The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-09
VLLAn0Us ROBERT EYCE.
Charged with Making a Practice Of
Leading Little Girls Astray.
MRS. BLACKMORE ASSISTED HIN
Terrible Stories Related BY Emma OBrien
and tho Wife and Sister.in.Law OF
Eyck In Police Court - Driven
Out of Other Places.

Mrs. w. B. Duggan. agent Of the As
ISOLATED Charities, with the co-opera-
tion OF the police, yesterday unearthed
and brought to justice villainous set
who have Of late been making their
headquarters on the West Side.
The principal malefactor OF the crowd
Is Robert Eyck and his companions In
crime. or more properly speaking. his
dupes. are his wife, his brother. Jacob
Eyck, and the latter's wife. The crime
upon which the latest charge against
them is based Ia that Of enticing young
girls from their homes and leading
them into life of crime.
Although the entire family were ar
rested. Robert Eyck alone was held
to answer at court. 1t was proven
quite conclusively that the others Of the
family, all of whom are ignorant and
OF very low order Of civilization, were
unwilling accomplices Of the uncon-
sclonable principal.
Eyck's per1dy is best revealed by the
story OF one of his victims. Emma
OBrien, a 14-year-old girl, whose res
cue by Mrs. Duggan disclosed the in
fanny Of her would-be destroyers. She
Is the daughter of q respectable Belle
vue family. and although she has here
tofore been Of an ungovernable nature,
she has never been guilty of any dis
honorable action. She says that on the
Fourth Of July, on her way to Hyde
Park, she passed the Eyck house on Ed
wards court and being thirsty stopped
to ask for drink of water.
What Mrs. BIackmore Did.
A Mrs. Blackmore. who was in front
OF the house, took her inside, and after
giving her drink engaged her in con-
versation. during the course Of which
she discovered, what was apparent to
anyone, that the girl was very pliable
and innocent; in fact, that she was not
overly bright.
The girl went her way and towards
evening, as she was returning home she
again encountered the Blackmore wo-
man, who Induced her to return to the
Eyck home. There she found another
young girl not over 13 years of age,
sne says, whose name was Phillips.
They tarrled there until 1t was so late
that she was persuaded by Eyck and
mis- wife to remain all night During
the night Eyck visited her, but was
repulsed. The next day and ever since
she has been afraid to go home owing
| TO her escapade, and as she had no 9TH
er place to go, remained at Eycks at
night and spent the day about the
| streets.
This story was thought to be, for the
most 20, I,rso "a
DAY afternoon at the hearing Eycks
wife and sister-in-law corroborated It
In detail and added more Infamous ac-
cusations. Mrs. Robert Eyck swore
that her husband and some woman
We're gathering young girls at the house
with the intention Of taking them to
wyoming. where ne leased house.
beaten by Her Husband.
She further said that her husband
had beaten her numerically because
she would not be a party to his de-
signs Mrs. Jacob Eyck's testimony
was on like nature. She pleaded that
her husband was sickly, and that she
had to stay at her brother-in-law's be-
| cause she had nowhere else to 20. None
| OF them dared thwart Eyck in his acts
as he would. they said, have surely
killed them.
Mrs. Eyck confessed that they had
been driven out Of Portland and
Stroudsburg before coming to this city.
They hail from the backwoods some
where in the region of Portland. Mrs.
Duggan took charge of the girl and sent
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Eych to the Hill
side home. Robert Eyck's wife prom
ised to go back with her two children
to her mothers home, near Portland.
Their children are O boy and girl s
and years of age respectively, and In
appearance are just the opposite to
their ignorant and depraved parents
The little girl, who was at the station
house during the trial, evidently under
| stood that her father was In trouble
and cried piteously when she saw him
being led off to a cell. One Of the old
est officers on the force after the hear
ing said that 1t was the toughest" case
he had ever experienced in the service.
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