The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-28
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car is always pretty We s1-flled with
conductors and motorme Il bound for
home after their day work. Her
plump little figure, Away well dress
ed. and her vivacicus ma nneT, quickly
became familiar to the railway en-
ployes and 10 regular iders on the
road, and the girls list o.. acqUainten-
ances grew with surprisirs e rapidity.
Con rary to the usual &C mdtGOns, the
girl bestowed favors uporr her friends
and admirers instead OF expecting
something from them. Among those
20 whom she took 4 fancy she diStribu-
ted penknives, hsIdkerc hisfs, silver
mounted penh0lders, : carfpins and
many otf>ar similar. trinl cts, some Of
them Of considerable val re. The men
who accepted these gif's wondered
some about their origin, but they took
them all the same. When this sort of
thing mad been going on fer a month
or two. those VINO took. part in il
began TO wonder what Il meant. The
street car men, who saw her Of5anest,
began to suspect that something was
wrong. and that perhaps the girl had
stolen the tl-.rl1eLs she had been giving
out, but uney-; saw. ncxIing tangible up
on which 20 fa16en their suspicious.
Then il occurred 80. t-e men VINO were
not altogether easy in their minds, tina
the girl must lpe a spotter. Several
policemen VINO rode on the cars now
and then were ASKED to give jiccir pro
fesS.onal opinion about the Mysterious
young woman, a-C, they unanimously
exDre ssa6 the belief tE5t she Vas = de-
tect!va employed BY the company 10
watch tne conductors. