The advocate., 1894-04-04
POLICE VILLAINYi


A RUINED GIRL INCARcERATED IN ORDER TO
PROTECT HER BETRAYER FROM PUBLICITY
IS THIS CHRISTIAN CoMMUNITYP
AS our reporter was passing the city jail yes
terday, on the side which is out Of sight and
dlVinely beautiful young woman. apparently
as pure as she was beautiful, stood at grated
window gazing sadly out. Our reporter, at
tEacted by the young woman's appearance,
stopped and inquired the cause OF her I'M
prisonment, and heard tale Of villatny OF the
truth OF every circumstance Of which we have
not the slightest doubt. 1t was the old story
of confiding love on one side, scheming lib
ertinism on the other; and the young Wom0ns
betrayer had prevailed upon her to come to
Rlsington a month ago to hide his villainy
and her shame. She had rented room In
business building, for no private home in this
Christian community would take her in, and
there she and her babe now but three weeks
old had lived. But at last her money had
given out and no more came from her betrayer;
her fuel was all gone, she had not tasted food
all day. and in desperation she left her babe
asleep and went out on the street last evening
to beg. AT the street corner stood the chief OF
police; and erroneously supposing that she
might safely appeal to this representative Of
the public she approached him and told him
OF her distress. He ey ed her keenly, took
photograph from his pocket, looked at 1t,
glanced at her again, and then, taking her by
panied him to the police station, supposing he
Intended to give her food and fuel to take
home; but what was her astonishment when,
having asked her name and entered 1t upon o
her into cell. She cried bitterly because her
child was all alone In cold room, and she
begged to have 1t brought to her. Finally he
told her that II she would tell him where she
lived he would go after the babe-he had al
ready taken her key while searching her-but
IN N no rntnPnnn without
grufily remarked that they couldn't have the
squalling brat around there" and that he had
given 1t to an old colored woman to take care
Of She does not know that even this Is true /;
and the poor weeping young mother Is nearly
distracted about her babe.
There must be some law above this villain
Gus wretch Of police chief; and In this city
OF churches there should be public senti-
ment able to get that law enforced Mean
| time, little babes mother lies In q prison
cell in this Christian community, though
guilty Of no crime but conlding love and In.
evitable poverty. Shall she remain unfriended2
The next morning after the publica-
tion of this account, the chief of police
called at the office of the Evening
News, and wished very much to know
who wrote "that batch of lies" Dan
Glass introduced him to Kate as the
culprit. The fact that the News had
employed young woman as a reporter
was little known as yet, and the officer
was greatly embarrassed by the sud-
den revelation. However, he had come
for purpose, and taking proffered
chair, began:
"You are off wrong, Miss. You
don't want to be defending woman
like her. She's bad character and
she's been working you for sucker.
If you knew as much about her as we
do, you'd let her alone"
"Well, what do you know about her
that is so bad? am here to get at the
truth and to tell it."
IL wouldn't like to tell such things
to a young lady like you, Miss. 1t
wouldn't be proper"
GLOW long have you known the
young woman?"
"Well, l don't know as / had ever
seen her before the time arrested her
None of us knew anything about her
till the other day."
"Who has told you about her bad
character
"Nobody has exactly said anything
to us about her, but we know"
The chief was getting nervous al
this female reporters tactics. He had
come to do the talking himself, and tC
be catechised was embarrassing.
"HaS her conduct since her arrest
been particularly vicious?"
"No, she's behaved herself well
enough, but lots of her sort do that"
"Well, it quite puzzles me. You
know nothing about her previous to hel
arrest; she has conducted herself prop
erly since, and no one has told you any
thing about her-pray what super
human means of information dc
policemen possess ?" asked Kate witt
severe dignity.
There's other ways of finding out
thing. We've gotta lot of letters she had