Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-21

The Baltimore american OF 10 usy DaS
the following:
"God pity them y could oe read On the
countenances of the people who stood in
Justice Sanner's courtroom Saturday after
noon as Ruby Adams and Jessie Moore were
led back 20 their cells after hearing. They
were two young girls, decidedly good look
ing, who had been found in one of the low
est of the low dives on the Hook, and were
sent before the magistrate on the charge OF
yaeraucy Both were neatly dressed, and
looked ss il they bad been brought up by
ia, hers and mothers who loved them. TheS
did not seem to realize their position until
they were escorted back to the lock up.
Ruby and Jessie, according to their story,
came from Hagerstown for the express pur.
pose OF leading lives of shame, They ar
rived bere on Thursday or Friday, and then
went from one house oil i'll repute TO another
endesvoring to gain admittance as inmates.
Time and again they were refused, presuma-
bly, on account of their youthful appearance,
but finally they went into the place from
which they wers taken. Ruby, in answer
lug to question, said she had been in a
house of ill.repute at Hagerstown once.
Jessie, however, mad been in service, which
she lately left Both the girls were under
nineteen years of age, they said, but they
looked even younger than that.
"What induced you to come here ?" asked
Lieut. League of Jessie.
II had to work hard" she replied, "and
wanted an easier life." She said she was
the daughter of q Hsgers.own school teach
or. Ruby said her father lived In Hagers-
town. She, too, preferred life in house
OF i'll repute to hard work. Judge Sanner
committed both for further hearing to-
morrow During the hearing both girls
were very bravo. but when once in their
cells they both broke down and wept Bit
terry.
The girls were brought before Marshal
Frey last night, and afterWard turned over
to Captain Farnan, who placed the girls in
cell for safekeepiDg. The Marshal tele
graphed to the parents of the girls, but had
received no answer up to late hour last
night. Should the parents fail to call for
their children, the matron of the district,
Mrs. McCelland, will take charge of them
and give them home.
A special from Hagerstown says: IA de-
spatch came to night to The american cor
respondent, from Baltimore, asking about
thelives of Ruby Adams aud Jessie Moore.
These two girls do not live here, but are from
Winchester, Va, and their real names are
Virginia Harris and Flora Rainezenburger.
They were in this place, at house of ill-re-
pute, this week, and they went under the
onmes OF Bessie Hamilton and Ruby Moore.
Chief Of Police Benner received letter from
Winchester about two days ago, giving o
description Of the girls and the photograph
of one of them, but, atte. diigent search, 1t
was ascerteined that they had both depart.
ed for Baltimore. Both are very young,
and they are evidently passing under as.
sumed namss" The following is the letter:
WINCHESTER, Va October 16.
M Dear Sir-On Monday night two
young girls ran away from home, one Of
whom is my daughter, Virginia Haines.
She answers to the bame of Jennie. She, IN
company with the other one, Flora Raine.
zenberger, are in your city now, but their
ultimate destination is Baltimore. To-day
I despatched my son-iu.law, George w.
Carl, in quest OF them, but for fear he may
fail, write to ask you to at once take steps
to apprehend and eend her back to Win
chester, or hold her and telegraph me, and
l will come for her. understand that they
have changed their names, 30 as to better
enable them to elude pursuit. Jennie is to
be known as Bessie Hamilton, and Flora
Rainezen berger as Ruby Moore. There is
no doubt but they are entlced away by some
of the members of your baseball club, who
played here recently. They are both minors.
They are both small. neat little things, near.
ly of the same age. Perhaps you will find
them registered at one of the hotels or
boarding houses. GEO. b. HAINEs.
Winchester, Va.