The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-14
THE NATIONS INFAS1Y.
An English Girl Rescued from the Clutches
of Mormon Leaders,.

of Mormon Leaders.
New York Special.
The young English country girl who was res
cued from the Mormon elders on the steamship
Arizona, who were striving to carry her to
Utah, was taken to-day to the country seat Of
Mn Conrad n. Jopdan, vice president of the
West Shore railroad at Englewood. Mr.. Jor-
dan cabin passenger on the Arizona and
witnessed the girls rescue. Ills wife became
greatly interested in her after hearing her
touching story, and resolved to make her her
housemaid, and give her an opportunity to be-
come better educated
The girls real nameis Lavinia Born She is
eighteen years.old. She lost her parents when
only eighteen mouths old, andwas adopted by Il
woman named Coop. She. adopted the. name of
Coop at the request of her foster
mother, and was known by it afterward
When the steamer reached the pier in the
afternoon Nh. Maloney, a good hearted Irish
man, who was a Storage passenger, volunteered
to stay behind on the pier and see that the girl
was tumed over to the, proper authorities. He
remained with her whilelshe saton her baggage
box until la policeman of the Castle Garden squad
came up and heard her story. The policeman
took her to Castle Garden, where the matrop
made warm bed for her in the hospital ward
and gave her good supper. Mrs. Jordan called
this morning and took her away on the, morning
train.
Passengers on the Arizona said that the res
cue of the girl almost caused a riot on the
steamer. Mrs. Jordan talked with her a long
time, and the girl told her more of her history
than she revealed to any body else.
My fostermother, Mrs. Gopp, she said, "be-
came converted to Mormonism last April, and
induced me to go to Liverpool in the same month,
when she started for Amerea, didn't want to
go when reached the Liverpool pier, and said
so. The elders tried to take me aboard anyhow,
and cried that didn't waptto go with them
4 clergyman heard my cries and took me away
from the Mormons. After that 1 went back to
work in the mills in Manchester, Mrs. Coop
wrote to me four times to come out to Utah, and
| finally said would join the band when the
missionaries came to seek recruits When
learned on the steamer what sort of people Twas
going among and what they taught and prac-
ticed in Utah. felt that it was, no sort of life
fora any girl to live and wanted to go back home.
They wouldn tlet me,go until was taken away
from them"
The Mormons who made up the party on the
Arizona, werefscattered in troops OH the transfer
barge at Castle Garden, this afternoon, waiting
to be taken to the o'clock train for the West.
Both the men and women yielded implicit ODE
denrel to. the bearded elders who saunteredup
and down the deck, tugging their boards and
looking after the baggage. The elders, besides
Captain Smith, were George Goddard, secretary
of the missionaries; Leo Clawson,, John a.
bruce, w. b. Bennett, Argus Mckay, Andrew
Wiley John Cartwright and William Jex,.
Whenever the immigrants spoke to them, they
addressed them as Brothers" Secretary
Goddard, whose silvered. beard flowed down
nearly 10 mis- waist, WIS SPOKESMAN LOT ule
elders I'VE DON'T care. anything about the
Withdrawal of,the girl Coop he said because
she hasn't joined our church, anyway. What we
do not care forisi the effect that, themanneriof
her withdrawal may have in misrepresenting
Mormonism9 Mrs Coop, her foster
mother is, a, Mormon. belongs to, our
church and is a widow. She sent
to our agent in Utah the moneythat paid the
girls passage to this country and asked us to
bring her with us. Evil influence was eXerted
over hersto misrepresentation and ourIcustonrs and
make her change her mind about goingfwith us.
OF thatwe aressure from the violence that was
manifested toward us by tile erowdt that closed
about when the girl was being taken away, We
were given no'chance to talk with her alone'af
terwaRd to find ont what her real preference was!
The stories that we drank champagne on board
or played cards are wicked lies, uttered to ihjure
us. by prejudiced people,"
Mr.. Burnett one Of the passengers, told re-
porter that he often saw the elders playing,
in the smoking room as, he, passed along the
deck. The most of the passengers Kept aloof
from them. Il looked ntolthe stseTGgeiattthe
elders when they We're among theoconverts," he
continued, land saw actions that wouldn't. be
tolerated byyauy decent<minded persons. 1t be-
came asInatter Of protest among tho passengers
that young county girls should be subjected, to
such influences and, placed! in such surround
ings"