The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-20
TIE MURDERED GIRL.

gools irOm him. Jut on the contrary has frequent
~ told him his WugCs Wvrr due Ia cash, aud he
wasu liberty 70 trade wherever lac chose. In all
the purchasing he had done ~ Nngncf's he says In
not single instance was he changed more Tot
goods than was asked elsewhere.
In rcgafd to the morals Of the girls he said he
believed they were all honest aud yiftuOus lie
further stated that bcior employment was given
new girls making application that full inquiry aud
investigation sas made. lie ctcd one Instance
who're the mill needed new hands, aud the Adams
girls were given employment shortly aitcfWarl
u was nsccrtnincd that they bOr a disvpunhlc
character, ami they were immediately discharged
on being asked II the Adams girls were the ones
who gave the information ~ TuT ArrrAL Corfc.
fpoudcut he replied that they wCru aud be stated
adcfhands oi tRe min iar H. iniarmatlSn. Instead
ui the disrCputahe characters Who had hCcn dls
missed irom service ON account ui immprality, his
article would not have been n tissue ul msvpp
seutations from the beginning a. the end
Your correspondents vision Was evidently IN
ECLIPSE when on hs Wilt ~ the mill. lie calls lt q
lwotiory immc building. ] ruos be meant ihg
walls ~ brick masonry not piece ~ timber whs
In spht The building was cfcctcd az cost ui
mnur than slOOUl. and is n structure of which our
cltV Justly feels proud. Under what Authorization
youf correspondent lnhUrd while writing that ufu.
Gle is more Than your humble fcndcn have bccn
able to conjecture.
NJ, then Kindly n.lcd Mr. Fchman tn send ont
some II the Older hands Who had been iu the tnil
almost frum its start Nj Erhmnn next iutrpluccd
us 20 Mn. lially, middle hgcd looking LADY %
she had been in the employ ui The mill iuf four
yrnrs. aud that sho nov had her ihrur little chil
dtuu places In the mill when asLcd ii her labor
nt the mill was her sole rlluCc tpr support, aud "
IL Wa sufficient for tho support Of herself aud inm
is, stated that u Wa and that shc uus mon than
satisfied on last saturday shc aud her childWn
drrw sli lh and that she not only able a. live,
| hut had saved $40, which was b. her credit with
NJ Wagner that she ala her trading mostly at
/ Nngn,fs because shc thought she got lyiirf lar,
gains thcrc than elsewhere Further fnid that the
prsont iutuC Of girls Wtfc honest good girls and
/ that Mt. Wagner had ni one time discharged some
/ girls who had not conducted themselves prulefly.
When her attention Nas called in thg article in HE
ARR A. she stated that npsurh conduct Wa carried
on aud all gifls conducting themselves Improperly
| wrrC discharged. She stated that The rlusUts ven
| krpt iu guui condition aud that mo- such nnuscuus
fumes p0uncntcd The building aud that they were
regularly cleaned and lime thfuWn in item. ~ an
| FNrf to The question as ~ the uhiuic 81 ~, Nag'
| uUt's grncml tfcntmrni Oi the hands glll hg al
| wayt tfUaicd Mum cuuucuusly nhd kindly nnd ire
| qusnfiy seut the factory hands presents Ia The
| share II wagon luad uI melons nj o. time. and uu
| Christmas he always treated the huys and rifls
| She stys your correspondent bad no conversation
with hcf nor any oi Che older girls of men upstairs
| that shc knew o.
Mis- sue Avery was next introduced she was
! good looking. healthy girl ui about twenty-five
year Of axe and shc had boon - hc mil luuf yriff
| Said that she Wa ryluf nul her average wages
! run about M CrutH q day. That shc had always
had plenty io eat and wear. ani besides had 90 70
hcf credit With NJ NgEnrf ehe ,lai'l lhll cue thn
| bad previously worked uu farm, hui much pv
icrfcd thc factory. That her treatment ui thr mill
was hli shc could ask hlth klni aud rpufinUus,
/ aud that shc had never btcn iuuUi iu buy FuulI
oi Wagner. but that shc preferred trading There.
We were next introduced i1 Nlf krYuuIds g
middle aged. Intelligent looking man, who Htutrl
thst be- hud worked ~ ih' iar'nfy about I've years
Was urriCCtly satisfied with hif treatment hnl l...
wnrcf and believed that Uyuy hand In ihr wlll
was -nyH De- pays ttH mouth frui fuf nice luuf
fnom outage and thinks 4 cheap enough. % siWi.
iaf houses rent iu town Ht sstI go pUr month. llC
| had never boUu fcYulrl tu iulU % MHEuDfs, hui
buuRht guusis wherever hc prrlrurd. -iis Mt
Wagner never charged him inUfr iuf guusb ihnu
other houses were mkiug 20 Nc Mng lm'
when asEsd about TIE morality ui tIr aifIs n lllr
mills, he sgid they wrr r. good w ui F't. lr
d Uui times 10 kcup sharp lookout u anything NH
FuIug wtung mud ip upufi immediately i1 Niu.
, n, stated that H,ygml gltIs hai boon discharged
i1f miscunduci % soon ~ h' ruth hal been NJ
, Nj ui5haris VS. nast Interviewed ilo stated
. that ho was pTf'.ily satisfied With DE- wage.
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