Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-09

the court room and asked that a..
case be continued and the defendant nl.caS
bonds for er~appearance. ..Chollvn
objected to such an indignity to his deiiz.
ened client as to compel her to give bonds
q and that she be held on her own
recognizance This the county ATTORNEY "a.
sisted and the court fixed The womsrss
bond at $500 for her appearance in conrt
mt 8 O'Clock this morning.
Wniie the attorneys and court were set
tiing the matter the poor mother was sit-
bing IN a chair in a dazed, helpless manner.
apparently not knowing what was going
on, her breast h~eaviDg and her entire
demeanor that OF a person suffering the
most horrible mental agony. Suddenly
ana without ~utteriDg a sound, she began
10 sway once or twice and then fell forward
as though dead. The strain upon mind
and nerves had been too much, and abe
tainted. A couple of kind-hearted GENTLE
men q stood near her caught her before
she fell to the floor, and after what seemed
an 1nterminable length OF time, fnally 70.
stored her to consciousness by APPLYING
water to her temples and chatting her
aands. During the time she was uncon.
scious miss frankie" and the other two
women sat unconcernedly by, and even
laughed as though the unfortunate lady's
agony was something extremely hui
morous and provocative OF
laughter. The poor woman was then
removed from the court room and assisted
INTO the office OF the city clerk where the
girl q The two began to talk and it
was then that the girl let drop a remark
which was probably the cause o. subse.
quent and startling events. This remark
was: Instead OF having Miss frankie ar
rested there is a man who should be ar.
rested, Tor he is the one who abducted me
and not she." The remark was overheard
by a couple of reporters, who ut once began |
to investigate the matter farther. After q |
little systematic pumping" they learned |
that 'the man" was 'Cholly" Jones, sat |
torney, ETC." The attorney it was
learned, had rented q room, to |
which he took the girl when she
went back to the dive the last time to get |
her clothes. It was during the forenoon
when Mrs. Walker accompanied her
daughter to the brothel, and whiIed
"Cholly," his lecherous client and the girl
held their consultation out of hearing of
the mother that the plan to secret
the girl. was probably Matched, and the
girls last visit was only a ruse to get away
from her mother and part Of the %villianous
Jones admitted to several per.
sons that he had taken the girl and placed
her in a room which he had rented for that
purpose. = Among Others to whom he made
the admission was a MINER reporter,
to whom he stated late last night that
he had rented a room and put the
girl into it. This admission was made
last night after he had vainly
the reporter not to publish his con.
nection with the disgraceful proceedings.
The admission, too, was made in an air OF
bravajo as though it we're q matter to be
proud OF that a nan had stopped to
such depth as to be willing to assist a girl
lead a life OF shame and help her to
from a mother whose very heart
was breaking at the thought OF her daugh-
ter's depravity.
After the courts decision holding the
OF the house to appear this morning
had been made ''Cholly" and an officer
went with her to secure bcndsmen and
a little while succeeded. The girl and
Ter mother were held as witnesses, the
after on her own recognizance and the
ormer in the sum Of $3.50. miss
promptly consented to 60 on
to accompany her. To this the
iris mother objected, saying she was
to let her GO with the woman. No
me else would insure the girls appearance
n court this morning, Notwithstanding
hat by thist time the court consented to !
accept q bond OF $50. Chief Smith
concluded to have something to say
md guaranteed the girls appearance
" placing her in charge OF an
'fficer who marched her off to Jail. The
was absolutely penniless and with
nut a pace at which to stay over night.
Macarthur gave her an order which
her a room and breakfast at one !
t the hotels. II
Another chapter and the story Of yester.
ay's proceedings is ended. Chief Smith, E,
fter hearing OF Jones' act OF secreting .
he girl, quietly gave orders to Officer Len.
on to arrest him as soon as possible for
DEDUCTION. The officer carried out his orders 4
nd in a little while after "Cholly" had
bonds for the madame he was :
act by the officer who at once placed him
nder arr st. "Choliy" tried theindignant |
odge and haughtily drawing himself up to ;
lis full height said TO tn policemen II :
ely you to arrest me without a warrant" !
he bluff did not work, however, for after
g had felt the off er's hand fondling in the :
pgion of his coat collar he concluded to go
long and demanded that the officer give |
I'm an opportunity to secure bail.
thompson Campbell, "Cholly's" employer, d
ow appeared and went with the officer to :
Judge Newkirk's house. His honor was at
ONE and allowed "Cholly" to go, on Mr.. !
amp ellis promise that he would be in 4
ourt this morning, 8