Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-14
TIE ROAD TO RUIN.
Two Young Girls Voluntarily Aban-
den Themselves to Life of Shame.

\ dehased-lnokiag woman entered
The Central police station last night,
followed iy two girls. who had a nalf
hositaiin~, half confident air, and asked
tu see ".ic captain.u Can't. Kohlund
stepped forward, and acceT;ained from
tie leading female that she was the
propr!etTe-s of a bawdy house in Al
moDd street; that these two girls had
called upon her, representing that they
were respectable, had been employed
- dnmcsiics in the city, and that they
I iiad mutually agreed tO enter upon a
I ii!'. of prostitution. With n moral sense
oi hunor which an ordinary observer
I would scarcely have given her credit
/ for, the keeper of the house had decid-
ed 10 lay the case before the authorities
before she consented to receive these
wayward creatures Is inmates of her
den.
/ The captain took the trio into his
office aud questioned them closely. In
answer TO the inquiry whether they
| had considered tlle terrible step they
were about 10 take, they answered
that they had fully and deliberately
done 80; and had no misgivings for
the future.
,-CaPtain-"Have you been driven to
this hy pnverty?r
Gi;-is-"No, Sir.~
Captain-''Is seduction n reason 9p
Girls, Indignantly l-"Nn, sir"
! Captlin-"Do YOU mean To teII ma
that you are both pure girls -,
Gigls-''We DO, most truly.v
C"piain-''Then what can be YOUR
reason for such Il determination ?''
Younger giTl-"Weli, sir. we think
we shall enjoy going to dances. hay-
lng nice dresses, and riding out once a
while"
Captain -"And you two girls stand
there in your right minds ami tell me
that you have deliberately decided to
go to hell ~
Giris-"We don't know about that,
FOR long time the captain en-
deavored To dis>uatle them from the
course of lie they had selected. He
depicted To them in the darkest coIors
the inevitable fate of al, who enter
upon the path of shame, and earnestly
begged them lo reconsider before it
was too late. But his well-meapt
efforts weIe nf no avail the seif-dOom-
Ell ones could not Gc shaken i'm their
determination. In answer to further
inquiries, they stated that they had
no parents living. One, however, af-
terwarl said that she had father Iiy-
ing in Indiana, bat that he had not
treated her deccutiy, ard did not care
what Jecume of her.
Aftcr cx!lausiing al The arguments
AT his command, the eapttin took
dnwn a book and registered them,
with the remark that "when a wo-
man has fully determined tu become a
prostiiu'e he knew OF 40 lag. to pre-
vent H."
The girls were aged respectively
eighteen ANA twenty years, aud were of
respectable appearance-one of them
quite good lnoking. After some in
structions - 10 the requirements of the
law, They were suffered To depart.
lhus they reverse the rule ~ usually
observed by these who chouse sucl, q
profession. Those begin at the foot OF
the ladder They make their debut
where the curtain falls upon their
O:her listers in crime.
Under the guidance of the woman
wi'n had brought them i'm, they de-
pAried-deIaried for the vice-stained
precincts of Almond street, whence il
Is pr''bahle they may never emerge
un II in'empprance and disease shall
have so stamped their features as will
render them UnTecogaiZable except "a
tiGleS, or until death comes with
k!nH!E care To rescue them from the
fearful associations which they have
voluntarily ci.Jsen.-,T. Louis Times.