The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-09
SAD STORY ABOUT TWO YOUNG GIRLS.

From the Cincinnati Commercial June IL
Two young girls, one OF sixteen only another but
three her senior daughters Of respectable citizens
in comfortable circumstances, are the unfortunate SUBJ
jects OF this sad story OF departure from home from
friends, from decency and from virtue. The elder OF
these two victims of waywardness Miss Louise, Is the
daughter Of preacher; the younger, and less expert
enced and confirmed reprobate has always had good
home with her iather man Of business The two girls
have not been long intimately associated-only for
few months past bseve. The elder, sprightly,
we'll educated and naher fascinating girl, has been
under the bane Of evil influences than her younger
companion, had FACT been led asray before the two
became well acquainted The story told now is that
ward Of q small circle Of young girls Of good families
who are looked upon by young men OF their
acquaintance - unusually bold and wild in their be-
the Esd Of May last In the absence Of Louisas father
from the city, the two planned 10 escape from their
this determination after much delbsration for they had
been talking OF at times for weeks The spirit OF
lewdness and wickednsss seemed to have taken full pos
session Of them. They encouraged each other their
conspiracy against their welfare by talking
peatedly and magnfyng 70 large proportions the petty
themselves and each other that each sadly abused
young woman, and that their only means OF happiness
was TO be found In life Of shame They had planned
to do thus and tho 23d OF May, but were frus-
trated. Tho elder girl had made an understanding
with wealthy young man, and had confded TO
this young gentleman Studied the affair In cool
condition Of mind, he came TO the conclusion that for
his safety he hal better break the engagement and
this and thus The PLAZA spoiled The woud-be
aways could not their clothing However they
concluded to leave without their clothing and In
the course of two or three days their bedrooms
found vacant when breakfast was announced
The elder girl had made arrangements that secured
them admittance several HOUSES in their efforts to
avoid discovery by their parents and the officers who
werO set upon their track They went 70 several bad
Streets sleeping here and eating there taking breakfast
In heuse dinner In another and supper at third
always moving, their determined efforts escape
FrNvn all lint MAG vrndA nj IN TOutu
Laws While there last Sunday they received warning
from one OF their associates hero by telegraph that
tectives going TO Louisville and Indianapolis in
search Of Thorn. Concluding Inst they would be safer
they Immediately returned hofe, scpptng Il Third
street house. They wore discovered, however by IN
acquaintance who Informed their parents that they had
returned The fathers 10 company with Sergeant VIII
ams, Of the Ninth street district police commenced
new search night before last and ~ about four O'Clock
of yesterday morning captured them. They took them
mmedatey 20 the Ninth street station and locked them
within cells there. During yesterday they had an op
portunty 10 study in the society Of their degraded
cell peighborS the future that they had courted-to
hear language from the lips Of women 90 degraded % TO
Be horrible IN their moral beyond the
conception In rs profanity and vulgary. OF any bot
the most degraded mind. The younger girl shuddcred
aud wept and shrunk away into corner Of her cage
The other who had all along acted In measure as her
protector curcd her lip in scorn and maintained her
composure She quietly remarked, II have turned ost
and I'll turn back but you will nevor md me
myself"
harIot who occupied the next CELL you've only taken
. few lessons /; you haven't graduated yet in this
school"
The younger girl taken out by her father, and
liberated last evening being nineteen years Of age she
ID probably rreclaimable