The record-union., 1896-04-05
AGGIE CASEY SENT Home
She Tells the Story Of Her Ruin by the
Man Hardio.
Lille Owens Fate Yet Undecided
Antecedents Of Hardie and
Robin.

Agg1e casey, the pretty 0ulSuH SiIi
who went wrong some time ago, and
has recently been in house Of ILL
repute in this city, was yesterday SEN
fenced by Justice Davis to six months
in the County Jail on a charge of
vagrancy. The sentence was, however,
suspended.
The story the girl told to Constable
Fitzpatrick of Suisun, as related by
him, is most pitiable one. She was
employed as chambermaid in a Suisun
hotel, and while there was taken sick.
G. W. Hardie was a waiter in the hotel
and carried to her a cup Of tea, which
was drugged, and after drinking it
she remembered nothing until she
awoke to find she had been assaulted
by Hardie. Since that time he has
made her his slave, compelling her to
support him in his idleness and heap
ing insult and abuse upon her.
The sentence given by the court was
for the purpose of being a factor to-
ward the redemption Of the girl, as she
was given a kindly lecture by the
Judge and officers who had been
prominent in the affair.
She cried piteously, stating that she
had never been bad at heart, and
would only be too glad to be given
chance to reform. She laid the cause of
her downward step to Hardie. In COM
pany with her brother John and Con-
stable Fitzpatrick she left on the 3
o'clock train yesterday afternoon for
SuiSun.
Constable Fitzpatrick stated that he
believed implicitly in the story told to
him by the girl.
Hardie was also arraigned, and the
evidence for the prosecution was put
in, the principal witness being Con-
stable Fitzpatrick. He testified that in
Suisun Hardie was known to be tin
horn gambler, whose principal occu-
patton was inducing men with money
and who had drank too much to go
into a low saloon, where they were
fieeced of all their wealth. Hardie, he
said, professed to be waiter, and car
ried his aprons with him as a dodge to
beat the vagrancy Act. He was side
partner of Jim Gray, notorious
Chinese.
The defense desired time in which to
secure witnesses from Suisun, and the
case was accordingly continued until
Tuesday morning next.
Lille Owen, who was arrested at the
same time with Aggie Casey, was also
found guilty Of being a vagrant and
sentenced to six months in the County
Jail. She expected that the same con-
ditions applied to Aggie Casey would
be extended to her, but 1t is not yet
known whether or not such action will
be taken
Harry c. Robin Of Dixon, who was
also in the haul made by the officers,
was not present, but was represented
by his attorney, ]. w. Hughes Mr.
Hughes stated that his client would
be present for trial at any time the
court might name, and tomorrow
morning was decided upon.
City Attorney Brown, however, was
inclined to doubt that Robin would be
present. He produced an unsigned
note to one of the girls, purporting to
have been written by Robin, and which
had been delivered at the police sta
ton by messenger boy, but which
had been intercepted and opened by
the police.
The note contained a line Of action
which the girl was advised to follow.
She was to declare that since she had
been in the city the writer had furn-
ished her with funds which he had
received from home. If she did this
she would escape. AS for the writer.
he was all right.
Robins father recently died leaving
an estate valued, it Is said at $780,
600, and a default Of his bail bond
would not be great loss to the boys
people,