The morning news., 1894-11-11
TAKEN FROM A BAD HOUSE.
Three Young Girls Arrested and Locked
Up at the Barracks.

Lula lIorreu Matte Jones and Katie
Eckhardt were arrested last night about 10
o'clock by Detectives Bosseu and Kava-
naugh ia the house Of Claudia Wright, No.
70 South Broad street. Claudia was also
arrested. charged with keeping a Iewd
house, and the three girls are held as wit
nesses. The two FIRST named have al
ready made regulations for themselves in
police circles. and the third seems in
fair way 20 do so.
Il VIII be remembered that several
months ago a AIRS. Morreu living in the
southern section Of the city created soms-
thing Of sensation by declaring that
her daughter had been abducted, and
that she could not ind out
where she was. The police were put to
work on the case and two or three days
atterward the girl was found in a disre-
pGIabie house near the cemetery. War
rants were issued for two young men on
the charge Of kidnapping. The charges
are sun pending, awaiting an Investigation
bE the grand jury. Lula returned home
TO her mother, but according to her own
story told at the barracks last night she
mas not been walking in the straight and
narrow path since that time.
Matte Jones was before the poIice court
recently. She had been arrested in the
house Of Claudia Wright in company
with young man. Her father. who is
a butcher wanted the young man prose
cuted on the charge of seduction, but the
girl Voluntarily testified that she had
gone TO the house of her own accord and
the young man was released with a fine
Ior dlSorderly conduct Mr.. Jones seemed
very much wrought up over the conduct
OF ms daughter. The recorder did not
push the charges against the young man
IN order to shield the girl Her father
stated that she was only 13 years old, but
the girl said last night that she was Il.
and she certainly looks it. She, too. ac-
cordlng to her own statement, has been
leading wayward life since that time
The relatives of Katie Eckhardt re-
ported her absence from home at the po-
lice barracks two or three nights ago,
and requested the police to look out for
her. Detectives Bossell and Kavanaugh
found her in the house of Claudia Wright
last night and it was this that led to the
arrest Of the whole party. Katie Eek
hardt is only 16 years of age, and has
not had time to become quite as hardened
IN her ways as her two companions. She
said that she had been at the Wright
woman's house from Monday until Fri
day night when she went home, and that
she only returned there last night to
get her clothes. The other two girls
length of time. they said, and were
bold In their statement of their intention
to lead a lewd life. Lula MorreIl said
that she had been in various houses in
that ueighborhood since her kidnapping
escapade.
The detectives intended to let the girls
return to their homes, after summonng
them as witnesses against Claudia Wright.
Chief Green came in, however, and after
sub1ecting the girls to some sharp ques-
tioning, concluded that they did not in
tend to return to their homes if released,
and finding that al three were minors,
concluded to detaiu them at the barracks
until they are called for by their parents.
Chief Green reproved the girls sharply
for their conduct, but his words did not
seem to have any effect. He probably
concluded that a night in the barracks
would be a more effective reproof.
The presence of three young girls, al of
whom had only recently left their homes,
and who had evidently made up their
minds 10 lead immoral lives, in a house
of i'll fame, is q sad comment on their
conditions and surroundings. OF the three
girls, one had neither father nor mother,
one a mother, and the other a father liv-
ing.
Annice Thompson Is the proprietress of
the house at No. 10 South Broad street,
bu, since the mayors order to the police
to break up all disorderly houses in which
white and colored women were living
together, the house has been conducted
by Claudia Wright. 1t is said by the de-
tectives to be a regular trap for young
girls, and will probably be broken up.