Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-03-26

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People Of San francisco read OF the !
sales Of fair young OiScaaaian girls to |
brutal traders, 10 be takeu TO the mar
ksts OF Constantinpple for sale to
Turkish voluptuaries, and cry out
againat such iniquity being tolerated.
These same generous-hearted phian-
thropic people would resent as an out.
rage the statement on the part Of a |
Turk that We tolerated 10 our own COM
munity q trade more abominable, as
developments In numerous cases in the |
police court have demonstrated beyond |
q question that there is 10 regularly or
ganized trade in young girls inveigled
from their homes in the east under
false pretences, for the supplying Of
the brothels Of this city with victims
to replace those. relieved from
month to month by merOifal death
from the horrors Of q life OF hopeless,
indescribable infamy and suffering.
There are regular agents, whose busi-
ness it is to travel back and forth on
the steamers between. this city and
New York, and bring out girls from
their homes vt the east, on divers pre-
texts, for the keepers Of bEothels, who
furnish them funds to carry on the
business, and pay large commissions
for the devilish work they do. Others
are employed TO hang around the
wharves and railroad depots to watch
for the young and unstspecting, and
iuveigle them into the dens, which,
once entered, can only be escaped
from BY miracle.
1t came out incidentally in q late
case that one Of the defendants had
taken on one occasion two honest girls
from the steamer landing to the den Of
| the other defendant, with their trunks,
left th IN in the keeping Of the hag,
and received forty do lars for commits
sion before the girls disc vered the
plot. As soon a. the girls became
aware OF the character Of the place
they we're in, they raa ont of the house
in alright and fed 10 the residence of
sympathizing and humane people, who
protected them.
Among the passengers from New
York by tlie steamer which connected
at the 1sthmus with the Golden City,
was a certain fellow named or known as
Keiser, o hanger on of a notorious
brothel. With him came on board five
girls or young women, who were booked
as his wife and four sisters. Among
these girls were three common strum-
pets and two pretty young German
girls, unused to the ways of shame.
One of these, q polite, lady like, and
interesting girl, named Augusta May,
had been engaged BY Keiser, in New
York, to come to San Francisco TO do
sewing and take charge of an aged lady,
at wages which seemed almost q for
tune to her in her poverty and necessi
ty. The other, Emily Gosman, had
been engaged to take charge OF the
chamber work in q hotel, or under
housekeeper. Neither appears to have
had any idea Of the true character of
the man into whose hands they had
fallen until they arrived at Panama.
While on the Isthmus, o man passing
them said aloud, "There goes that
Keiser, with more stock from New
York for old mother Heise, in San
Francisco" This remark startled the
girl and caused her to make inquiries
Of her fellow passengers, and the truth
came out. What her feelings must
have been IL ia easier to imagine than
describe. @
Captain Lapidge and the Purser
quietly took measures to defeat the
nicely laid plans Of the seoundrel. On
the arrival of the Golden City at the
P. M. 8. s. Co.'s wharf, in this city,
Keiser stepped off unseen and trans
ferFed the checks for the girls baggage
to another attache Of the house kept by
Mrs. Heise, who made his appearance
in a few minutes, dressed in the height
Of fashion.
Detective officers were in waiting for
him, and as soon as ne produced the
checks for the trunks OF the girl Angus
Ca May, they took them from him, and
gave him gentle hint to 60 slow or be
might find himself in difficulty. de
became very indignant and commenced
talking big, when they took him by the
neck and put him out Of the gates, with
warning not to return. Meantime
the girl Emily Gosman had found q
protector in the person of . gentleman
Of this city, who was on board with his
family, and she vas introduced to the
oficers and told her story. The officers
got their luggage for them and assured
them that they should be protected
| BY this time Mrs. Heise herself, hear
ing how matters had gone, came down
to the wharf and demanded the girls
and their trunks. She said she was
out $270 on the two; that they belong
ed to her, body and soul, until she got
her pay. She got as little satisfaction
as other Of her runners, and vent of
in rage TO console herself on the loss
as best she might. The girls were
taken where kind friends, who have be.
come interested in their behalf. will
see that they are properly cared for.
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