Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-12

OF what the man had given her. / don't
know the man and have never seen him
since"
The girl has now been rescued. The
Fall Mall Gazette states that she is the
motherless daughter of foreman in a Lon
don city warehouse, and had LETT her fathers
house simply for walk, when she was in.
tereepted by her friend. The article next
describes the system as it prevails in the
West End OF London, the most fashionable
quarter of the metropolis. There the VIC
TINS brought a much larger sum than those
obtained IN the East. The purveyiug was
carried on Systematically by the firm whom
the writer designstes as Mssdsmes Y and L.
In Fashionable London.
Negotiations In the W,s. End were
carried on in the most open manner and
the writer says be never experienced any
difficulty in negotiating for fresh supply
OF victims. He also discovered in the
course of his Investigations that the most
wicked OF the ageRIs were char women
who, while doing chores about town were
enabled to make the acquaintance of girls.
These agents received from s5 to E8 for
each one. Many different instances were
brought to light and the prices verified.
In the summary Of q conversation with
one Of the agents the most shocking feature
was the complaeency with which the woman
regarded her syocstion. She offered as an
excuse for engaging in her business that
she was driven into 1t by poverty She was
q widow with large family dependent up
on her for support, and it was absolutely
necessary that she should work to supply
the needs of her children. Her second JUS
tiication was the assumption that her VIC
tins would certainly become the victims Of
others sooner or later.
The Pail Mali Gazette gives to day an sc
count Of s tran ssciion with Mesdames Y and
z, known in certain circles as the leading
agents in Europe, and il is incidentally men
toned that Madame y started in business in
1881, af.er having been herself victim at
the age of l6. The commissioner who was
investigating this branch of the Ga.
zette mission became GUS
toner of Mesdames Y and a.
A girl was brought according to agreement
to his rooms, and with her come physi
clans certificate stating that her age was Ia
and that she was what the gentleman had
stipulated for. The girl stated to the COM
missioner that her mother was lying dead
and that she had gone out to procure assist
snce when she fell in the hands of decoys,
who took her to Nine. KS establishment.
The commissioner took the girl to his home
and subsequently had her placed in good
hands.
Cardinal Manning Aids the Gazette.
The writer then gives sn interview with
Mme. Y , in which complete exposure Is
made of the system, showing that in the ex-
perienee Of this notrioGs agent, procuress
had no difficulty in providing from 500 to
700 victims annually 10 her patrons, among
whom were some OF the weslthiest conmonsrs
and most famous mobiles of England. Car
dinal Manning bss accepted the proposi,
riou made By the proprietors OF the Pail
Mall Gazette to submiG proofs of all ITS re-.
yelsions, including every name and detail
10 q party OF responsible men, to include
tie Cardir al and Mr.. Samuel Morley, the
examiners to have the privilege of report
ing TO The public upon the affairs as they
nav deem best.
In its publication Odsy the Gazette not
only gives receipts and contracts which Its
reporters have obtained from the procurers,
but q list of the names of girls between the
aces of thirteen and sixteen who had viii
Fpgly made bargains with the agents and
we're waiting to be called upon 10 fulhll
their part Of the contract. Most of these glrls
were partly or wholly ignorant of the nature
of the sacrifice they were called upon to
make or else had been reared In such q way
by vicious parents that they attach no value
20 what they were easily induced to sell for
e3 or 60.
A warning to the Government.
The general heading for the series OF ar
ticles is The Maiden Tribune of the Mod
ern Babylon" The series begins by re-
calling the fabled Minotaur OF Crete, to
whom an annual tribute of msidens was
Maid by Athens until the monster was slain
by King Miro, and says that the modern
Ninotsur demands and r6 6eeives o far great
ar tribute of msideDs of London than was
ever yiyen 10 the monster OF the Greek
MYTHOLOGY. The article warns the Govern
ment thai If these horrors are not absted
thew will be followed hy revolution strong
enough to wreck the throne IL says: we
do not propose to interfere with vice. ou' 10
sternly suppress crime. r,r
The chief of the Gszettes edltorlal stan
snept q month in these London inferno.
He heard statesmen summed up and reie
oated to their proper place, and judges ana
6Dsen's counsel praised or blamed, not tor
their legal scumen or lore, but for theirs
addiction to crime and their familiarity with
sshasiny literature and practices. A we'll
LnoVn member of Parliament, being inter-
viewed 5y q commissioner, laughed hsaraly
yEbsn asked what he know or surmlsed con-
rsrninv the traffic in young girls. de SAID;
IA :. trne that maids are sttainable at so
much a head. myself have purchased
hundred at G25 each. These so-oslled VIC
Tins knew what they we're doing and 1t Is
Nonsense to call it q crime. The prices are
6xsd by themselves.
kidnapping In Extreme Cases
HT once sold 3 girl el II years fos
r0O" said the woman. Her purchaser
~ss clergyman, who came to my ho1se
D-ofsssedly 10 sell trscss. nave
pcsoN zone into the country and eourted
.;yIS IN All kinds of disguises. some
go go wonld represent myself as bsnevo-
lent sight seer. After securing the conn,
Ssnce ofa girl would propose 8 vint 10
london for the day to see the sgns
nronosal rarely if ever refused. Cn alris,
no in the city ! would take the gIrl 70 :
rsstaurant, give her plenty 10 ear anu
sr;rL especially the latte, and take ner 70
tSs theatre. After leaving the tnes.,e =
.IG 1;.i, 70 the restaurant for supper would 1s
HHion,s5 ISL 40 that the last tram Wouia
Iost There being no otner a.
tsrnat;ye ~ the girl would naturally accsss T
.sn .st nfFsr Of lodgings for the night; NY
sEant W an his arrival, would pay me ten OK
, cheu,, - ,.onnds commission. In the morn,
;ng the girl, knowing herself 70 os los -. ri. ;;i.
- afraid 10 return home, wonia rerin