm, and asked him to arrest the boy. When the officer first asked what the boy had done, the janitor declared that he was guilty of disorderly conduct.

‘He’s been writing love letters to his teacher and won’t stop, though he has been warned enough,’ explained the janitor. The name of the teacher who had won Johnny’s heart did not appear in the policeman’s complaint, but the janitor promised that she would be in court yesterday. Johnny is large for his age and matter of fact in appearance. It was said that he had not only written love letters to the teacher, but had made the unpardonable mistake of reading them to others before sending them.

‘Gee! That was a narrow escape,’ said Johnny when he went free.”