The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-25
UNMOVED BY TEARS
The Entrsaties and Pleadings Of ,
Mother Fall on Deaf Ears.
HER CHILD is HARDENED
How q Depraved Daughter Casts
a Gloom Over Her Parents
Home on This Christ
mas Day.

Walter Lowe, the man who IL ac-
cused of being found in Illicit company
Monday night, with a 15-year-old girl.
is not a particularly handsome young
man and is about 22 years of age. He
was well dressed as he appeared i'm po-
lice court yesterday morning and he
smiled as the charge of seduction was
read against him. He used to be q
COOK in Bakers restaurant and there
is nothing In his appearance which
would appear to lead girls to get mash
ed on him.
1t seems that Lowe had two young
girls out Sunday night. Early on that
evening he called at the residence Of
j. Bailey of East Park street and ask
ed permission to take his daughter. IA
years of age, to the Episcopal church
to hear the new organ, promising to
see the girl safely home directly after
the service. He also called at the resi-
dence OF William Davis and got Bessie
Davis, aged Is, to go to the church with
him. He took the two girls to church,
but did not take them home after
church. The girls, so the Bailey child
says, stayed all night with Lowe in his
room.
Mrs. Bailey was greatly distressed by
her daughter failing to return home on
Sunday evening. Mr.. Bailey had re-
about 1t until o'clock Monday morn
ing, when he got up. Mr.. Bailey start
ed off at once to find his daughter. He
did not see anything of her until about
8 O'Clock In the evening, when he met
her and Bessie Davis on the street to-
gether. He induced his daughter to re-
turn home with him but Bessie Davis
refused to go aad spent Monday night
with Lowe in his room up TO the hour
when both were arrested on complaint
of Mr.. Davis.
The Bailey girl is repentant and has
told the whole story to her parents.
The Davis girl, however seems utterly
hardened and refuses to say a word
against Lowe. She Is still In q cell at
the city Jail Her father and mother
visited her yesterday but she not only
would not return home but refused to
speak to her parents. She went to q
corner Of the cell and remained with
her face to the wall while her parents
were present Her mothers tears and
entreaties seemed to fall on a deaf ear.
Lowe pleaded not guilty to the charge
of seduction and his trial was set for
O'Clock Friday afternoon. The penal
ty is from one to five years in the pen
itentiary. Both girls are under the age
of consent and IL the charges are prov
ed, of which there seems little doubt,
he will probably be given the limit,
which is light enough punishment
A further effort was made last even
dng to get Bessie Davis to return home,
but IL was equally unsuccessful Her
little brother. a bright fellow of about
III years of age. visited his sister last
night, delivered to her a little gold
watch and chain, some oranges and
some other Christmas gifts and begged
her to go home with him to spend
Christmas, but even then she refused
Chief Tebo spent some time talking to
the girl and trying to picture to her
what the life of a prostitute is like and
to persuade her to reform. She refused
to say who had first seduced her and
said:
There is nobody to blame but my
SELF I don't want any sympathy and I
thank you for nothing" The girl will
probably be sent to the reform school.