Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-17

.-,,,.s n Girl TO Life Of shsme
.w.sxrso TO pAEEsrs.

osz..ey, a Fepo!t5s oi s"e <'e"9 hac
sonnr N ~ nam'd LIZ btsshsl. ~tD ar
,;rai few hours before from san
FRANCISCO. on the steamship Queen Of
.bs Pacific. Several ino2.as ago stat.
VIZ ,oarr;ei IIe I;ortacn's sister aud
hrouqh. her here. After oe.itin3 ias ho-
.sls for some days he placed bis WIS IL
ionse of i'll fame. Tier brother na'Fi
s.re 10 take her back 10 San frtncisc,,
nd succeeded in getting her separated
s,om Ssatler and wished to keep her
sway from him. Shs refused TO %
and statler came after her to the hotel.
violent quarrel ensued. The police
n,sysuted Ls Bss.hea fro.n shooting
Sss.lsr. who TOOK his wife away.
s.s FsascIsoo. day io.-A short tslc-
r,,m from Portland yesterday told 4
,svol,ing story OF husband teach
ina his wife to lead life OF in
fanny. and Of an indignant brother who
,.sds vain attemp. to rescue his sist +
S,ou, fate worse than death. ali ihe
nsrties implicated are from this city,
AMI there ~ connected With the AFFAIR
snch story of base t.eiehery aud In
caruste wickedness. the whole contain
inc moral 80 pointed that for the sake
If the thousands OF young girls ex
,.,sed to the same danger II would bs q
craye m.stske not to toll it here. -Four
months ago Josis La Bro'hon. an IS
year-oid girl, kue1 comparatively little
Il the dark side of life. She had been
hr,u III. up By loviag hands. Her par
euts we're people of the middle class,
vho could afford for themselves and
their children many OF the comforts OF
lde. They tried 10 bring her up a use.
ful member of society, aud as they had
nat their two sons to work whsn they
had lsft school, 30 they made Josie
Isarn ths value Of money by cansing her
70 work for it in prominent dry goods
and dressmaking establishment on
Kearney street. Here she took her first
dAnce at the glitter of tho world, and,
In company with other girls, she soon
BEGAN 10 employ her lunch hour in par
adirg the sidewalk, in ths same manner
ss too many girls do, for the entertain
meut of the men about town who are
lettering In the nei2hborhood. II was
bat short time until she was intro
duced 20 one of them. His name was
Trask L. Stat!er, aud his business was
dressing we'll, making deb,s and borrow
inQ money. de affected the company
Of fast women, and lived mainly by
begging Of them. Bat he dressed we'll,
and 70 tho inexperienced eyc of the
young girl he appeared gentleman.
6tasisr. AZ subsequent events showed,
had become tired of his mode of life.
TRAPPED AND SECURED.
He, like hundreds of other "mash.
en, was anxious to secure a mistress
Who could support him, and, finding
that Josie was good looking aud at
traotive enough for that parpose, no be
gau laying his plans to ensare her. In
this be soon succeeded. Some friend
OF tho parents, however, informed them
OF ths daily noou meetings of the couple,
aud tho eldest brother, about ~ years OF
age, BEGAN to hunt for Ssatier. Both
he and the father soon after succeeded
In hunting tho fellow down. but as they
did not know his true character. they
contentrd themselves with forbiddiuQ
him to speak ~ tho girl. Sgoh an in
terdict, was, Of course, no bar To Stat
ier's actions, and, finding the daughter
also disobedient. the parents put her
out tn aofyice, where her opp ,rtns..ies
of meeting the temp.er would bc slight.
A few weeks later the father had occa-
sion TO visit tho daughter, and she shen
innocontly informed him that she an
tended to visit San Rafael on the follow
ing day. The father at once suspected
that bsatler would accompany tho Girl.
and ths oldest son was deputed 10 inter-
ncpt her en- the wharf. But the latter's
vigilance waa in vain, for the girl did
not CONS But true to her word. she
left the house, whore she worked, nor
di! sho return in the evening. In short,
ahe had run away, and for thres weeks
the father and brother spent their time
In attempts to get clue Of her. At the
end OF that period q telegram arrived
I ON Modesto, asking for the address
of Josie Le Brethon's parents. This
was clue. and with the next train the
brother started for the town. He went
Ia disguise, In order to prevent the es-
cape of the sister, for he suspected that
she had been abducted by Statler.
INvEiaIKD INTO BlaSIo.
Upon arriving at Modesto he found
that his fears we're only too well found
ed, for he discovered her to bo an in
mate OF house OF Ill fame aud Statler
living Of the earnings Of her shame.
be learned that the sooundrel had prom
ised the girl trip to San Rafael, but
AA41eSsuu Va tnAbuk htVA w tAV Utsat kok
that place, had taken passage on the
Stockton steamer, where another des.
picable wretch. with An innocent girl
from the same dry goods establishment,
kept them company. The quartet pro-
ceeded to Stockton aud from there 10
Modesto, where they arrived at 3 o'c!ock
IN tho afternoon. At 3 o'clock both the
girls had been sold to lifa Of shame.
Iaoln at 1sI har
degradation, and must have appealed
for aid to be liberated from the horrible
bondage, which was the cause Of the
telegram being sent TO this city. by
some means Statler was informed of
she arrival Of the girls brother. and be-
Iieving that the young man could be
hoodwinked, he moved his breadwinner
TO q hotel, and there he confronted the
avenger. The latter drew pistol on
him, but bystanders prevented blood
shed. Statler, however, was locked up
On charge of vagrancy. Having in
structions from the father, who, OF
course, WAS ignorant Of tho fect that
the girl had been placed in house Of
Prostitution by Statier, that the latter
must be made to marry the girl. the
young man insisted on these instruc-
tons being carried ont. At first the
abductor refused point biauk; then he
aSksd for 800 rs precedent condition,
bat finally, and under the persuasive
nM0ance of q nine months prospective
impgt.nnment, he consented. His COM
panion in crime followed suit, marry
lng u his turn the girl seduced by him.
1ns latter have since led decent life,
ND for that reason their names are not
given.
On the following day the father. whose
,nxsety concerning the fate of his
0aughter gave him no rest, came also to
Aodesto. He found the couple married
and IN an evil hour he agreed to give his
on-in-law chance TO redeem himself.
UNHAPPY srQ QJEL TO THE MARRIAGE.
Tbs judge before whom Statler was
uted and convicted for vagrancy ccun-
eeled him TO a different course. Know
mR the heinous character of the offense
q which the prisoner had been guilty.
ne wAa anxious to send him to Jail. and
enly the persistent intervention OF the
nther saved the scoundrel from we'll
oeserved punishment. The sequel shows
now great the mistake was which was
soen committed. Believing that there
.as still something manly about Stat.
IS NJ. LeBrethcn ps:d his expsnses to
- francisco aud paid the rent of the
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