Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-16
LURED TO HER RUIN.
Pretty edith Leonard" Taken From
E5i HOma tOaGiIdei Palace Of Sin.
pOnCEsM THEY can DO SOOTHING.
Tho Almost lic,rlbrokcu Mother Dc.
ilai and Told That Her Daughter
VIII DO "shlpped' to Butte.

WIZ WN nHlVNfA" W bAAAts
a Fad story Of a young glr's un.
fortunate career Il going the rounds
10 official circles Just now. 70 IL one
.hGt proves tho existence In Bal,
Lake Of az dangerous pitfalls AMI
saatgs for on,rhpplng innocent, uu.
susioC,iug aud vittuous young women
a. any that can be found In the
wickedcst city In the land an one tuat
Will dUubte's prove an object lesson 10
every father and mother who may
read Of H.
Several months ago edith Leon.
utd"-ior shc Is known by that name
now-o, the First ward Of this city,
was the brightest and most beauu.
ful daughter Of sterling ami
respectable family. sho had admirers
~ tho score and frlunJs almost with.
uut hunter. She was also well
SHOWN .ur her industrious habits and
urltutss u pefsOn anu dress. Among
/ huf accomplishments was thut OF
| artistic hair dressing, a business IN
which shc haas made considerable
] money, large proportion OF which
/ tuu had Bruut va uuauiifying the
family home. one article thus earned
was ON elegant plano, On which shs
learned o. play with more than an
ordinary degree Of proficiency.
In thocauy laft % the prusent sum.
mur she accepted % well paying situa-
/ ton, 10 far us money IL Concerned, as
fancy hair dresser, with d woman who
had some time before como from tue
East and opened up paflOfa Ia
the McCOfnick block.
Fora time all went we'll. "EiithD
returned home regularly NJ nights
after work, kept good hours hud M far
~ known maintained a maidunly aud
Circumspegt Yutsr.
Then suddenly came change, the
nwfulness Of when will only be real
lied when thu whole story In told. it
appears that among tho customers 10
the hair dressing establishment whore
Edith" found employment were some
Oi the fall, yofmiilion faced creatures
VINO thfOug aud ply their sluiul avocs-
lions Ia the uisIoputable deuH Of tbs
city. they saw "Edt.h'sD beauty aud
rare accomplishments aud a. inns
wore on became familiar with her AID
D
one ot them. withstandiug promises
Of glltlering gold, Inducements ot ii,s
OF ease Rud luxury and other similar
assurances her iiner sensiOiliIies aud
Judgment fovOltrd agaiutt the bare
/. suggestion Of the Idea anu Sue sirauk
hlrrOr.atfiuAeu ut tho thought VI tho
TERRIBLE lempla.ion.
Two weeks passed.. "Editb' failed
10 g0 home at uightH. Her Whereabouts
, were not known anu for tins could
not be nscrrtAined. At tho expiration
Of Fortnight she was located Ia an
Infamous resort on franklin avenue.
Her mother found hrf tnsro suTr0und.
. OF by wauton women agd Evil men,
under the iBilucncs Of sons terrible
drug. Her ruin haI been accom-.
plisued. hut the mother plead aud
went with her child rs only = mother
can, but al 10 no avail. The girl was
. ul laugcr capable OF compromising
htg true condition. When hnu WOuil
arouse rom tue Btup0r Ia which size
was found IL would be- to give vent 10 a
lolifl. US laugh sllurua,eI Ny violent
ill OF weeping.
The mother sought to dnv her
from the place but was prevented Uy
the lhldiSJy pud n horde OF sa.EIy
ulgl wOmru wnu, nuH ca with vIuv,
were tripping % tho s.Taius Oi music ii
the banquet ana dHuCiug nail, Kv-
, ! ptAtei attempts nave buuu made by
the mother and other relatives 20
! toicus hor siuce that time but al nave
ended In failure. Most uI them tnt-
, minated much ~ did one Two on .htru
, | days ago. The mother ever hoping
. buu believing sne would DO ruccrstiul
, was informed by the notorious yrs.
/, priettess OF this place: "NuuT daugniv,
ID my property now Rud you
shall not Interfere with hof.
Ny house must have attractions
q such as her anu shall keep hergs Ion Z
a ~ / eau, Hut you neuIn't worry
! SMELL be dead soon ana then you won!
have to trouble. Her kind don't lave
long anyway. Besides she 10 past
nineteen Aud l propose 10 ship her %
A Butte soon where you can't bother
- her."
. The above facts were mostly cleaned
. from the mother az the family resi-
!, deuco by NEWS representative last
= night. Sho alec Informed the nrwu'
y paper mau that she laid the matter
= before the police authorities two OF
J, three days ago and appealed 10 them
tor assistance, but they replied they
could 10 nothing Tor her. Sue further
alleges that her daughter has beeu
kept constantly uGuer the influence
OF some drug. The last time che Welt
ed the girl she dld No unexpectedly
and says sle signined her willingness
and anxiety 20 accompany her home
Almost instantly the lan1laiy ordered
the girl into another room into which
q she followed and remained with hei
for probably aquaftrr VI an hour, wher
thOy went into another apartment
= where the mother was impAtiently
D waiting. She says the change tha
b had come over the girl was marvellous
o sine paced the door like one possessey
b OF evil spirits and acted more Ike aI
Insane person than n rational being
AFTER that she had no desire TO return
home,
Altogether the case Ia one OF III,
"a most sOTrOWtul that ever came 10 ligh
iu this city anu there IL a strong lee,
ing that the persons responsible or IA,
q uatk dOiugs connected with II sAOul,
% be hunted down anu punished " Ia,
!, lull extent VI tue law.
Fall in Ri