Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-11-08
INcolSRIcIHLE GIRLS.
Taken from Blanche Woods
8agnio and sent to the Re-
form school.

lAkeu UeIOFc y uSllCt hOhI1tC Nv tuc
city authorities on the charge Of fire.
quenting a. house Of i'll fame for i'm
moral purposes, and were convicted
and sentenced to the state training
school ut Fed Wing Wednesday,.
These two girls and another
babe Wright, were brought to
this city about n week ago from
Minneapolis by Blanche Wood. the
keeper Of u low and immoral resort
on First avenue southeast near
kidder street.
Tue girls did not appear TO be o.!
age and as the authorities did not
consider that an ordinary sentence
would be OF any: use in his ease,
they en.!ravored to get testimony
That would send them to the reform
. school This they were unable to
d. ct Iirst, but finally succeeded in
obtaining from one OF the girls the
address Of her parents, and they
were written to- and the result was
.hnt Mrs GOnsior, mother OF one OF
the girls, arrived on the noon train
in searc!, Of her hayward child.
She went directly to- City Attorney
Rhodes and explained to him that
the girl aud recently become nnn'nn-
.ageable, through bad associates,
and asked that something be done
to plac. the girl whore she would be
compelled to mind and save her
from the life of shame she had re-
Gently chosen. Mrs. GOnaior stated
that her daughter was only little
over is years Of age, and the ap-
Dearunce OF the girl Indicated that
she was telling the truth, and this
gave the authorities an OppOrtuE-
ity to act. a warrant charging her
with frequenting a house OF Ill fame
for immoral purposes WAS sworn
out, and she being under age, nc
cOrding to the oath of her mother,
Justice Gaudet sentenced her to the
state training school.
The case OF Madge Lloyd WAS a
little more difficult. Ms here was no
one to testify to her age. and 10y her
testimony it was evident that she
had been thoroughly schUOled by
the dive keeper and maintained that
she was of age. However, City At
tOruey Rhodes, by dint III hard
vOlk in the use OF his persuasive
powers. finally got her to acknowl-
edge that she was under sixteen
years Of age, ami as, that was. all
that was required. with her plea Of
guilty to the charge, she also re-
cpived sentence to the same insti-
tuition.
The third girl, or married woman,
a. she claimed to he, of the party
which came from Minneapolis, was
one who gave the name of Babe"
Wright. That she was telling the
truth when she stated that she was
not under Is years Of age, was very
apparent and she was not arrested.
Also that she has had about as
much experience in iniquity as some
persons far beyond that age, was
OF little doubt to the minds of
those prescn t.. She claimed to be
married, and said that her
husband would not support her.
She also stated that she was a cousin
and associate OF the Lloyd girl, and
it IL quite probable that her influence
as much as anyt hing else brought
the other girls to this place. She
claimed however, that she was go
ing to reform, AMI would return to
Minneapolis and try to have her hus-
band take her back, and II he did not,
she had an aunt living there who
would take care OF her. Both the
Lloyd girl and the Wright woman
frankly admitted that they knew the
character Of. the house they were
coming to. ....
The Gonsior girl, who was by far
the most unsophisticated Of the
three. claimed that she did not know
what kind Of place the procuress
was bringing her to, and only came
on the promise of having good
home. She said the reason she left
home was that herparents abused
her and turned her out OF doors, and
those who witnessed the Meeting be-
tween mother and daughter were OF
the opinion that the girl told the
truth. The old lady flew into a rage,
and although the conversation was
carried on in German, and not under
stood by those present, it was very
evident that she was in a great pas
sion and that the child was afraid OF
her.
Justice Gaudct issued the commit
ments last night, and Sheriff Rider
started with the two girls for Red
Wing. The old lady also returned
to Minneapolis. About the only one
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