The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-01-15
She Lures an Innocent Young
Girl Into a House of
Ill-Fame.
Lou LuSter'S Story as Related
to a Reporter of the
"BaZOO."
Her Trunk Kept By Mrs Wal
tiers Food for The City
Authorities.

Last Thursday evening young girl
sbnut 20 years of age got off the West
bound train at the union depot and
gazed timidly around her. She WAS
neatly dressed but her appearance at
once indicated that she wa rustic
simplicity personifsd. Her clothes
didn't fit and she didn't seem to know
Just what to do with her feet and
hands. That she was wholly guileless
of the WORLDS WAYS as well as It's
wiies, was onl y ion apparent. After
standing few minutes on the plat
form she started up Ohio street to-
ward Main and passed out of sight
and mind of BAzoo repc. er whose
attention was attracted her unsu-
phisticated manner.
Last night in company with Officer
Mason, the same reporter had occa-
sion to call on young girl, who il
was said, had her trunk detained by
a woman living on Main street. The
girl was found at tredenberg's hotel
on Main street, and proved to
be the one who had evidently blown
in from the country Oh Thursday
night.
Her name is Lou Luster and the
story she told to the officer and TT
porter is as follows: Her parents
live al ClarksDurg, her father being a
blacksmith. She has been accustomed
to working out. For some time she
has been living with her aunt at Cali
fOrnia, but last Thursday she con-
cluded she would come to 'Sedalia to
work. Arriving here a total stranger
she wandered down Main street in
gu ring for work Near the corner OF
Usage and Main street sac vas ac-
costed by Minnie Stevens, alias
Babe" Hunt, who told her that her
mother wanted girl, and conducted
Miss Luster to Mrs. Walters estab-
lishment, which is up stairs ON Main
street, between Usage and Kentucky
streets. Everything looked all right
to the unsuspecting girl and contract
was speedily made and Miss Luster
rolled up her sleeves and went to
work.
The first night she remained in the
house, however, she made some dis
coveries that somewhat puzzled her
Her mistress had a caller, a man
whom Mrs. Walters called old man
Crawford. and he :. remained
all night. The next day
when questioned about the matter,
Mrs. Walters bravely told Miss LUIS
ter that old man Crawford was sup
porting her and that she had other
visitors. On Friday night several
men called, one of whom she rem M
bers as John Arnold. She was so
frightened then that she returned to
her room and bolted the doors and
remained until morning, when she
fled the house, and went to a hotel
near the depot, where she remained
until Monday, when she secured en-
ployment at Freidenberg's hotel res
Iaurant on Main street. Then she
went 10 Mrs. Walters for her trunk,
but that estimable creature refused TO
give it up unless Miss Luster paid
her S1.50, which she claimed was due
on board, notwithstanding the fact
that the girl had done all the cooking
and hOusewOrk while in the house.
This morning the officer again
called on Miss Luster, out learned
nothing new. She said that no ap-
proaches were made to her by tde
men who frequented Mrs. Walters,
except once, when two men tried 10
enter her room, but she escaped by
another door. A writ will be issued
this evening, and the trunk delivered
to the girl, and the affair may prob
ably end in some arrests and damning
disclosures of vice.
This is the second occurrence of
similar nature that has been published
In the BAzoo within q month, and it
proposes to make it exceedingly hot
for those engaged in the scoundrely
practice of enticing innocent, but sim
pie girls, into these dens of infamy,
And the People too.
Marshall Democrat.