Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-08
A Female AbdUctOr.

court room was densely crowded.
A Female Abductor.
LEADING AsTRAY A YOUNG GIRL.
On Wednesday evening Mrs. Fowler a COL
ored woman, who formerly lived In this city,
but now lives in Philadelphia, suddenly disap-
peared from this city. and at the same time
bright colored girl named Hattie Herbert, living
on Pennsylvania avenue, between Sd and 4th
streets southeast disappeared. Word was sent
to police headquarters. and 1t was soon aScer-
tained that they had left the city together for
Philadelphia. Information was telegraphed to
the principal cities, asking the police to arrest the
parties, and to-day about noon Major Morgan
received dispatch from Philadelphia from
$. j. Given, superintendent OF police, stating
that the woman was in custodg, the child found,
and that the society for the prevention of
cruelty to children will hold the latter to use as
witness against Mrs. Fowler, who will have a
hearing on Monday on the charge OF placing the
child in house OF i'll fame. The case was first
taken in charge by Detectives McDevitt and
Voss and the latter left this a. lii. for Philadel-
phia, and will remain until after the hearing.
The girl, Hattie Herbert, is only about IA years
old, of very bright color. and is considered very
handsome.
PHILADELPHIA ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR.
The Philadelphia Press of this morning says
The adopted child of Ananias and Harriet Her.
siding at No. 81 Pennsylvania avenue, East
Washington, D. c., came to this city on Satur-
day last In company with Mrs Harriet Fowler,
in the same city,. The girl had been in the
habit of visiting Mrs. Fowler, who was friend
OF Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, and on Friday last she
induced the girl to leave home under the pro-
mise to take her to the national fair. Instead
of doing this she brought her to this city,
stopping on the way In Baltimore, Bal where
houses of ill-fame. Upon arriving In this city
Mrs. Fowler made application for board at dis
reputable house kept by Annie Gray at No. 240
to be had. She then sought board for herself and
the child at another house of tll-repute, No. 254
south 18th street, and While there messenger
arrived from Mrs. Gray's, who stated that they
could be sheltered there Mrs. Fowler agreed
to 60 there, and, in conversation with Mrs.
Gray, stated that her young companion had
been an inmate of diSreputable houses in Balti-
more and Washington and desired to lead the
same life here. The propretress changed the
girls clothing and painted her cheeks, but sew
eral men who called on Sunday and Monday
took pity ON the girl and her condition and re-
ported the affair to Police Lieutenant Brown Of
the Nineteenth district, and he called the atten-
Cruelty to the case, proceeding, which led to
the prompt arrest Of Mrs. Fowler yesterday
afternoon, who had assumed the name OF Miss
Lille. The child, who has every appearance of
her mother lives at Georgetown Heights, and is
named Julia Jones. She will be communicated
with, and charge OF abduction Will be brought
against Mrs. Fowler
DE LA MATYR's PREDICrIoNs-The Rev. Gil
bert De La Matyr, greenback congressman from
Indiana, is making series of fat-mOney
speeches in the southern portion of his state. In
conversation. he expressed himself much disap-
pointed at the defeat OF Butler in MaSsachu-
Setts. Butler, he says, will head the greenback
ticket for President In 1880, with Jones, Of
Texas, for second place. Since Ttlden's iascoin
New York, he believes the democrats will nomi-
nate Hendricks The republican candidate, he
predicts, will be either Grant or Blaine. The
greenback party, according to Mr.. De La Matyr,
has no intention of abandoning its fight.
THE SPECULATIVE FEVER that has been affect
ing business and trade Of almost every kind
within the month or so past Is giving place
to more settled, and, therefore, more
healthy condition of things. Not only is there a
healthy pause in the Wall street "boom," but
also in the breadstuffs, provisions, iron, some
descriptions OF groceries, and other staple COM
modities with more or less shading OF values.
The Wall street craze at one time threatened to
draw into maelstrom Of speculation almost
everybody that had money to lose, while
the cliQue-manfpulatton of eXpOrtable merchan-
disc sent prices up so high as to well-nigh ar
rest the shipping movement altogether. The
reaction is not violent, but it is real, and its
effects on general trade, as well upon the public
mind, is wholesome. 1t is quite possible that
there will be a further advance in prices all
along the line, but it is not In the interest of
regular trade that it should be so rapid as has
already been witnessed. In progressing to-
wards our former national prosperity, it Is Of
the first importance that we should retain the
ground we have recovered, and not drift back to
the ''slough of despond," and to that end the
best way Is, not heels-over-head, but ''slow and
Sure."-(N Y. Con. P'iiJd. Ledger.