Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-17
ELLA GR0CAN.
THE PLUCRY LITTLE WOMAN
PURSUES HER DESTROYER
TO RATION ROUGE.
Nathan Levy, Her AlTegedC cwaraly
Seducer Skuiks away from the
Prienaless Girl who Asks Hin
to Give support, Only, TO Her
BABE Two Weeks Old.

On Monday morning, stranger, q
young woman of about % years Of age
and of modest, prepossessing appearance,
was brought up before Mayor Jastrem-
ski, charged with disorderly condaot.
She was pale and careworn and carried
in her arms babe, which she said was
but two weeks old.
Mr.. H. Abramaon testified that the
young woman had been apout his store,
giving him much annoyah ce, in her pur-
suit of his brother-in-law, Nathan Levy,
whom she claimed was the father of her
child. The witness stated further that
Levy maintained that such was not the
case, as he had not been with her since
over year and that some other indiyid-
nal was the real father OF the babe. He
asked that she be forbidden from hang
ing around his premises.
The Mayor ordered that Levy be
brought in to give testimony, when it
was found that the alleged seducer and
destroyer of the woman's happiness and
virtue
HAD FLED THE CITY.
The Mayor asked the accused to make
a statement, which she consented to do.
It ran as follows, substantially:
"My name is Ella Grogan. have no
parents, tho last. my father having died
in New Orleans, where live, in 1867. I
amlan honest girl and WAS earning an hon
est living when met Levy, who sought
my ruin For long time | resisted his
advances and pledges. At last | snc-
cumbed. After that asked him to full
fill his promises by marrying me.
Pressed TO do so he finally started to
abandon me by leaving the city, when |
met him on jackson Railroad train
and
FIRED AT HIM
with pistol, FIVE times, shooting a hole
through his hat. He went to Mississippi
and followed him there, when he again
hed to this place. When my baby was
born determined to make tho effort of
having him to provide for it. I came
here. At first | thought Of leaving the
baby at Mr.. Abramson's and telling
Levy: There's your child, take care Of
it, But feared 10 do that on the baby's
account. I've raised no disturbance. I
only want to stay near Abramson's store
until Levy comes back to make him take
care of his child. don't want him to
stay with me-"
The Mayor after listening to the COM
plant and to Ella Grogan's statement,
declared that she was gnilsless of the
charge, and jndglng from the fight Of
Levy and the straight forward narrative
aud manner Of the accused he could not
but feel deep sympathy for her. He ad-
yised her to return to Now Orleans and
Us she said that Levy's relatives had
means, to institute regular proceedings
against him to compel him to care for
the child. A subscription list was in
addition, written and headed by him
which was circulated by Administrators
Hillen, who, without difficulty SOON OBJ
tanned an ample amount of money to
transport the unfortunate mother and
child to New Orleans.
The pluck Of the little woman excited
the admiration Of the audience and their
deep contempt for the cowardly seducer,
who dares not confront his victim, but
instead seeks to excuse his shameful
conduct by adding insult to injury by
charging her with being bad woman
and IL black-nailei, when 10 il reported
that he boosted to- some intimate friends
here of his hard-won conquest of the
poor girls virtue, which he accomplish
ed after o year Of counting.
1t Is high time that society should az
fix the brand Of infamy upon those
sneaking villains who crafty their pas
sions by seducing with false promises
the young and alas too confding of the
weaker sex.
We're Ella Grogan, the kind of woman,
which Levy now says she is, he would
have had the manhood not to skulk
away like the midnight prowler who
has committed an evil deed.
Since the above was putin type, after
the departure Of the unfortunate woman,
Nathan Levy the heartless cheap mash
er, has reappeared on our streets.