Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-18
SULLIVAN'S SNAP:
A st. Vincent Sinner Decoys Two Young st.
Paul Girls into His Den of Infamy-Their
Escape-TheIr Rescue and Return Home.

Paul Girls into His Den Of Infamy-Their
Escape-Their Rescue and Return Home.
Capt. Clark returned Yesterday from st. Vim
cent. Having gone up there to arrest and
bring back Frank Farrell and Nellie Heathcote,
they too arrived yesterday from st. Vincent.
The capture of these two was unattended by
anything out of TIE usual. Capt. Clark,
40 soon as ho reached st. Vincent, looked up
the runaways, and speedily succeeded in find.
ing, and told them what was wanted. They
had nothing else to do but comply, and both
gave out that q return to st. Paul was highly
in accord with their own inclinations. In fact
Farrell and Nellie Heathcote both agree in de-
clarine it was their purpose to start
for ST. Paul the morning after the
night on which Capt. Clark arrested them.
On the whole, Nellie Heathcote's escapade is
very commonplace affair. 1t doesn't ascend
to the plain of romance and stripped of the
grievous features, which alone attach to her
distressed family, the girls conduct stands out
as boldly outrageous and wholly her own vol
untary act She sets up plea of deception.
but it will hardly wash.
The story goes that Nellie had an ambition
to relieve her father of the burden of her sup
.port-though he is in no way disinclined to
have it. Actuated by this desire. last Sunday
she met Jerry Sullivan ut Schadc's grove, and
he tempted her with big wages up at Vincent
All sho'd have to do was TO pound a piano
in his (Sullivan's) concert hall. Nellie felt
equal in muscle to such exercise and accepted
the offer. She knew her father wouldn't con-
sent, 50 Just went away without notice.
Farrell was at Schades also. Sullivan wanted
employees of both sexes; so Farrell was engaged
as q festive beer jerker. At the time of these
negotiations, there was Swanson girl in COM
pany with NelNe. Sullivan wasn't particularly
slow in offering her u situation also, but tho
Swanson girl didn't accept.
At or all this business, the quartet went in
for pleasure. In the course of their enjoyment,
tho ra-ty took in White Bear Lake, returned
to the city-and next morning, Monday, the
Swanson girl left. Sullivan, Farrell and Nellie
breakfasted together at Montgomery's restaur-
ant. Nellie was still unsteady anxious to try
her muscle on Sullivan's piano, but was un-
willing to take the trip alone, even counting
Sullivan and Farrell as one each. Then the
three drove up to Ida NJ. Manke's house
and the Mankc girl went away with the crowd
promptly on imitation.
Everybody is familiar with the particulars of
the flight of the four. They went to Mime
apolis in hack, to Wayzata in another con-
yeyance, and there took the cars for St. Vincent.
The above is gotten out of Farrell and Nellie
when questioned separately.
Nellie denies that she was drugged, but
claims she was induced by Sullivan to go.
Farrell claims to have had nothing to do
with 1.-THE abduction" He and Nellie were
merely employees of Sullivan, duly engaged for
special service. Sullivan persuaded Nellie
togo Farrell knew nothing of it until after
all arr angements were made.
Getting up to st. Vincent, the complexion of
things seemed to change, as itwere. Both
Nellie and Farrell found they had been delud-
ed and deceived. Farrell with horror discov-
cred that he and Nellie had been entrapped, led
into a fast house. At this discovery Farrell
claims to have hustled the girls Nellie and
Ida, to other quarters. But this change wasn't
made before Nellie inquired about the piano,
and was shown a washtub and washboard as
the musical instrument in store for her, run by
soap power presumably.
Farrell and Nellie agpee, questioned sepa-
rately, that they left Sullivan's den, sought
and found good quarters, and were on the eve
of returning to st. Paul when taken in charge
by Capt. CLARK.
The sum and substance of the business, as il
now appears, is that Sullivan is the man, not
in plunging two girls into the depths of sin,
around whose muddy borders they have already
bedraggled their virtue.
Capt. CLARK, as stated, made the arrest with.
out trouble. But when Sullivan heard that the
girls were going to escape him he gathered a
rescue the girls. 1t was not attempted, and
more than likely, it is just as we'll that it
= wasn't done-for Sullivan ct al.
Unfortunately Capt. Clark had no warrant
for Sullivan's arrest-his mission was to catch
Farrell and Nellie Heathcote. This he accom-
plished. On the return home the party was
accompanied as far as Willmar by Ida Manke
There she left the train to put herself under
the protection of q married sister who resides
in that village. Her presence one way or the
other was immaterial so she wasn't detained
when she expressed desire to get off at Will
mar.
The parties to this drama or moral tragedy,
as they appeared yesterday i'll the persons of
Farrell and Nellie Heathcote, are striking ex-
empli6cation that something is wrong with the
civilization of the present day.
He's beardless youth.
She's mere child in years, only Is.
But what he don't know Of iniquity isn't
worth knowing.
And what she must have learned by this ad.
venture is enough ia appal even SO sutanic O
person as the alleged abductsr, Sullivan-or it
ought %.
Farrell bears himself as an innocent
Nellie can hardly be said to be penitent. She
don't say she's sorry, though now and then q
tear spoke of some contrition on her part.
The meeting of father, Tom Heathcote, and
daughter yesterday Eo:e heavily upon him. She
looked ashamed, but before scene was enact
ed Nellie's brother took charge Of her and took
her to the home which she has so previously
outraged.
Farrell is in the lookup.
The case in all its bearings, SO far as these two
young people are concerned, will be settled al
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