The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-24
VICTIM OF CHINESE,
Daisy Tcby's Case May Cause a
Change in Pell Street.
lured to a Den and He'd There
Practically a Prisoner.
Now In Hospital in a Critical
Condition.

Lured into a Chinese den by the
woman she thought her friend, drugged
and abused by Cinnamon, compelled to
submit to all kinds of indignities, res
cued by missionary, and now lying in
a precarious condition on u cot in St
Nincents Hospital, is part of the story
OF pretty seventeen year-old Daisy Toby
which the police of this city, as well as
Brooklyn, will be called upon to investi-
gate within the next twenty-four hours
The girl was not decoyed to the Chi
nese den, as at first reported, by a flash
lily dressed woman. whom she met by
chance on the street. on the contrary,
the woman had known her well.
Five years ago. when Daisy's mother
died, her father broke up their home
and the young girl went to live with
married sister in Bedford avenue, Brook
Ign. near the Amphion Academy. The
father was away from home a good deal,
and besides he was inclined to be in
temperate. The child was so bright and
pretty that she attracted the attention
Of Mrs. Mintonye. the City Missionary
of Brooklyn. The mission is in Bed
ford avenue. nearly opposite where the
Tobys lived, and Daisy was frequent
visitor.
Mrs. Mintonye took the girl into her
class, taught her how to read and write
and to sew and to knit. For nearly five
years the girl continued as a pupil.
the. other children. Although too large
to be in the class with the other girls.
DAISY was not unusually tall for her
age. In fact, she was little more than
four feet ten inches.
Around the corner from the child's
home was another young girl, whom no
one seems to know by any other name
ihan Jpl ia The latter it is said was
1t became known that she was living
with Chinaman. She told Daisy she
was married to the Celestial. and the
latter believed her. a..
Daisy wanted to go out In the world to
work, and when one day in June last
she met Julia, who seemed particularly
would procure a position in New YORK
for her, Daisy consented to come over
here. She was taken to the house IL 1-2
peii street, and TO her surprise found it
and to dnk was s fyes says she xss
drugged;, Anyhow, she remembered moth
found herself virtually a prisoner For
several days she was kept under the in
nuence OF opiates, and after that the
thought or her disgrace compelled her to
remain there.
In that condition ex-Policeman George
2. Wolfe, Of l4C West Twentieth street,
found her. The latter is now a mission
and reclaim some of the girls there. He
took rooms on the top floor OF IL l-2 Peli
street and 1t was while holding services
to the Florence Mission, in Blocker
street and from that place to the Wet
more Home for Friendless Girls. at 40
South Washington square. That is nearly
The life which the girl had been lead
ing in the Pell street place. however
had told upon her. She became i'll. and
that an ambulance was summon ed'' and
she was taken to st. Vincents Hospital
There the physicians at first said she
was suffering from peritonitis; 1t was
During all this time Mrs; Mintonye.
missing girl, and when ex.Policeman
girl she hurried over to see her ex-
pupil. To her the girl told her story
She also told 1t to Mr.. Wolfe. as well
as to the latters wife. and these three
They will also try to have the Pell
street resorts closed up.
she had . Uns Of the sweetsst dis;
Mrs. Mintoyne to IN ''Evening '' World t
reporter this morning, land when I
heard what had befallen her 1t was a
great shock to me. She was an innocent
girl up to the time she came to New
York with that woman, and when she
says she was decoyed and drugged /
believe her. Her sister and brother-in-
law are highly respectable"
Mrs. Mintonye later visited the hos
pital to see the girl. Both were weeping
on the conclusion of the interview.
Mr.. Wolfe said last night that he
would call upon Supt. Byrnes this morn
ing and lay all the facts before him.
Up to noon, however, he had not APP
peared at Police Headquarters.
Capt. Berghold, of the Elizabeth street
station, in whose precinct IL l-3 Pell
street is located. also promised to make
an investigation, but no one at the sta
| tion-house knew this morning whether
| he had or not Nearly one hundred per-
sons live in the Pell street house, OF
whom about ten are young white girls.
| The rest are nearly all Chinese.