The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-19
RAN AWAY FROM HOME.
A NASHVILLE GIRL WHO WANTED
TO SEE THE WOELD.

The Old Story of Led Away by An
other Woman.
A telegram was received at police head
quarters day before yesterday from Nash
vile Tenn hotel proprietor asking for the
arrest Of bis runaway daughter. who was
thought to be either in or on her way TO
Savannah. Assistant Chief Killourhy
turned the matter over 70 Detective Besch,
who. on inquiry, found that young woman
answering the description in the telegram
had registered at the Pulaski She had left
the hotel, however, to see a friend
living In the southern portion Of the city.
/ The detective located the place, aud, after
shadowing it until after dark, be saw a
/ young woman leave the house in company
with man aud board street car coming
/ down town. He got on the car, and when
the couple disembarked he followed closely
behind. They went straight 10 the
| Pulaski, and just as the hotel
was reached Detective Basch stepped
up, and, introducing himself to the young
woman, politely asked her to consider her
self under arrest. She submitted quietly,
and was taken TO the Screyen house and was
locked In room.
KEPT IN THE BARRACKS.
A telegram was forwarded TO the father,
tons. Shortly before IL o'clock another
telegram was received by Assistant Chief
killourhy asking that the runaway be
held at police headquarters as a prisoner
/ until relative could take her home
In accordance with the instructions be
went to the Screven house and told the
young woman that she would have TO ac-
company him to the barrackA After en-
tering her name on the register, the assist
ant chief, instead OF placing her in a cell,
vacated his room, and placed her there,
| where she still is. An uncle will arrive in
the city thls morning and take her back to
Nashville Tonight.
A MORNING News reporter saw the pris-
| oner at the barracks Yesterday afternoon.
Chief kIllourhy did the honors Of introduc-
ton. The young woman was not at all
aVerse to talking, but begged that her name
should not be- published, az she and her
parents formerly lived In Savannah and
we're well known here. The father was at
one time In business on Broughton street,
but moved to Nashville about nine years
ago and went into the hotel business.
THE RUNAWAY HERsELF "e
The runaway is blonde, between IS and
10 years old, with curly hair, clear, laugh
ing, blue eyes, regular features pretty
mouthtui OF teeth, and is a person who
would be called handsome She Is about
feet So inches, and has a fine figure. Her
conversation showed that she was O woman
Of excellent education.
She started her story by saying that she
had been educated in convent, and only
left school recently. She had been reading
romantic novels, and was very DESTROYS OF
seeing the world as depicted by
the writers of fiction. A woman
Of charming manners came to board
at her fathers hotel about that time,
and the two became fast friends The girl
confded her desires to the new found friend,
who in turn told her that she was married
but had separated from her husband. She
told the unsophistlcated maiden that IL she
would go with her she would satisfy her
cravings for travel aud Sightseeing. The
rest OF the story can best be told in the
young woman's own language.
THE GIRLS STORY.
1--WE left Nashville last Wednesday night,
bound for Chattanooga. When we reached
| that city the woman told me that | had
better give her my gold watch and chain,
for fear some one would steal 1t. After she
| got that she said she had some bust
ness 20 attend to, and would give me
letter to a friend, at whose house
l could stop until she called for me, and we
would then go to Atlanta She gave me
the letter. called hack and directed the
! driver to take me to q certain house on Helen
street. | knew nothing Of the place, and
when reached the house was shown in
and treated with every courtesy. didn't
like the looks of the place.
but waited awhile for my friends
return, and there being no
sign OF her coming made inquiries as to
the character Of the place, and was sur
prised at being told it was q questionable
resort. Immediately l gathered my things
together and started for the telegraph office.
DETERMINED TO GO HOME.
81 wired friend to send me enough
money to return to Nashville. but there was
no response. One Of the erators, who Is
married, asked IL was in trouble, and |
told him my story. He was o kind-hearted
man, and invited me to spend the night
with bis wife, which did. In the MORN
ing he informed me that my father had
telegraphed TO Chattanooga. New Orleans
Memphis, Atlanta, Louisville, Cincinnati
and other points, asking for my apprehenA
sion and arrest. He advised me to 20 home,
and gave me $40 to pay my expenses .
~ started TO the depot, but, feeling that
was disgraced, determined to come to
Savannah, and from here make my way to
New Orleans, where l intended to marry
an old miser, aud not go back home ut ali
bought a thi ough ticket, and when l
reached Atlanta l saw two policemen
waiting st the train for me. '
| STARTED FOR SAVANNAH. g..
'Iquickly stepped Off on the other side
and boarded the Savannah train, without
being noticed. My father owns a large
amount Of property here, and I went to see
the agent Saturday morning, and asked
him for enough of fathers money to take
me back home, having decided on that step
on my way here from Atlanta. He agreed
to let me have it, and l intended to start
home Sunday morning. but my arrest, of
course. stopped everything"
| When asked If there was any love at the
bottom of the case she looked up and said:
10, no, wanted to see the Grid by my
self and have good time. had no inten-
ton of doing wrong, but feel now that l
am disgraced forever" The young woman
expressed herself perfectly satisfied to re-
turn home, and spoke highly of Assistant
! Chief Killourhy's kindness to her, which,
she said, was more than she could have ex-
pected. She is q bright and fascinating
talker, and has an innocent face.
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