West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-08-10
THE OLD, OLD STORY.
A Preston CoHnty Maiden In Trouble
at Wheeling.


A young girl named Bessie Wag-
ner applied today to the commits
sioners for passage back to her
home in Preston county. 1t is nm
derstood that one OF the men who
took strikers job Oh the street
railway, brought the girl here to do
work in his family. assuring her
that he would send her back home,
bat ne failed to do so, whether ow-
ing to lack of each or some other
reason. Anyway, she has had to
apply to the county for transporta-
ton, as she IS quite homesiek aud
wants to retnyn.
| As Stated in another column, a
young girl about IA years of age
named Bessie Wagner, who came
from ont in Preston county, APP
peared at police headquarters in
company with Officer James Mtnke-
meyer, to whom she had stated that
she was homeslck and wanted to
return home.
She said that William Young, a
man who had taken job on the
electric street railway when the
strike was on, had induced her to
come to his home from Preston
county to help his wife about the
house. He didn't pay her anything
and was to furnish her with trans-
portation back home when she de-
sired to go. She asked him to send
her back some time ago, but be re-
fused to do it, and turned her out
of the house, when she went to the
officer and complained.
She further stated that on several
occasions Yonng had attempted to
commit criminal assault upon her,
but never succeeded. On one Of
these occasions, she said, she was i'm
the kitchen and Mrs. Young had
gone M stairs, when the husband
pulled Bessie into bed room and
threw her on the bed. She scream
ed and Mrs. Young came running
down stairs and caught him. IL is
alleged that she afterwards told the
lady up stairs what her husband
had done. This occurred some
time since and the girl says the
reason she never told anyone was
because she was not allowed to leave
the house for any time, and she
had no opportunity to tell. She
was also afraid to do so until they
turned her out.
Officer Minkemeyer arrested
Young this afternoon, and Justice
Gillespy will hear the case at once.
1t is a familiar quotation that
misfortunes nevor come alone, and
this seems particularly true in the
case of James f. Young, the street
car operator, who was imprisoned
on the very ugly charge of attempt
ing to assault Is year old Bessie
Wagner, who was employed in his
EOuse as domestic.
Hardly had Young been placed
in a secure cell in the county Jail
Saturday night when there came
into the city inquiring for him a
fairly we'll looking German woman
Of about 20 years of age. The wo-
man saw in the Evening News of
the arrest of Young and she set to
work to find his family. When she
came to this city 1t is alleged she
knew nothing of his being married
The truth of the matter is she had
been corresponding with him for
some time. She came from Niaga-
IA Fails ana anticipated surprising
him. It's alleged they were brought
together BY an advertisement which
Young had inserted in the personal
column of paper. 10 say the
woman was shocked is putting il
very mildly. She WAS so stirred NJ
che could hardly do anything but
think. But after becoming &C.
quainted with the situation she
went to Young's home and made
herself known AID wiz stay for an
indefinite length OF time. She pro
poses to assist Mira. Young. and the
Two viii make an effort to secur,
bond that be may be liberated foi
the sake Of his family who appear
to be in stFaItencd circumstances
One Of the most interesting poiBt,
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