The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-10
VIRTUE BE DAMNED
So Said a Water Valley Mill Official
When the Girls In the Factory
Kicked Against Lewdness.
The Excitement in Water Valley
Grows Apace.
The People Eagerly Await tho Ar
rival Of the Appeal.
Great Indignation Against the Dude
Great Indignation Against the Dude
Seducers"-A Movement on Foot
to Give Willie Tisdell De-
cent Burial.

The people do not seem 10 tire of fresh
details concerning { he Tisdol tragedy
case, and The ArPEAL is looked for every
day with an anxiety bordering ON the
feverish. Every copy Of yesterdays
edition was sold long before 0 o'clock in
the morning and orders for more copies
remain untitled. At Water Valley. Miss,
as will appear from the special telegram
published below, the appearance Of the
train bearing TnE. APPEAL is the event of
the day, and the citizens crowd TO tho
depot every night TO learn the latest news
concerning the awful tragedy which has
been revealed TO the world through the
yigilence of the APPEALS local stall one
Of whom is now in Water Valley. The
man or woman must bc dead TO all feeling
indeed, who can raj our Water
Valley special today without being
moved 10 teas. II fully confirms
the opinion repeatedly expressed in these
columns that Willie 1islcll was coniid.
ing, supplemented country girl, who fell
victim to u scoundrcIs snarcs aud who
never dreamt OF criminality in the dis
position of evidence OF her sin. She did
not know that the drugs administered TO
her were calculated 10 produce premature
birth of "a child. She trusted 10 the honor
OF her bctrayer TO protect her through all
the stages of misfortune aud shield her
from personal harm. The letters published
Yesterday show what child she was I'm
worldly knowledge and other evidence is
not wanting 10 crush the theory that
she plotted or cOnniyed at the death
OF her own offspring Rhoda Turner
told an ArrEAL reporter on the day OF the
girls death that Willie Tlsdcll had bcggo
her 10 accept the care ~ the child after i,s
birth, and that the deceased woman had
contidcd to her weeks ago that lis father
was Omarricd man. Now, the latter state
mcnt WIS partially true, but does not cor
rectly describe Chas. Il. Rpmbcrgcr. His
wife died some time IN February leaving a
baby who is referred ia the letters pub
lishcd yesterday "a sick" Mrs. Rom
berger wac lovely woman and highly
conn actcd. Her maiden name was Maycs.
Her mother still live a Water Valley aud
has custody of her cliiId.
II Rombcrgcr imnglncs that his high
social standing and worldly wealth will
shield him from punishment, lac fcckons
without his host Tho present judge uf
r1E CRIMINAL COUUr n so REsrECrER o.
PRISONS,
and Il comes 20 TnE ArPEAL from an oh.
cial source that the grand Jury will be-
asked 10 indict Rombcrgrr for conspiracy.
aud that rcquisition will bo asked iur 10
bring him here Ia answer for hir crimp.
Likewise -. -. Brown, who will doubt.
less be- glad 10 prove himself innocent, ns
he claims to bo.
TIIE ArrE,L local force was not idle yes
tordhy, aud Is still engaged between meals
No Ia speak IN bringing 10 light further
facts In The case. Oi course IL cannot be-
expected that In the face oi our marvel.
lousy competent and efficient police sys.
TEN that TnE ArrEAL will drop every
thing else and 90 into the detective bust
ness, but this much TnE ArrEAL will
promise It's readers, that II il watching the
ease closely, and that u will ondciyor tp
iill up the gaps left by our wonderfully
acute police force.
WHAT WAS DONE YESTERDAY.
Yesterday being Sunday tho police au.
thontics were doubtless rcposing ON their
wcll-carncd lnurcls OF the week before.
TnE APPEAL, however mover sleeps, aud
devoted some leisure time 10 further in
ycsligaiion oi this extraordinary ctso "
official laundering In the nature Of
things satisfactory results. in a case where
No much pains has bccn taken 10 conceal
the truth, are necessarily limited, but
this much Is certain new link IN the
chain Of evidence against Rholl develops
every day. Here Is what an ArrEAL re-
porter discovered yesterday.
One night about four weeks ago, NJ 10
o'clock or Whereabouts, Rh0da walked into
q grocery on Charleston avenue aud being
In q communicative mood, gave herself
away. Said She
'1'yc got u white gll az my house wants
me b. keep her, but | Amt gWiuo to do IT,"
"Why not do you think she Is about 10
fall Overt"
Yes" snid Rhoda, cts too late to tell
you about II tonight but III tell YOU all
about II tomorrow"
Tomorrow never came Daylight prob.
ably cautioned Rhoda Ia keep her tongue
In her head, aud che doubtless kept hrr
secret 90 hcrcli.
Not inr from Main street lives q gentle
man who knows all about factory life In
Water Valley, Miss. lie Says that nine
months Or yeHr ago ibC yiriuIus girls in
the factory complained VI the misconduct
Of their Trailer sisters Their complaint
WIS listened 10 impagcntly by one Of the
officers Of the cotton mills, and when they
got through lac dismissed them inlig.
nanily, saying "Nh,lc be- damned"
Tho operators Of the mill came from
Philadelphia about eight ycus ago aud
bought out the factory 10 Water Valley.
The ArrEAL's stat correspondent tolu.
graphs from Water Valley that g.. T..
Brown has demanded from Rpmbcfgcr
yindlcatiOn on certain points, aud ROM
bcrgcr's reply Is awaited with interest
II will be noticed that ipmbcrgct was
overheard 30 say ~ Willie Iisdcll 81
have made armngem,u's with = physician
In Memphis" etc. NUu. let IJmbcrgcf
state who was the ply clan, and what was
the character VI The arrangements. Was
Il for legitimate doiyuy vt Tor aborlion1
An iHroRtASr DISCOVERY.
Sergt. Hcdrick, armed with a search
warrant, aud accompanied by Detective
Armstrong, yesterday made a search Of
Rhola Turner's prcmis,s aud took possess
sion Of Willie TislcIs trunk II was
found 10 coninin most 81 tho missing
clothing. 10 which 1lg ArfgAL referred in
previous issue. There WAS one shawl, ono
plush covered phoioguph album, q slk