Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-22
NEW ORLEANS DIVES
NEW YORK GIRLS SHIPPED BY THE
DOZEN TO THE CRESCENT CITY.
Young Jennie ReekweE Tells a Shocking
Story Of tho Place 90 which She and
Twelve Others Were Sent
New York Herald.


New York Herald.
For several weeks the police have been
on the outlook for some dozen OF fifteen
Young girls between the ages of sixteen
and eighteen who left their homes in New
York about the middle of January last
and until within tho last three days had
not been heard from.
Inspector Bvrnes had the complaints OF
the missing girls parents carefully inves-
tigated, but beyond the very vague suspi-
cion that the girls had been lured South to
sing and dance in more OF less immoral va
riety dives no olew to their whereabouts
was discovered.
Early yesterday morning. however. Mr..
John @. Reckweg, q carpenter, OF No. l4S
west Tenth street, called at police head
quarters aud with his blue-eyed daughter
Jennie asked to see the inspector. Mr.;
Reckweg is a deaf mute. and for several
hours il was impossible for the inspector
procure an interpreter OF the slgn-lan-
guage. Finally, however, MIR. Reckweg
succeeded in telling his story, while Jen--
ME, his blue-eyed little daughter, uttered
q fearful accompaniment.
GOING "oN THE STAGE"
Reckweg charged Augustus Elbogen, q
dramatic agent. Of No. 81 east Fourth
street, with having engaged his daughter
under the pretence OF putting her on LIo
stage in New Orleans in tirst-lady's
parts" while in reality he shipped her and
her twelve associates TO Schoenhausen q
Plant, the proprietors of disreputable
resort in ROYAL street, New Orleans.
Inspector Byrnes turned the case over to
Detective Costello, and accompanied by
the Detective and bis daughter Mr.. Reck-
veg called at the Jefferson Market Ponce
Court in the afternoon and applied TOT
warrant Of arrest against the dramatic
agent Elbogen.
Justice Ford, after hearing the story Of
the girl. said he could not issue warrant
because the offence. II any, had been COM
mitted outside the State of New York. lie
also held that as Jennie Reckweg GcknoW-
lodged that the dramatic agent had told
the girls they would have z circulate IN
the " wine-roomn between me acts OF the
variety performance they must have known
or ought to have known the character OF
the place TO which they were sent.
found Jennie ReckweP at her house,
No. 14S west Tenth street, last evening, re-
stored to her happy father, who gave vent
10 his great Joy and thankulness at having
her with him again safe ana sound Py ut-
tering touching. inarticulate sounds like
dog. Jennie, who is very clever little
girl Just turning seventeen and very pref.
". told a frank, straightforward story OF
her alleged adventures IN the South-
JENNIE's STORY.
"I was not stage-struck at all" she said,
"but on seeing an advertisement in the
naDer called on Mr.. Elbogen, who told
me that if ] went to New Orleans he would
guarantee me S12 a weekto sing two songs
every evening, and that would get III per
cent. Of the wine sold between the acts
Father is not getting along very well.
Beinp deaf mute he has difficulty in get
ting along with his customers, so wanted
to work and help him.
~ told Mr.. Elbogen to send for my trunk
when papa had gone to work, and so left
home. We started from Jersey City on the
morning of January oath, and found that
| there we're ten or twelve other glrls on the
| train, all consigned 20 Schoenhausen
| Plant.
1.-THE first night in the place was terri
| HE disanDOiutment. We found that we
were in the lowest kind of beer-dive, and
| had to walk the floor and sit at the tables
with perfectly strange men from 8 O'CLOCK
| in the evening until o'clock in the morn
| ing. The conversation was very vulgar
and terrible for us girls TO listen TO.
"There were none but good girls in the
marty. When we sent the hdbjtues Of the
Mace about their business they complained
| 10 the PROPRIETOR, Schoenhausen, who was
very angry with US and said we were spoil
| inc his business.
= The day after reaching New Orleans, I
wrote a heartbroken letter to father, tell
inc him what q mistake | had made aud
asking his forgiveness. did not give HIM
INV address, because was ashamed, and
also because 1 was afraid it was then too
late. Father was frantic with grlet, ana
went Immediately to see Mrs. Booth, a
kind and charitable lady who goes 70 our
church on west Tenth street, and who had
often been very kind TO me before MIS-
Booth telegraphed to a friend OF hers IN
| New Orleans-a Mrs. Shafner-who lmme-
diately started out after me.
RESCUED.
I'm the course of several days search
thew finally found me in Schoen-
b fnTS place. Mrs. shafner was very
kind. and immediately took me 70 her
home and the next day started me North.
The twelve other girls cried bitterly when
| I left. They are having terrible time
| They wanted 20 come back to New YORK
with me, but did not like to ask Mrs. shat-
ner for the money.
| good GIRLS they were, and she said she would
endeayor to have the police raid the place
1.-THE names of two Of the girls are Title
| Cleamap. of No. 813 east One-hundred-and-
fourth street, and Josie Flynn, of No. 2S2
east Third street. / do not know the full
names and addresses of the other girls,
ont there was one we called Meta an
other Stella q third Rosie and another
| Dolly They were all good girls, but
| everybody about the place wanted them 10
"Oh am so glad to get back to father
and 10 New York, and do hope that some
| kind people will raise the money to bring
| nv friends back home again from that ter
rible place"
! TLBoGKN's STATEMENT.
found Augustus Elbogen, the dramatic
i -. - 10 nfica in Fourth street DE