The Jersey City news., 1891-09-19
WILL BEHAVE NOW.
Emma McCartney's Parents Decide
to Send Her 10 the Reform
School.

hair, laughing brown eyes and trim fg-
ure. Her father and mother are eminent
ly respectable. and conduct first class
restaurant near the Hoboken ferry. But
emma has broken her fond parents hearts
by her conduct, and when the father aud
mother appeared in Recorder McDon-
ough's Court this morning, and with
tears in their eyes begged the Recorder
to send their only child to some institu-
tion the Judge wiped away tear, and
the court room loungers epigrammatic-
ally expressed their feelings when they
said 'rhat's tough"
Emma's name appeared in the JERSEY
CITY NEWS few weeks ago. Then she
was arrested with several girls older than
herself for remaining out all night. AT
that time Emma was one of the pretty
flower girls at Ell Dorado. The grief
of her father at that time was terrible TO
witness. The mother finally induced the
father to apply for their child's release.
They knew that her incarceration in the
County Jail would do her more harm
than good. Emma behaved herself unil
Wednesday night Then she disappeared
look out for her, but no trace
OF her was found until this
morning. When her father was,
to open his restaurant he saw his daugn-
ter aud another girl older than herself
accompanied by two men, coming from
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad depot.
SEIZED A REVOLVER.
Mccartney ran wildly to his apart
mentS and grasped revolver. His wife
asked him what he was going to do, and
he said he was going to shoot the men
who were with his daughter. When
Mccartney reached the street the
men had disappeared, His daughter and
her female companion walked slowly
towards him. Mr.. Mccartney questioned
his daughter. She burst into tears and
said that she WAS induced to run away by
her companion. Mccartney grabbed the
| other girl by the arm and brought her
| ner with enticing his daughter away
| from home. The girl said she was Sophie
| Seilig, twenty years old, of No. 132 Eigh-
tieth street. New YORK. She is a prepos-
| sessing young woman and was indignant
| at her arrest.
When arraigned before the Recorder
| however, all her bravndo vanished, and
! between sobs she told story which
created sensation in the court room.
| She said she had been spending the
summer at Asbury Park. About three
weeks ago she hired furnished room at
| NO. 20 w aSulnRbOu SbEe6t, I1OUOkcu.
| THE OTHER SIDE.
| She was in the habit OF eating her meals
at McCartney's restaurant. 1t WAS there
| that she became acquainted with Emma.
Last "Wednesday night the young
! woman continued. ~ met the Advance
| Agent for Walter Mains Circus, which is
| to show IN Hoboken next Monday. l
think his name is Frank Train. We
walked along First street. We met a
| friend of Trains. another Snowman
| Near the foot of the Hill
we met Emma Mccartney. She
was alone. / asked him to come
along and she dill So The men invited
drinks. The young man who was with
Emma induced her to drink whiskey.
| Then some one proposed that we take the
train to Orange. Emma said it was so
late that she was afraid to go home, and
she agreed to accompany us. We went
| to Orange and put up at the Windsor
| Hotel there.
| .tThe next day the circus men had some
| business to transact in Passaic and we ac-
| companied them there. We remained in
a hotel in Passaic all Thursday night |
| tried to induce Emma to go home. but
| she said she was afraid.
ION Friday we went to Orange again
| ard remained all night at the Windsor.
| Then begged Of Emma to come home,
| and she finally consented to do so."
THE PARENTS ANGUISH.
During the young woman's recital Mrs.
| Mccartney wept as though her heart
would break. The father sat with a set
countenance, and when the recital was
finished he passed his hand over his fore.
head and moaned:-
"My God! This Is terrible"
Emma, who looks more like fourteen
| than sixteen years old, when she noticed
her fathers action, nestled close to her
/ - hap kieCad
| sionately. 1t was touching scene.
The other young woman was led back
to cell. The Judge said it panied him
| to be unable to send her away for abduc-
| tion. Emma and her father ana mother
| went into the Judges private office. Fif-
teen minutes later the parents emerged.
| Their eyes were red from weeping. They
| had decided to place their only child in
| the Reform School. and she will be sent
| there today.
Sophie was sent to the County Jail as a
| disorderly person.