The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-15
A Pretty Salt Lake Woman Who Ran
Away With a Postonice
Clerk.
She Ii the Wife Of Prof Price, the
Aeronaut, But Left
Him.
The Chief Of Police Took Her From .
Honse Of Ill Fame-Her Mother
Broken Hearted.

Among the visitors to Helena that came
ON the excursion from Ogden were G. H.
Goddard and Mrs. George Price, alias Miss
George Angel, both Of Salt Lake. The
woman is about 10 years of age and very
attractive. She was in Helena about one
year ago with Prof. Price, aeronant, who is
her husband, and she made parachute
leap here at the fair grounds. The girl left
her husband some time ago and was living
with her parents at Salt Lake city and was
given permission to 20 to the carnival at
Ogden with Goddard. The latter is very
much in love with the girl. He is young
man, about % years of age and threw up a
good position insthe postofice department
to elope with Mrs. Price. This arrange
ment was made at Ogden with the girl, who
is weak minded and inclined to
be romantic. She cares nothing for
Goddard, whom she promised to marry
if che could secure a divorce from her hus-
band. Goddard paid an attorney $50 to
make application for divorce, and until
Sunday they have been lodging at the same
hotel but in separate rooms, and the girl
claims that Goddard drugged her twice in
The fair Mrs. Price, since her arrival in
Helena, has given Goddard the cold shoul-
der; he claims sincerity in his efforts to
marry the girl and protect her, but recent
developments have led him to believe that
he will be unsuccessful and he has been
worked up to rage bordering on frenzy on
account Of his misdoings. In the police
station yesterday he said: I'm fool, a
sucker and fish, all combined; the woman
has caused me to throw up $3.50 job and
can't do anything with her."
It appears that the young Mrs. Price has
formed the acquaintance of several gam
blers, and naturally she fell in with some
prostitutes, and one of these latter,
by unfolding a fanciful mirror or pic
ture of the fine dresses, jewels and pleas
nres she would have by entering sport IT.;
to follow life of shame, and early
Sunday evening she donned a loose wrapper
and went to the house of Kitty Ryan. II
did not take long before her presence on
Wood street became known to the sport
ing fraternity and many dropped in to
have beer. Goddard, the rejected sutton,
and pleaded with her to leave, but she
scorned his proffers and he then went to the
chief of police. Hearing the story,
Chief Beary promised to do what he
could to save the woman from the furnace
of sin and went to the house. He remon-
fatherly, but the woman was obstinate and
said she intended to lead life of shame
and that she did it of her own will. The
chief then told her he would not let her stay
there and she might do one of two things;
either go with him to Jail as he would arrest
fame, which he had perfect authority to do
or else he would take her to a hotel and
she should stay there as a prisoner until
morning when he hoped she would change
her mind. The girl weakened and consent
ed to elatter proposition She agreed te
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titute, and the chief of police promised tc
buy her a ticket and send her home
the following day, and she
appeared willing to do as he
advised. Accordingly they left the
house and Chief Beary procured room al
and went down to her own lodgings in the
Pacific block to get some clothes she asked
for.
Upon his return to the International
Chief Beary was greatly surprised to
find Kitty Ryan in the hallway in front OF
Mrs. Prices room and the city marshal and
Harry Woolrich in the room with the girl:
spoke up Woolrich in q commanding tone.
''Ihat's none of your business replied the
chief of police land want you to leave
this room instantly" Woolrich left and
the girl by this time had changed her mind
and also wanted to know by what right she
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the chief; II have arrested you for being a
prostitute and will hold you twenty four
hours" The marshal didn't think the chief
had any authority in the matter and he
and Woolrich walked off. The
latter declared he would have
the girl released if it cost $4,000 bail,
and sure enough she was released and by the
city marshal. The chief had told all the
details of the affair and what he was will
ing to do to save the girl. Yesterday he
telegraphed the chief of police at Salt Lake
relative to the matter. Last night the chief
received reply from st. Lake which read:
brighten her into coming home. Her
mother is broken hearted" This was
shown to the girl who is now occupying a
room in the International hotel annex. but
she was Indifferent and said she would not
go home. Chief Beary thinks that if he
had not been interferred with he would have
sent the girl home. He is powerless to
assert his authority, he says, and would like
going to run this town and the respectable