The evening world., 1894-08-23
USED W0MANLY Wit.
A Waiting Crowd Cleverly Eluded
by Janitress Wilson.
Two Pretty Girls Rescued from an
Embarrassing Position.
They We're Locked in y Big West
Side Factory Building.

The gossips Of old Greenwich Village
are telling to-day Of the thrilling expe-
rtence last evening Of two pretty girl
employees Of jenkins & 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 sosspers are lauding
ing sagacious Mrs Julia A. Wilson,
janitress OF the fve-story fat at 81
Greenwich avenue, who cleverly 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. Delaney a
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
Jenkins & MoGowan's building is a
rent doors sas sre barred IN end lined w hs
heavy wire screens. Not less than fifty
girls are employed and many more men
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 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 big
crSwd assem aid Farrell tried 70 taxi
they were too frightened to reply. Hall
q dozen. storekeepers came with keys
and tried the lock, but none Of them
Fully half an hour was occupied ir
this manner. Then bombastic ole
man appeared on the scene. He caught
hold of the store door and ratified II
open that doossE he shouted te
II can't" replied the policeman.
Break the door down." shouted the
there I'd do itr -.
IN No, you wouldn't I'd arrest you"
NO, you WOulQn I! almost screamed
the man in his anger, for I'd give YOU
e, and that's all you fellers want. any
howl
Farrell clustered and the old mar
subsidized after thus relieving his mind
Somebody suggested that a ladder bt
procured from: Fire Err CINE House l6, ir
Tenth street and this was made known
| to the prisoners. But with all theil
fright and desire to be free, the idea Of
climbing down the ladder from the sec
ond floor to be gaZed at by the bis
crowd was too much and they SAID
mo"
Meanwhile. Janitress Wilson had man
aged to sip a note under the door
| telling the girls to go to the roof ant
she would help them to escape. The:
| Mrs. Wilson went to the roof of he
! nat, where, luckily, she had ladder
This she raised to the roof Of the fac
tory building, and the girls came down
| Mrs. Wilson then took them through
| the house INTO the cellar. She smashet
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 disappears
up Greenwich avenue.
| Then she told Policeman Farrell wha
"But I want their Names" exclaime'
the policeman.
Get 'umv she laconically replied.
Just. then somebody came up with
ladder. to take the girls out of the sec
| ond-story window.
Mrs. Wilson doesn't know the girls
| names.