The New York herald., 1878-10-28
STRAYED, BUT NOT LOST.
ANNIE DAVIS AND JANE GREEN TAKEN FROM
MRS. BROWN, OF GEORGIA, AND SENT TO

ANNIE DAVIS AND JANE GREEN TAKEN FROM
MRS. BROWN, or GEORGIA, AND SENT TO
THEIR FRIENDS.
Mrs. Fanny Brown, Of Savannah, Ca. with Miss
Josephine Lane, her compagnon du v0ydge.
raigned at tho Jefferson Market Police Court, yester
day morning to explain how 1t was she came to have
paid the passage OF tho two young Boston glrls-@
Annie Davis and Jane Green-to Savannah on the
previous day. The girls put upon the stand aud
Annie Davis was questioned by Judge Otterbourg.
Sho said was twenty hroo years old, native OF
Dgby, Nova Scotia. and had beon hoasekecper In the
Soycr House in Boston for lore than year, Snc res
lated that sho had heard that Mrs. Brown was stop.
ping at tho Central Hotel desirous OF getting
young LADIES to 90 South with her. II and Jenny"
said the grl. SCALED upon the housekeepsr OF the
Central WHO introduced US TO Mrs. Brown, with whom
we had quite long ana interesting conversation.
She loid US that she would get Us employment II we
went with her And sne agreed to pay whatever We
owed IN Bos on and defray expenses 10 Savannah.
We dld not agree to go with herat once"
What Kind OF employment did she oiler your"
asked Judge Otterbours
elm a laoy's hairdresser, Your Honor. and T
thought she would get sometnlng 10 do at that az
well as at some other employment"
"What Other employ menLW
10 this question the Judge could obtain direct or
satisfactory Tncn he called the girl round be.
hind the desk aud made her SIT IN chair near MIN.
He with her Tor some tiino in low tone and
learned lnat she had u little baby IN Boston whose
father was dead, and Obtained other scraps OF her
history which mado him somewhat uncertain as TO
she would not have gonc with Mrs Brown had II not
tho advice o the h0usokeeper in the Central
Hotel.
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY.
Jane Green was about TO be cross-examined by the
Court wnen she Intimaled that she would ko TO see
the j udge alone Tor moment. He stepped into the
side room with her and moment alter returned 10
the beucn highly indignant.
.sMrs. Brownl" said no, ~ cannot mold you or
your assistant Hiss Lane and am very sorry for II.
wish could punish you as you deserve tor traick-
Ing in flesh ana blood aud morality. 1t would DO ad-
yantageous 10 tbs community 10 make an example OF
you; Dut, III this Instance, you are beyond my roacn
These girls went with you willingly and thcy are old
enough to act Tor themselves But they don't want
to 20 10 Savannah with you, and We don't want them
In New York. We have enough OF thor KIND hero. I
Wherever thcy 80 feel they will do wrong SO
prefer that they should enter upon tner wicked
courses at home rather than nerc am sorry tnai 1
came with tnem at ali for tho proposition
made by that girl, Jenny Green, IN tue side
room shows her to be either TOO ignorant TO knew
that she did wrong or too bad 10 care whether sho
did or She wanted to brbe mo with 50 70 lot her
60 back Boston and not gvo up the ticket for Sa.
vannuh which you bought nsr. My resolve Is that
you four shall be separated. You, Mrs. Brown and
MISS Lane TO Goorga as fast as suits You to
do so Tho two gTis, Captain Gastin, you will send
10 Boston on the Norwich boat Tonight
THIS disposition OF the case Was carried out to the'
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