Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-29
TAKEN HOME AGAIN.
The Waits From Allegheny Imposed
Upon the Police officers.
THEY DESIRED TO 60 TO MORGAEzl
Louisa's Actual Father Appears and Spells
ALI the Romance.
SIZE HAD LED THE BOY AWAY FROM HOME

There never probably was such an exees-
sive waste Of sympathy as occurred In the
Central police station on Sunday night,
when the little girl and boy entered with
their "driven from home" story. The hinty-
hearted police shed tears and even the re-
porters were touched, while Capt. Dan
Sylvus registered an affidavit yesterday tnat
he would never again place credence in .
hard luck story. Never, in the confiding
days of childhood, was the cruel uncle VINO
figures as the heavy villain in ''The Babes
in the Wood" subjected to such opprobrium
as the uncle who figured in the story OF
little Louisa, who represented her uncle as
turning her out of doors in the rain storm
of Sunday night
Superintendent Roger O'Mara was the
only one who sprinkled salt over the state
ments, and said that they did not quite
hitch. He could not exactly tell where, put
there was something wrong, and the result
| proved him to be correct
Early yesterday afternoon the girl 3 father,
whom she had represented to be dead for
seven years, called at the Central station ana
asked to see the youthful expert in menda-
| city. She was brought downstairs, and asked
if she knew him, but made no answer, and
again being pressed, admitted that he was
her father.
THE TRUE TALE. =,
The story. developed is very curious one
| Her fathers name is Hoover, and he is
well-to-do mill man living on Tustin street,
he and his three boys having plenty Of work,
and the girl certainly having nothing tc
complain of in her home treatment The
| little boy who was with her was not hel
brother, but an Italian boy named Andrew
Purpura, who lived with his sister, Mrs
Myers, in Spring Garden alley, Allegheny.
The girls object in spinning so positive q
yarn and giving herself up to the police par
takes of the nature of female Damon and
Pythias story. 1t appears that girl FRIEND
of hers named Heffier, with whom she asso
ciated in school days, had been sent t.
Morganza and Louisa pined after her 50
ciety.
LoNGED FOR MoRGANzA.
Hearing Indirectly from her friend through
another party, who visited her about tel
davs ago, that she was we'll and happy an'
well treated and only regretted the toss Q
Louisa's society, made the latter resolve =
, relinquish her liberty to give her old-tim
companion the one thing necessary to max
her completely happy, and took the mean
related in her story told in yesterday morn
ing's DISPATCH. The father took he
J home, and also took charge OF the boy, who's
relations are distantly connected with MI
J Hooyer's family, saying he would turn th
precious youth over to his people.
} John Mittner, the uncle Of the girl, Gale
at the Central station last night. He sal
he had not seen the girl for long time, nc
had she lived with him. As far as turnin
her out in the storm, he would not do |
! with tramp. much less to one with whol
he was related.
Sergeant Gray said that he was hearth
tired of the young lady before midnigh
: About II 80 P. NJ. the matron called him ul
, stairs to quell an incipient riot. Louis
! | Hoover and May Sullivan insisted upo
playing "High Spy through the room
and the boy refused to get ready for bed. !.
I threat from the Sergeant of putting both Il
insurgents in the cells brought them to SUI
mission.