Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-18

her IN her new clothes. so that even then
I II She repented she could have stopped
the child; but she had gone out drinking
with The money had given her, and did
not even bid her daughter good-hy.N
Jarrett told me distinctly that she bad
told The mother why her daughter must
DE pure. The mother was quite willing
that she should 20. II was upon
this repeated and emphatic assurance Of
Iarretts that took the steps
which brought me here ! had only
known Jarrett about awcck, but she came
to me with an emphatic testimonial as TO
her trustworthlncss from the one lady IN
an England upon whose opinion concern
Ing such women should be inclined to
rely Mrs. Butler. from a close intimacy
extending over some months, told me
that ! could implicitly trust Jarrett. llay-
lug thus, through trusty agent, bought
Eliza Armstrong, ! determined 30 make
her the unconscious instrument of check
ing such sales in the future. First OF all
there was the midwife. ! WIS incrcdu.
lous that in the midst OF our city such q
creature could exist. 10 prove that fact
no method was SO simple rs to test hci
with sample case.
Mr. stead Then explained how he sent
Mr.. Jacques as his courier TO offer cX.
PLANTATION to the midwife, and detailed lht
circumstances under which the cXamina.
( ton OF the Girl was effected. Mr.. Stead
/ here produced an empty bottle marked
"chlOrofurin,n for which he stated he
had paid the woman 80 shilingS, the cost
OF which at any chemists would be one
shilling He said tina: Mr.. Poland could
have a bottle
Mr. poland-T Thank you.
AZ "IHE HOUSE Of ACCOMMODATIONS ~
Mr.. Stead then proceeded; | met the
party outside the door and accompanied
them 20 Poland street. The foreign wo-
man who kept the house Of accUmmoda.
tion made no difficulty about giving u
accommodation IT was little before
10 O'Clock and the child thought She had
come to a hotel. We took two rooms
for the four Of us, paying about IS.
3D. room. In order that there
might be no doubt rs TO the
knowledge OF The keeper OF the house Of
the youth OF the child, we summoned her
upstairs aud ordered some whisky and
lemonade. She brought US the spirit,
which wc threw away when her back was
turned and drank the lemonade. In or
der 10 make quite sure that the child
could be procured and placed quite at my
mercy in a brothcl, asked jarrett To call
me in. The girl has already told what
happened. Emptying a little ChlOroiom
on handkerchief she asked the child TO
take good sniff of it,. The child, not
! Using the smell, flung the handkerchief
away. That, according 10 the story OF
the prosecution, Is the administering of
"a drug which figures prominently in
the summons. 1t was with no intent to-
4 do her harm; 10 was 10 shield her from
knowing even tlat "a man had entered
her room That she wa, asked to sniff the
handkerchief. wished her 10 be- kept
quite ignorant OF the whole affair /
wanted her To be sound asleep when
entered her ROOM and 10 was not until
Jarret assured me She was sleeping that
entered the room.
Unfortunately, she was notaslcep. Ny
step-ior never >pokc-rou>cd her She
cried ont, rs many another poor child has
done, "Ihcrc is man In the ROOM
at once disappeared. Mrs. Jarrett
soolhcd The child, and told her it would
be better 70 20 else whore for quictcr
lodging She dressed hcrand took her TO
a Respectable house, where She passed the
night That was all that passed there
Eliza Armstrong passed out a, purr n.
She entered. not exactly knowing whether
"lhu man" had really been IN the room
or whether IL was mere vision of tbr
nieht. Nohapd wa, laid upon her IN dn
her harm Had She been INV ovp
daughter could moi have been moro rora.
ful 10 Shield her from Tho ycrv su.nicinp
ef evil fried vim tha assi.,o,icn ~
Mr. Sau.feld. 10 iptrndncc n ri,nyn i,t,,