Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-17
LOCAL NEWS.

FURTHER DETAILS OF rus SHOCKING cRrxk.

OF her, afterwards, being accompaniei ont of
the depot by young rurfian--oae Frank
Burch-who induced her TO 20 with him on the
IreteNt OF taking her 10 his home temporarily
untll she could ind employment: OF his outrag.
| ing her In the Smithsonian Grounds; OF certain
companions or his committing the same erinl-
ana OF the subsequent arrest and committal 10
Jail IN default ofS oo0:bail of this notorious char
acter. r.Burch, and one OF his alleged companions
| named John Norris. This is All OF that chaptar
oIciime that was deemed proper for publication
! at that time, as there were more arrests II ha
i maue. The alleged guilty parties now having
/ all been Gagged more OF the case can Da nroparlY
stated. The first knowledge the police had OF
I ihlS girl was last week. when MAJOR Brock re-
cened dispatch from Cher or Police Adams
4 or GoSton. notifying him that Mary Trout an
orphan girl from that city, who had been bound
/ out 10 a Mt. HeisKell, a farmer living near RAN
/ ananhock station, Va. some two years ago. nal
ieft her place. and IL was supposed had started
Tor this city on the 18th ultimo and requesting
our police 10 look out for her nj the same ftmS
giving description or her. Major Brock gave
/ the case 10 Detectives Acton ana C0omSs 10 look
/ up, and after search about The Division
.Iney found girl at house OF bad repute
/ girl Iornd by them denied that her name was
= Mary Trout, claiming that Mary Mansfield was
/ her right name and that she was not from Bos-
l ton. The Officers feeling assured. however that
| she was not telling them the truth. thought
/ IL best 10 take her In custody then and there
which they did and took her 10 police headQuar-
! tiers. From the woman OF the house who APP
peared 10 DC kindly disposed TO the girl they
round that she was an unSuSpecung country
/ girl. who had been fouily dealt with by q gang
or some ten young rotlhS in this city. and that
! she had afterwards been brought TO this house
| by a hackman. From the story told by the
woman IL appeared that she arrived late sun
day night IN this city. and having no place 10
! so seated herself In the depot, and think
ing over her forlorn situation commenced
weeping when she was accoSted by a
young man, who kindly inquired why she was
there, when she told him she was a stranger
and knowing no one here had no place TO 60.
lie told her that bis wife would permit her g.
stay at his house untl she could find some othe:
house. and offered TO conduct her TO his house
Knowing not what better TO do. she accom-
panied him. and when they arrived in wood
supposed 10 have been In the Smithsonian
groundS) other men came up who appeared tC
be well known TO her conductor, and she was
knocked down, and some ten or them altogether
one after the other maltreated her. When she
recovered herself she was alone, and retraced
her steps the beSt way she could towards the
depot, and when near IL she was acc0SJed by
haCkman, TO whom she briefly told her troubles,
when be offered 10 take her TO a house where
women boarded, and did so, first taking her TO
dSreputahle place on {, near 18TH street.
known as the " Dutch coral" The keeper
OF this place, seeing the plight she was In, and
thinking her too hard case for her, de-
clined TO reGssiye her, and she was next taken
10 place on the corner kept by Mrs. Lo-
renZi; and from thence she found her way TO the
Glascoe house, where she was found. The con-
dition she was in. as represented oy Mrs. Glas-
coe, was truly pltlaole, but the inmates had
humanity enough TO administer 10 her wants
and necessities. She was very weak aud sick
then, her clothing Soilej and her mind wan
dered. Mrs GlaScoe saw at once that she was
an innocent girl In search OF an honest means OF
| support, ana befr1ended her the best she could,
| allowing 10 harm 10 come TO her. and IL was un-
der these surroundings the detectives found her.
| They also found sufficient TO lead them TO sus-
| pect that Frank Burch had been foremost In
| this infamous procedure, and arrested hIm. On
confronting them al police headquarters she
| recognized him at once as her betrayer on the
evil night she arrived In this City. Knowing
| that John Norris was an Intimate friend or
Burch's, he, toe. was arrested and recognized by
| Miss Trout as one OF the party.
