The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-20
GREAT CIiIgsAsD ra EIH PERII.s,
Shocking Devices Practiced. In New
York In Day Light.

Shocking Devices Practiced. In New
York In Day Light.
The cOHgn0atiOgalia.
A few weeks ago young lady, whom fol
convenience l will call Miss D., was walk
ing through one Of the upper and respect
able streets Of New York, when her atten
ton was arrested by human hand thruS
through broken pane Of glass in the win
dow Of a house. The hand was moving
and as Miss D. passed 1t dropped q crum'
pied pieceof paper to the sidewalk at her
feet. Miss D. picked up the paper and
opened It. On 1t was written, as with q
burnt match, these words: For Gods SAKE
gstme out ofuhs house before midnight.
Startled by this most singular occurrence,
Miss d. turned Immediately back to her
home, and reported II TO her father. After
some necessary delay her father went to
the police station, and an officer was sent
with him to make an investigation.
On reaching the house and ringing the
bell, the men were received with some sur.
prise, and informed that it was a private
uOubtt hnu theli btoiy wan ilbteueu W Will
apparent astonishment, certainly with most
evident signs Of incredulity. The lady Of
the house did not know what to make Of
such story as that. The officer could come
in and look where he liked.
The two men went in. They found no
suspicious appearances. Ascending to the
room through the broken window Of which
the human hand had been seen, 1t proved
to be unoccupied. There was no broken
pane OF glass in the window. But the off
Ger did quietly notice that the putty enclos.
ing one OF the panes was fresh, as II the
pane had been recently SET. Discovering
nothing that would warrant an arrest, or q
further inquiry. the men were finally COM
PEELED 20 go away.
But they were not satisfied. Suspicion
remained. Later in the day, therefore,
they returned to the house, and proceeded
to takea more thorough search oil the prem
Uses. And this was what at last they found.
Down in the cellar three young girls,
half dead with fright. One OF them said
she was the girl who had broken the pane
OF glass in the window OF the room where
she was locked up, and had dropped the
c.umpled piece Of paper with the writing
on 1t to the lady who was passing. And
this was the story she went on to tell 10 the
officer.
In the morning Of that day, she said, she
was going through that street, when the
door Of the house suddenly opened, and q
well dressed and entirely respectable look.
ing woman rushed out, in state Of great
excitement, and called to her. "My child
is taken suddenly and violently ILL.," said
the woman, "the servants are out, and /
have nobody to send for the doctor. Would
You be willing to go?"
Who would, who could, refuse such re.
quest under such circumstances? Certain.
ly, the girl said, she would go.
swell, come in them" said the woman,
land l will give you the doctors address, "
The girl, little suspecting the terrible trap
which had been set for her, assembled the
steps and went in. No sooner was she in
than the door was sprung upon her! In m
instant the truth flash upon her mind. She
was prisoner; for what infamous purpose
the reader can readily imagine. She wal
conducted TO the room above and locked
In, like victim to be delivered up L
sacrifice. In her horror over her situation
she broke the glass, and threw her cry fol
help out the window. It was her only
chance. And II saved her.
Her companions in the cellar had had
somewhat similar experiences. What Q
den It wasl What devils there are in
human form A few hours more and I
would have been too late. And this il
plain daylight, in respectable thorough
fare In the wear al ouf ord 1894
Thus 1t is that innocent young souls ART
hurled into the waters and swallowed VI
with no one to save. How many "myste
rious disappearances" receive by such At
incident as this their explanation.
1t Is a true story, and one that fell
ought to be told as warning to younl
girls Of "perils in the cities" E. A.