Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-09-07
A SCHOOL GIRLS FATE.
The Trail Of the Serpent at Coney
Island.
DRUGGED AND BETRAYED.
Found Wandering About the Hotels
in a Vacant Way Beggingfor
Money and Arrested.
WAS THE PRIEST HER FATHER
A Young Pastors Bride Elect De.
serts Him.

NEW YORK, September GA beautiful
young girl about fifteen years old entered
the Brighton Beach Hotel at Coney Island
yesterday morning and, approaching the
clerk, asked for loan Of s.. The clerk
was astounded, as he had never seen hel
before, and refused to lend the money. She
then accosted several others in the corridor
with ike request and with similar results
after which she went to the cigar counter
and asked for some cigars. The clerk in
charge, thinking the girl guest in the
house and that she was jesting, made no at
tempt to wait upon her, when she deliberate
ly went byhind the counter and, opening
the case, took out handful Of cigars and
then went to the piazza, where she offered
them to some gentlemen. They declined to
accept the weeds, and she offered them to a
man who sat By himself and whom she ad,
dressed as Honey bat the attaches of the
hotel, having their attention called to the
young lady, summoned Private Detective
William Irving who persuaded her to leave
the house.
A School Girl.
She was mere girl, hardly fifteen years
OF age and very handsome. She had large
dark blue eyes, Grecian nose, fair complex
ion and long, wavy blonde tresses, which
hung half way down her back. She wore a
light colored muslin Mother Hubbard dress,
fastened with blue sash, broad brimmed
light hat with waving ostrich feather, and
she carried a sun umbrella. In fact her
appearances were such as would lead one
to believe that she had Just come from
school Her manner was free and light.
hearted, but when spoken to by the officer
her face assumed look Of surprise, which
momentarily gave place to one Of fear,
while her eyes bores lewildered expression,
as if in dream.
As she LEFT the ho.Cl with the man Dctec.
tive Irving became interested and had his
suspicious aroused. lie followed the couple
down the ConcourSe towards the West End.
On nearing the Iron Pier both got into a
stage and continued down towards the other
end of the Island officer Irving had mean
while communicated his suspicious that the
girl was being led astray to one ofthe Coney
island police AID the latter forthwith ar.
rested her and took her TO Police Head
quarters.
Hys;"ria.
While being detailed the Young lady be-
came very hysicriaal and sobbed violently.
During her rational moment she said she
was Sophia Richter and resided with her
mother at No IL South Third street, Brook
lyn. She said that on Wednesday after.
noon she boarded the cars at Williamsburg,
intending TO take short ride, as was her
custom. Seated next to her was man
whom she thought she recognized as q
friend Of her dead father and 10 whom she
said, How do you do Mr.. Hartford The
man replied that he was not Mr. Hartford
adding, "but ] will do as we'll You
must excuse me, she continued, 'but you
look so like him that was mistaken" A
general conversation ensued, during which
be asked her to 20 to Coney Island, which
invitation after some little persuasion she
accepted. He told her that his name was
Stonington and that his home was Mineola,
Long Island.
A Nice Time.
I'VE had a nice time" she said, until
al out I O. clock, when he took me TO q small
house near the elevated railroad for supper.
We had room by ourselves, and by bis
actions | soon discovered that he had
brought me to an evil place, and began TO
scream and asked him TO let me 60 away.
He use ed some foul words and told me to go,
which did But did not know where
was going and as had no money | didn't
know how shonld get home. That man
(pointing 10 her most recent escort) seemed
10 take pity on me. and | thought he had
saved me from harm. He said he would
take me TO house who're could stay until
NOR ing aud did stay there. but
Then she buried her face in her hands
and ~cs ne hysterical She declared that
she r.. = room by herself, but subsequently,
said that the man had betrayed her.
1t the "Rsd Light
The man who had been with the girl gave
his name a. Joseph v Wiliams, lineman in
the employ of the elcctrir light company a.
the west end Of the island At first he de-
Tltu DdNlUE Hhd duNNdbsk ~ hD "itu tH'
girl but subsequently sauitted having taken
her to the Red Light house OF Ill rep1te
inland from the sea, where he kep, her al
night Its believed that the girl was drug
ged 10 that house.
Her History.
About . clock lady and gentleman
arrived at Police Head quarters and inquired
for The girl The lad gave her name as
Mis- Eta Se~msh she said that her
cousin. who was scarcely fifteen years Of
age. had shown symptoms OF arrangement
since her fsther died, some three years ago.
Once before she left her home in a similar
manner b,rt vas found at the residence Of
friends in New York. The girl, aecor'
panied by her cousin and Officer McGinnis,
left the island for her home at 4 O'Clock.
As she passed through Hotel Brighton on
her way 70 the depot, she looked about her
IN q strange and vacant manner, laughing
by turns, and showing very plainly ths. she
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