, 1860-02-22

An INFAMOUS Den nEoKrS rr AND F1Exp1s1
| ISFAHr E1rosEn-CeS;rRAcr TO PRcsr17r1C.
In yesterdays Police Court an old colored
bag named Caroline Allen, arrested for keeping
| u house Of illfane On Van Baren street, wss
fully convicted OF. the charge. During the
bearing, some Of this ghastly secrets Of these
prison houses Of vice we're brought to light, and
the infamy shown OF those who nc. as procu-
resses and pauders 10 the trade in bodies and
souls there carried OF. Implications were cast
upon outside parties, which resulted in their ar-
rest and the case will have Thorough, hearing.
Ellen F. Herbert. q young gil of nineteen
voars, testified that she came to this city from
Indiana few Weeks since and stopped at the
Sherman House. Her purpose being to find q
place, she had recourse to the 1ntelligence Of
lice Of one Sarah Marx, No, 2os South Clark
street, b. whose directions and agency she was
placed, End it could not hare been unkuowiug-
" in the household Of the old harridan pegress
Allen. That few days thereafter she was
drugged By potion Put into glass of wine
she vas induced to drink, and ahe recovered
her senses to lear 44s Ipu extent Of her wrongs,
and ruin effected atek It: clerk,
Another girl nzeaed Eli1.beth Engles, fifteen
years Of age; who resides in this city, testified
that she was induced By the old woman Allen to
enter her h0usc On Edna Place as above, osten-
s.ots TO "f1'o iester. That she did write one
~ .ue o'a "omsns o!c'a,'on, whose contents
"'e wv oiss"s''os 10 DC oetaaea. ihat day
VI NV atsef' W sona spec:ous pea, the osd
WOMAN ,nooeeo nes 10 accompany her to the
"no'esa,e hquof nonse 81 John D. Smith, ls'
oouth !" a'er street, and while there was induced
10 60 up stars 1nto a rsom occupied b. one
cnaFles Il. schwao, travelling agent OF Smith,
70 look at piano. The villain then attempted,
nFat oy or'bes aud then oy force, to accomplish
her fu'n' but in Ea'n; 1t was OILY By giving
IL" promise 1ne1 sue would meet him at the
"ea % At s. 1"en, tnat 1ne s'fl could ohtAn her
is.sase' 'ne ooor having oeen locked
Ing case was continued to this afternoon, to
g'Ee an opportunity to probe this infamy to The
very bottom, If possible, aud bring to tue justice
they merit all the parties involved in the same.
IN tae meantime the men schwab and Smith
have been taken into custody md released on
$1,000 bail each, to appear this afternoon for e1-
animation. .
Tho Gl1r!n Request to the Chicago
atstorica1 S"ciesy.
nc aFe a. last aose 10 present TO our readers,
tne provision OF the Will OF tho iate Henry y.
1pp'n' Esq OF fhiIadephla, setting opart bis
tnuaineent oeques' 10 she chicago historical
h,ndrod ,ho,.,.a a.1,.., 49, ~ ~. ~
49,, 'noNsAa o"'',' -. su,.' .o.iy eq"ai 10
donor, and placing on permanent and pro,ai.
ucnt basis and nosition the Sociatr ;tsa1e
nj f,.: u:..:,t..
4no oneaso nlS'os'ca' ooele'5 was organized
early III 1886, with about twenty enrolled mem.
hers. ia nrnsacute h;stor;co, rs.aaro1, md ~,
,o,.;one =. v.-.,-.1.
'se'.ons 4oe 1''aos en4 III t'oF'o"es1, eonten-
plating 1nrther, as wlsf-f sphere, the estah-
lishment aud maintenance of q pnhf;c J,;t,rarr.
A rh,,tar x,s .;ver i'm eao;o.u
tnra ~ ~ ,ha -;.ss. w. .oe ~ 'as Ls1 s'a'
It's Board If MANAGERS cons;s, ~ tha .snaI ~;
,,u, .,,;.,,. - cte.-:..
GERS, Wl1h SIX committees Gu business, and
scren on Research aud; Correspondence, the
latter being respectively Committees on Abo-
riginal History, European Discovery, Civil His
tory, Ecclesiastical History, Science, Ne5spa
ncrs and Literature. CITY If cb;caco
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~ .he ''petal'J OF " alsef L. y e" berry, ESq.,
the historical Soe4lty occupy fiae suite OF
rpoDls ip the SeMtssvry 'Blocx. Oh The corner o.s
Einz:e md Wells <t,est n .ha Ny, n:-7.:n.
r. =, - - wv "''AIu '4s"a
III the nFlnr o. tS-s Inc nu:aet. o. lutir CO..
lections had reached nearly tvepty two thon-
e,nd .nd e,ch vc7r Tho .or,u.uo,;.. .,...-,--
' ~4 soA'pa @S!'e nu"oef
o. tue aeecss'oos &c ITS collections increases
Tic provision Of Mr. Gilpin's will is as fol.
,ou.: '' - 80 AWE
1,1:.J Th
-a.;d"s - Hs M 1mas mafa pa1t q. tnc Iest mo
prn.;dan. ~ s1sas. VA IA, i,no Eelsooal' 70 1he
tnr If tbc T1stor;cai Soc;et1 nF ch;nsnn VI ~,
y. ~ -. ~, n;o5 .'oee5 u Eu'cae", lor Tue
GMs; aua W ',c1asa n q. I"pl., Henr5 y:
Hnnp.ll. Shnlots, aau .oa1Iss Ascalns'ers OF
lu'aus.E na, aue "A''aia u. oGaeo, OF Chlca-
CO. ana Inc survivor una SURVIVORS OF them IN
tfnst. 10 invest and relnVest the same at luter-
EST IL tne pubic STOCKS OF the Clty OF Chicsgo.