Omaha daily bee., 1882-10-05
FROM THE JAWS OF sly,
Daring Rescue of kidnapped
Girls by Heroic Lum-
bermen.
Two Little Chicago Girls Stolen by u
Procuress and Taken to a Brother
in a Lake Superior Lum-
Der Camp.

~ OeAN'h'
Chiui-o Herald.
The vultnres in gems and silk attir,
who traff in human virtue and max,
the downfall of innocence minister t,
their desires are sssiduous III the pro
secution of their ends, and the craft,
wiles of the evil one seem equally a
their command in comprising the ruiz
of a trusting girl easily misled, Whei
the victim is a child of tender year
then, particularly, no pains should b'
spared to SCI the machinery of the Law
in quick pursuit of the guilty wretches
On the night of Mayor Harrison,
reception, a week ago Wednesday last
when the great crowds on the street,
were attracted by the music and the
display of fireworks, two little girls,
aged respectively about twelve and
thirteen years, wandered away from
their homes on the West Side and
were speedily lost in the crowd. The
children Joined in the stream Of
Humanity that flowed toward the lake
front, but were unable, on account OF
the dense crowds, to get further east
than State street. While they were
waiting on a corner for the procession
| of Csrter's followers the children were
approached by a well dressed woman
of mature years and an elderly male
companion. Tho woman smiled grac-
ionsly, patted both little girls on the
head, and after being informed where
their parents lived offered to buy them
some candy.
The entire party, Including the old
man, then adjourned TO a dago shop,
and while the little girls munched
their confectionery, the woman filled
their ears with stories Of the great
sums of money abe would give such
little girls if they would only come
and live with her. The little ones,
completely intoxicated by the heaps of
candy and fine clothes their vision saw
at the kind lady's home, agreed to go
with her at once. The party was at
the Northwestern depot in a few min
utes later, and the . o'clock Green
Bay passenger carried them en- route
to Crystal Falls, Mich. The train had
scarcely pulled out of the depot when
both children fell asleep. They did
not again open their eyes until the
train reached Green Bay. Hero they
expressed repentance for leaving home
without notifying their parents, and
the woman, fearing the conductor
would suspect something amiss, hud-
died them together in one end OF the
car and threatened them with death
in every form did they make any
outcry. The next afternoon they
reached their destination. Their
abode proved to be a lumberman's
dance house.
Crystal Falls, situated on the Dor
ders of Lake Superior in the extreme
northwestern part of Michigan, is a
new settlement, its principal street
being a forest of pine six months ago.
The lumberman and laborers in the
iron mines compose the population,
and the very few score of frame shan
ties that serve as dwellings do equal
duty as saloons. The locality is wild,
the denizens ruthless. In the lowest
den in that depraved gathering the
little girls from Chicago were brought
by the procuress. 1t stormed the
frat night and the house was un.
visited.
A ball was given The following
night, and the old jezebel instructed
the little ones how to act with the
men. Gaudy dresses were fitted upon
them, and with cheeks painted a deep
red and hair banged they were thrust
out in the ballroom to solicit. One
stalwart lumberman, surprised at
finding the children in such a place,
took one of them aside and obtained
her story. He cautioned her to say
nothing, as the child would certainly
forfeit her life did it become known
to the procuress that the little one had
charged her with kidnapping.
The lumberman at once quit the
dance house and laid the story of the
girl before a party of a 6ozen
friends who were assembled at a
neighboring bar. They were all
rough fellows, but had soft hearts,
and when it became known to them
that two little kidnapped girls were in
their midst and about to be sacrificed,
every man present registered a solemn
oath to rescue the children or die in
the attempt. But the undertaking
was full of peril. The dance house
was in the possession OF a half hun
dred of the worst roughs and DULLES
in the camp. All were more or less
drunk and many of them were armed.
They might well be though capable of
making Il desperate resistance, anG the
dozen iumbermen knew full well they
would resist with determination the
rescue of the girls.
In this dilemma strategy was re-
sorted to, and while the reyels were at
full tide the door was kicked open and
the dozen lumbermen, with cooked re-
volvers, ordered all present to throw
up their hands. The hands were up.
lifted in the orthodox style of the far
West, and before the excitement had
both children were being
borne swiftly down the street in the
of their kind hearted rescuerA.
The little ones were provided with &C
commodations at the hotel, but in the
of an hour the roughs and
FOUNDERS congregated about the place,
and the presence of several of the bet.
ter disposed was required to intimi-
date any attempt toward regaining
possession of the children.
The proprietor OF the dance house
and his woman raised a large follow
ing, when it as-found necessary to
guard the hotel all night from their
depredations. A gentleman named
Jones took a prominent part in liber-
ating the children, and he won their
confidence and friendship. Early the
next morning some one about the
hotel was bribed by the procuress TO
tell the children Mr.. Jones was down
stairs and wished to speak with them.
AS soon as the little girls appeared