The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-23
USED WOMANLY WIT.
A Waiting Crowd Cleverly Eluded
by Janitress Wilson
Two Pretty Girls Rescued from an
Embarrassing Position.
They Were Locked In n Big West
Side Factory Building.

The gossips OF old Greenwich Village
are telling to-day OF the thrilling expe-
rience last evening of two pretty girl
employees of jenkins d McGowan, print-
ers and bookbinders. OF 80 Greenwich
avenue, who were accidentally detained
prisoners in the building for two hours.
The experience is described as thrilling
from the girls point of view for they
believed that dire calamity had befallen
them, and were accordingly hysterical
incidentally the gossipers are lauding
ing saRacious Mrs. Julia a. Wilson,
janitress of the iive-story fiat at u
Greenwich avenue, who cleverly went
to the girls rescue, and spirited them
away from under the very noses of
four or five hundred curious people, and
one Of the finest of Capt Delaney's
Charles street police. While they were
devising means of liberating the girls
the latter were on their way home
rejoicing, the crowd and policeman
none the wiser until Mrs. Wilson in
formed them.
Peculiarly enough, no one this morn
ing appeared to know the names of the
girls, and they are not saying any
thing.
Jenkins & McGowan's building Is a
Nertable baStile In appearance. me
front doors are barred and lined with
heavy wire screens. Not less than nifty
girls are employed and many more men
| and boys.
When the Waterman locked the doors
shortly after o'clock last evening
| everybody vas apparently out of the
building. About I o'clock however, chill
| heard screams. and through an opening
| In a screen on one OF the doors saw the
| faces Of two girls. They were crying
and beckoning frantically through
The children told Policeman Daniel
J. Farrell. OF the Ninth Precinct, who
patrols that post. He came and u big
crpwd assembled Farrell tried to talk
with the girls through the doors. but
they were too frightened to reply. Half
| n dozen storekeepers came with keys
and tried the lock, but none of them
Fully half an hour was occupied In
this manner. Then bombastic old
man appeared on the scene. He caught
hold of the store door and ratified 1t
frantically until he got red In the face.
| open that door," he shouted to
Policeman Farrell.
| II can't" replied the policeman.
Break the door down.. shouted the ,s
NO, you wouldn't. I'd arrest your
cried Farrell!
the man In his anger, FOR I'd give you
g, and that's all you feliers want, any
| how"
| Farrell clustered and the old mar
subsidized after thus relieving his mind:
| Somebody suggested that n ladder b'
procured from Fire CINE House l6, II
| Tenth street, and this was made known
| to the prisoners. But with all thei
fright and desire to be free, the idea o
climbing down the ladder from the sec
ond floor to be gazed at by the bill
crowd was too much and they sat
No"
Meanwhile. Janitress Wilson had man
aged to sip note under the dool
telling the girls to go to the roof an
she would help them to escape. The
Immediately disappeared. the crow
didn't know where.
Mrs. Wilson went to the roof of he
fiat. where. luckily, she had a ladder
This she raised to the roof OF the fac
tory building, and the girls came dowf
Mrs. Wilson then took them throug
the house INTO the cellar. She smashe
out a window in a partition dividing tn
cellar from that next door No. "a, an
boosted the girls through. Then sh
followed, and let them quietly out o
the front door, and they disappeare
up Greenwich avenue.
Then she told Policeman Farrell wha
she had done.
But. I want their Names" exclaime
the policeman.
Get uni" she laconically replied.
Just then somebody came up with
ladder. to take the girls out OF the sec
ond-stury window.
Mrs. Wilson doesn't know the girl:
names.