The New York herald., 1871-08-31
FRAIL FLORENCE.
GONE Mere Unfortunate in
Jersey.
Tsle Of Four Cities-A Philadelphia Girl
Elopes to New yo1k. is Lookup Evansed
IL Brooklyn and prugged in New
aTk-Her Story in tie
Newark City Prison.
anything Bew, CAPTAIN y,

ahy'hihG beW, Captain ~
"No' Mr.. =, not much that you wcuia care to
know; nothing but the usual drunks breaches NC.
Hold Oh though. There's girl np IN the witness
room who mas a story you might make something
for the HERALD out Of. George calling to the
doorman) give Mr. the particulars OF that
Philadelphia case.n
The foregoing remarks were uttered IN the cap
ta!ns room OF the Newark police station last cven-
lng about quarter % six O'Clock, the speakers
being HERALD reporter ana Captain OF Police
Dwyer Proceeding 10 The witness room with
"George' there was fonnu string on the iron bed
stead adjusting her niserably meagre toilet, u
brown haire0, pleasant featured girl Of about
twenty years. she was of mediIm height; ana well
formed, buJ bore face and about ner ton,
senlole the unmistaka6le evidence OF having led a
life OF
SHAME AND DISSIPATION.
Stin there seIni-s ad exple ession about her
face which betokened sorrow, shame and contr
ton. The story she told Is as ollows-
About six years ago she and her parents
emgrated TO This country from England.
They settled in philadelphia. and her father
went into the grocery business, which ne Is now
conducting IN flour.shtng condition, on the corner
OF second and Walnut streets, Philadelphia. Last
April the girl VINO gave her name as Florence
Smith,
from her parents home with q young man named
William Bell, one Of her childhood acQua!ntGnces
William, she says, had previously become intimate
with her beyond the rules OF virtue and morality
under promise OF marriage. To New York she went
with him, but here he deserted her. she next
became q servant In the house OF certain doctor
residing III Hanson place, Brooklyn. she gives the
lu'i name and number, Dui, for obvious reasons,
these are withheld for the present
THIS BROOKLYN DOCTOR,
she became pregnant, and to hide her own shame
and his villany he administered TO her powerful
drugs, which produced a result similar TO thai Ob-
tanned by Lookup Evans demons. WbIlc SICK she
was removed to
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL,
anu nero, snc says, the attending physicians seri
Ously considered her ana talked abouG bringing
their Brooklyn brother TO task about IL. After eaV.
ing Bellevue she fell in with Bell, vino Keeps store
IN East Ninth street, New York. With hlm on
Tuesday night they proceeded to Newark ana to.
gother she put up at low place. opposite the rail-
road. In the morning she left with him Meanwhile
they had had quarrel, IN the course OF winch she
says she expressed
WISH THAT SHE WAS DEAD,
and he said lie would get her wnac she wanted.
Out they went and disappeared into store where
she drank something she doesn't know what.
Sne was found lying IN Mechanic street IN an
conscious condition by policeman, who took her
"GeOrge," she was well and kindly treated. She
said ner parents were quite well OIL ana knew Moth
ing OF her whereabouts and that she was fully re-
solved TO return 10 them and make all the reparatIOn
possible Oy future exemplary life. She also stated
that she had been stopping with u family at No. 80
SOuth Eighth street, Jersey City, and that her
clothes are there now. She tells her story in
straightforward manner, which. strongly induces
tanned until her recovery Is complete. Nothing has
been seen or heard OF her 'frieDd' Bell.