The morning call., 1890-04-03
DUPED AND DESERTED.
Sad Experience of a Young
Woman Who Was Deceived.
She Becomes Mother in the Receiving Hos
pital and Ia Left Destitute by Her
Betrayer-He Disappears.

A comedy young woman of about 20
years applied for admission to the City Re-
celylng Hospital yesterday about midday.
saying she would soon be mother.
The Police Surgeon referred her to the
City and County Hospital, as there was no
room in the smaller institution, and she
would receive more attention in that place.
She was very sick then and went away
with look of sad misgiving.
She boarded car on Kearny street that
connects with 1.-THE Howard-street cable
line, and was on her way to the County
Hospital. when she was taken suddenly i'll
at the Market-street crossing. The driver
stopped the car and a curious crowd gath
cred. The unfortunate woman was taken
to coupe and driven back to the Receiv-
ing Hospital. A few minutes after her ar
rival there she gave birth to a female
child. To Matron Carr. who had nursed
her kindly. she told her sad story later.
She said her name was Maggie Martin,
but as her manner showed that she wanted
to hide her identity, this was supposed to
be fictitious.
HER BITTER EXPERIENCE.
Maggie Martin. or whoever the young I'M
fortunate may be, has had bitter expert
ence, which was fully realized yesterday.
Foolish or simple enough to place implicit
confidence in the worthless fellow who had
worked her ruin, she forsook home and
relatives for him-became an outcast, In
Iact, from her former associates-only to
ind herself duped and deserted in the end,
utterly destitute, and without q friends
sympathy.
About two years ago she first met Charles
haplan. who worked in Marks crockery-
store, III California street, and became in
fatuated with the fellow. She kept his
company for long time, against her peo-
pies wishes, who, it is said, had learned
unsatisfactory facts about Kaplan. They
cautioned and prohibited her from having
anything to do with him, but she paid no
attention to her parents advice. Just one
year after having met him she gave birth to
a child, which died Immediately after it
was born. 1t was then that she left home
TO 1--we with him in the Nevada House on
Sixth street, near Mission. He promised to
marry her. but kept putting off the cere-
Louis Kaplan, ex-clerk Of Police Court 2,
mad died; and again as her father had also
died, but now 1t seems that his intentions in
this line were not honorable. She says he
is the father of both her children.
LEFT HER DESTITUTE.
Kaplan could not be found in the city es-
terday. and inquiry at the store ON Califor-
NOT been there for two days. He suddenly
disappeared rather than atone for his
wrong. She asked the Police Surgeon to
send messenger 10 the store for Kaplan,
hoping to have him assist her, but Kaplan
was not there. He had deserted her. This
fact was not told the sick young woman,
and she waited anxiously hour after hour
for his coming. She believes he will marry
her yet but his uumanly actions all through
the affair indicate otherwise.
She told the matron that She has well-to-
do, respectable relatives in town, but did
not care to have them know her condition.
They had done their part, she said, and her
misfortune was her own fault. Apparently,
she had been well reared and used to a
comfortable home. She has an attractive
face with pleasing, intelligent features and
expressive eyes. Although plainly dressed,
her attire was neat and modest in tone. She
felt her position keenly.
The child was doing quite we'll last
evening.