| FIVE ARRESTS ALTOGETHER.
| These TWO were committed Thursday by
Judge Smell. and last evening the officers also
! arrested John Rocco. Emmitt Bush and Harry
Hardy. all Intimate associates OF Frank Burch,
| and there are Others yet 10 be arrested The
| proofs forthcoming are sufficient, the police
| state. to convict them all. The hackman who
| took the poor wanderer 10 this house is John
| Adams, night liner, who states that he sup
! posed her 20 be diSSipated girl and believing
that she had been On a hard spree that night,
| thought he was doing her a favor TO take her 10
this place and charged her nothing for the ser
vice. He also states that IL was quite early In
| the morning when he found her near the mar
| ket house, and That Frank Burch was near by
| her at that time. A colored woman has
also been found who saw these men In the
smithsonian grounds late that night with this
| young girl. The girl had been thrown to the
! ground when She saw them, and she recognizes
|
| case will again come Ia the Police Court next
| Wednesday. Major Brock, finding that the
| condition or the girl required the best OF atten-
| ton, got permission for her entrance into the
Columbia hospital, where she Will remain for a
| short time, and DR.. Murphy has been very
! kind to her. Her condition has improved
| somewhat, but the ordeal she has passed
through has caused great nervous prostration,
and IL is thought somewhat Impaired her mind.
IL is thought. however, that in few days she
VIII be sufficiently recovered TO give testimony,
| nd OF arfG no -
| has been aScertained that Mr.. Heiskell, who Is
a northern man, with wife and one child, ob :
tanned this young girl some two years or u. one
| ago from an orphan asylum near Bostn-, c-iv-
ing bonds In the usual form for her safe keen.
! ing and good treatment until she became az
age. on the day she left us house She started
cut TO Pick sorIe blackberrieS, and that
| was the last tney have heard OF her;he immedl-
ately sent word TO the officers OF the institu-
| llon, where he obtained her, and they ia turn
npa n31ied nne cnief OF police OF Boston, who in
Inorlies here. How she got TO this city and what
her motive was for leaving her home is stilI
mystery which Will, Through correspondence,
De cleared up, 1t is hoped by next Wednesday
the day OF the hearing In the Police Court
one thing is quite evident to all, that she was a
pure ana unsuspecting girl until these fiends
| got her into their hands,
Great credit is due our police especially
| MAJOR Brock and the detectives, for the part
| they have taken in the work OF retaining her
| IRON her perilous surroundings and ferretlng
PROOFS TBICKENIsG.
| Three other Important witnesses were secured
| today, and the evidence thIckens every dly
oorroboratiye OF this girls story. Proof is also
| found OF the fact that these raylshers robbed
| her OF her money, and how IL was divided
BEGGING AT THE WRONG HousB-This MORN
| ing, as officer Madlgan was sitting in front OF
| his house, s2l 4th street northwest, a rough
/ looking colored man asked him for a small sum
| or money TO assist him In burytng his child
who had died last night, stating that he did not
| wish the corporation TO bury IL, and that IL he
got the money he would bury IL ia his own
ground. He also presented a paper Stating
| that ChaS. II. Brooks had the lung disease was
! unable TO work, and had a vile and six chill.
dren; this paper pur porting TO be signed by DR..
CaSSfn, DR.. Parke q. Young and Dr. Winters
This, the man Claimed, was necessary TO soften
peoples hearts. The officer questioned him as
10 bis residence, and, promising TO go out and
help him, put on his coat and took him TO the
Police Court, where the charge or vagrancy was
preferred Brooks said that he only asked for
a piece OF bread. He was sent 70 the work.
house for 80 days, where the judge said he
could get bread and clothes.
SWEETNESS IN A CHURCH.--A few days ago,
the NJ Z. church at Bladensburg they discov-
cred many bees going In and out OF small holes
In the Notwithstanding. Yesterday it was de-
termined before proceeding further With the
work {the activity OF the bees rendering Is al
most impossible TO go oD) TO Investigate Ac-
cordingly the bearings were taken, and Dor
IN aff ftas