Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-18
JOSIE BUCKLEY.
The Sad End of Young and Wayward
Girl.

The Sad End of a Young and Wayward
Girl.
What shall we do with our girls? is a
question often asked, and from the many
hundred who are going to the bad in this
State, it is becoming question of serious
moment. While Sacramento is no worse
than other places, the number of young
girls to be seen on the streets at late and
unusual hours of the night is largely in
excess of what it should be, and parents
who do not observe watchful care over
their offspring, will sooner or later come to
grief. A few short months ago, Josie
Buckley, a bright, well-educated, and
viyacious young woman, was the pride of
her home and moved in good society in
San Francisco. She was allowed to run
about of evenings, fell into the hands of
evil-minded women, and designing men,
frequented oyster saloons and ice cream
parlors late at night, with hilarious COM
panlons, and the result was that she fell
From being the bright, pure and loving
daughter she became the companion of
those who sneer at virtue and whose ONLY
aim is to seduce and destroy. A few even
ings of revelry led to debauchery, the pure
minded girl became reckless, forsook her
paternal roof and took up with the fallen
and depraved, and to-day she is cold in
death on marble slab at the morgue, dis
honored, shame to her sex and disgrace
to her parentage. Who was to blame for
her dishonor, her untimely death, the dis
grace she has brought upon herself and
family? Let parents answer the question
and guard well the innocents they have in
their keeping, and let the world hate,
loathe and despise those murderers hdman
only in form, who destroy pure lives to
satiate their unholy lusts and make
wantons and chattels of every weak
minded, poor and deluded girl they can
entice from the paths of honor and virtue
Josie Buckley died at the Receiving Hospital
at A. NJ. Sunday morning. She is only
one of the many hundreds who have gone
down to an untimely and dishonored grave
through the Vaccinations of wicked wo-
men and designing men.
Coroner Clark held an inquest on her re-
mains last evening. The corpse was living
IN the adjoining room, and all who looked
upon that pale and upturned face could not
help but feel keen sense of pity for the
young life, sacrificed, as this surely was.
Beautiful features, an intelligent face, curly
locks of raven hair, an expression of more
than ordinary intelligence, 40 one looked
upon 1t without saying, "How can such a
crime be permitted in a civilized commun-
ity. Is there no law that can reach the
procuress, that can punish the seducer that
can imprison the lover, that can place be-
yond power to do harm the friend that,
after robbing of virtue can induce the con-
traction of that habit worse than death-the
use of morphine and opium"
After the jury had viewed the remains
they repaired to the Coroner's office and
the following evidence was taken:
THE EVIDENCE.
Carrie Stein, the keeper of a notorious
brothel, was the first witness. She said
keep saloon on l. street, near Fourth.
| know deceased. Her name is Josie
Buckley. She was born in San Francisco,
and is % years Of age. The last time |
saw her alive was on Thursday last about l
o'clock. She had been with me about four
months and half. She left ne Sunday,
September 9th, about 2 o'clock in the after
noon. We had no words and she was in
good spirits. She was heavy user of
morphine, and had been using it about
eight months. She always had her lover
inject it in liquid form into her arm When
l tried to break her of the habit she COM
menced drinking. She drank quite hard,
but to my knowledge she was never under
the influence of liquor but ON one occasion,
and that was when she tried to break off
from using morphine. Her folks reside in
San Francisco.
Albert Stinson, being sworn, said he was
salOon-keeper and ran the Red Light"
on Second street, between K and L. I
know the deceased. She had been at nv
saloon about one week. She was a heavy
drinker. was getting ready for dance at
my place Sunday night when one Of the
girls told me Josie was sick in one of the
rOODIS 7 want in aDd found bar lxrirc ~,
the bed senseless. l went out and found
officer Dunlevy, who took her away did
not know she used morphine. She seemed
to be lively and ID good spirits all the time
she was at my saloon.
R. W. Dunlevy, being duly sworn, said:
| am special police officer. | did not
know deceased. Saturday, between 8 and
P. NJ, young man said he wanted me at
the RED Light" saloon. I went there
and found that young woman had in
jected morphine into her arm and was in
sensible. got carriage and took her to
the Receiving Hospital and notified the
City Physician, who Immediately took
charge of the case.
The Coroner then read the following GER
tificate from DR.. James H. Parkinson, the
City Physician
" 1 hereby certify that I saw the deceased,
Lizzie Haley or Josie Buckley, at the Re-
ceiving Hospital at 10P NJ, September 18th.
She was comatose, and appeared to be
suffering from an overdose of opium She
never became conscious while at the hos
pital, and died about 8 A. NJ. of the 10th
inst"
The jury brought in verdict in accord
ance with the above testimony, and said
they found that death was caused by an
overdose of morphine, and that deceased
was an habitual user of that drug.