The evening world., 1894-08-23
USED WOMANLY W.T..
A Waiting Crowd Cleverly Eluded
by Janitress Wilson.
Two Pretty Girls Rescued from an
Embarrassing Position.
They Were Locked in " Big West
side Factory Building.

| The gossips OF old Greenwich Village
are telling to-day OF the thrilling expe-
riencc last evening of two pretty girl
employees of jenkins & McGowan, print
crs 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 sagacious Mrs. Julia A. Wilson,
ianitress of the hve-story Hat at 81
Greenwich avenue, who clevcrly went
to the girls rescue, and spirited them
away from under the very noses of
four or i've hundred curious people, and
one of the Finest Of Capt. Delsney's
Charles street police. While they were
devisng 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 e McGowan's building Is a
yeritable bastile in appearance. The
front doors are barred and lined with
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 O'Clock. however. chill
dren playing In front of the building
in a screen on one OF the doors saw the
faces VI two girls. They were crying
and beckonIng frantically through
barred doors.
The children told Policeman Daniel
J. Farrell. of the Ninth Precinct. who
patrols that post He came and big
crowd assembled: Farrell tried to talk
with the girls through the doors, but
they were too frightened to reply. Half
dozen storekeepers came with keys
and tried the lock. but none OF them
would Mt.
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 II
open that door" he shouted to
Policeman Farrell
g! can't" replied the policeman.
Break the door down. shouted the
there I'd do it!'
.r %Mo' r. you sn.,, wouldn't I'd arrest you"
mo. you wouldn't" almost screamed
the man In his anger. for I'd give you
81, and that's all you felers want. any
howl"
Farrell clustered and the old man
subsidized after thus relieving his mind.
Somebody suggested that a ladder he
procured from Fire Err CINE House IS. in
Tenth street, and this was made known
to the prisoners. But with all their
| fright and desire to be free, the idea Of
| climbing down the ladder from the sec
| ond floor to be gaZed at by the big
rowd was too much and they said
Meanwhile. Janitress Wilson had man
| aged to 81 y note under the door.
telling the girls to go to the roof and
she would help them to escape. They
immediately disappeared. the crowd
iidn't know where.
Mrs. Wilson went to the roof OF her
Tat. where. luckily, she had n ladder.
This she raised to the roof OF the fac
tory building. and the girls came down.
Mrs. Wilson then took them through
out window In partition dividing the
boosted" the girls through. Then she
followed. and let them quietly out Of
| the front door, and they disappeared
up Greenwich avenue.
Then she told Policeman Farrell what
she had done.
But l want their Names" exclaimed
the policeman.
Oct 'um!' she laconicaliy replied.
Just then somebody came up with
ladder. TO take the girls out Of the sec
)nd-story window.
Mrs. Wilson doesn't know the girls
names.