The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-11
SEDUCTION.
The SHARES and Pitfalls Which arr
Laid by Designing Libertines
for the Unsophisticated.

Local gossips had q toothsome
scandal to macerate yesterday in the
story of a dastardly attempt to in
veigle a young and innocent girl into
q laison with a man who is well
known in Butte. The story runs
that the young lady, who is respect
ably connected and but seventeen
years of age, has been an habitue of
the opera house skating rink
where she formed the acquaintance
of a young man who has figured in a
very mild sort of way as a man about
town and a general sport, and also of
a married lady, who seemed 10 be a
particular friend of the young man.
On Monday evening the three met as
usual at the rink, and after enjoying
the hilarities of the glide for a time
the married lady asked the young
lady to go with her to the
house Of 4 friend, who lived
near by, saying she didn't want to
60 alone and they would return in
fifteen or twenty minutes. The
young lady consented and the two
left the rink together, but yer af-
terward Joined by the young man,
and the three wendell their way to
the bachelor apartments of the we'll
known mar who was to play the
part of the heavy villain in the
doubtless preconcerted plot against
the virtue of the young lady. The
intended victim was, in her inno-
cence entirely unsuspecting; and even
the unwonted familiarity and rude
jokes of her companions failed to
arouse her suspicious. Nor did she
see design lurking in the wine which
vas freely offered and almost forced
upon her lips, but of which she re-
fused to partake. 1t was not until
she found herself alone in the room
with the heavy villain, deserted by
her companions, and with the door
locked upon the outside, that she be-
came thoroughly alarmed, and by
her loud protestations against the
now evident designs of her
friends, brought back one
of her companions who unlocked the
door and Immediately disappeared.
She then insisted upon going home
at once, and the man who is suspect
ed of having laid a deep plot for the
girls ruin, accompanied her to her
brother'sd door. Upon beinginformed
Of the circumstances, her brother
one of the implicated parties
and gave him a sound t%hrashing.
He is greatly incensed, and will
probably not allow the matter to
lrop until all the parties who
;ook part in the scandalous
proceeding are either brought to JUS
ice, or held up to the contempt of
he entire community. 1t is not the
province of journalism to spread be-
ore the public, details of scandal for
he delectation of the prurient mind
ID, but when a skating rink,
which should be a place of innocent
amusement is made a rendezvous
" libertines and procurers for the
hraldom of innocence ard virtue, it
ecomes the duty of every respecta-
lie journal TO sound the alarm and
0 expose the operations of those who
re known to be implicated in such
esigns. This we are prevented
rom doing in this issue, by promises
lade to officers of the law who are
ngaged in looking up the case, but
is to be hoped that the names of !
IL the guilty parties will be made t
ublic, through the commencement {
f legal proceedings before another {
sue of the MINER. i