The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22
THE POLICE CALL A HALT.
THE CUES LEAD TO RESPECTABLE
NEWARK FAMILIES.

The Rumifcations of the Horrid Wicked
ness the Arrest OF Darby, the HReai
Estnte Agent, Uncovered, Leading to
Decent Homes-Tbe Latest Disclosures
in the Case.
NEWARK, Aug. 21.-[SpeciaI.1 The police
who have been engaged for the last two
days in working out the clues, furnished
the arrest of Matthias L. Darby, for de-
bauching little girls in this city, called a
halt to-day. The clues have heretofore all
led into humble homes, and the chill
dren summoned to appear before
had been nurtured in schools of vice
Hom their babyhood. The clues struck
to-day lead to the homes of not only re-
spectacle, but heightened and influential,
families, whom the police think it unneces-
sary to expose to scandal and disgrace; and
q halt has been called. The detectives
have all been summoned back to the po-
lice station, and orders have been given
that no more victims of the villainous lib
ertinism of the two gray-headed prisoners
shall be hunted out
Counting the Duffy and Arbuthnot girls,
whose arrest at Coney Island day or two
ago brought out the whole revolving story,
fifteen little girls have been thus far ar
rested, as witnesses, against Darby ard
Raymond. For Raymond, tue police be-
leye, his own daughter acted as
a procuress, though others are
known to have led little VIC
tins to his harem. The police have not
been able as yet to find John Scholes. the
Greek maccaroni dealer, who is said to
have introduced more than one of the little
girls to a life of vice. Among the girls ar
rested is Mamie Remington. grown now
almost to womanhood, who, while a ward
of the City Home, made charges against
Darby At that time Mayer Haynes, who
is President of the City Home, sent a note
to Darby, directing him to call at his Office.
Darby He'd, instead of calling. leaving a
note for his wife explaining that he was in
trouble and that Mayor Haynes would
acquaint her with the nature of the trou-
BILE. The poor woman with her grown
daughters haunted the Mayors Office for
two weeks, in a vain effort to learn why he
had fed The Mayor spared them the
pain of making revelation of the wicked
ness of their husband and father. The
matter was forgotten after time, and
Darby returned to his home. The renewal
of the charges against him by other girls
leu l46 pOllCo W AQ4b Oub 6adIJ l1culluBtOu
again, and her arrest was effected last
night. She was paroled, however, to APP
pearwhen wanted. Ida Shaw, ano Their of
the victims of the destroyers, was released
on bail, and Mamie Van Worst and Efie
Moorehouse were allowed to 60 home with
their parents.
Strangely enough all of the girls thus
far arrested, with the exception of two,
are good looking. Two ale remarkably
pretty, and one handsome. They are in
The majority of instances the daughters of
POOR aud careless parents, and their faces
were familiar to the police as frequenters
of the streets at night long before their
names were even known. Two or three of
them worked in factories, the others had
little to do except to visit roller skating
Kinks and picnics and parade the streets.
The rear of the Centre Market house and
and the vicinity was their rendezvous. and
here, as innocent girls, they met unre-
strained by their parents aud took their
first steps in crime. One of the youngest
of the girls, Lena Weber, was once arrest
ed for receiving stolen rings, but sentence
was suspended There must have been
twenty-five Inflated children all well
known to each other who gave away virtue
for pennies and bon when they were
too young to know the sacredness of
womanhood. They do not even now know
the horrible nature of their crimes.
Well knowing the character of these
girls, Darby, Raymond and man named
John Scholes, a Greek maccaroni dealer,
who used to stand on the bridge on Null
berry street selling his wares, made their
ACQUAINTANCE, and had but little difficulty
in leading them astray. There seem to be
strong reasons too to believe that there
was a certain mysterious woman who aided
as procuress for Darby and who acted in
enticing the more Intelligent OF the girls
into his Office, but that clue has not yet
been carefully worked upon.
After their downfall the girls continued
on their paths of crime, almost entirely for
the small amounts of money which they
received. What they did with 1.-THE money
is shown by the statement of the ONeil
girl this morning.
g Some of the girls" she said, worked
in the shops, and they were expected by
their parents to bring home q certain sum
of money every week. took money from
Darby aud other men at various times to
make up the wages Of other girls who had
played nooky from the factories never
used the money got except when played
hooky myself.
This seems to have been the experience
of all of the other girls. They used to
meet on afternoons and at night at Ray
mond's house, and 60 off in pairs and trios
through the streets. The Butler, Weber,
Arbuthnot and Duffy girls were the ring
leaders.
The girls who had been arrested, as wit
nesses, last night, were all given into tho
charge of the matron at Police Headquar-
tiers. They were put in bed In room on
the third floor Of the building. II contains
one bed, lounge and some quilts. Dur
ing the night it looked like a nursery. The
girls chartered away TO each other until
nearly daybreak, discussing the situation.
They were very indignant because Chief
Tnite allowed the Van Worst girl and Rife
Morehouse to 60 home, and declared that
they would not give particle of evidence
until they were arrested sgain. They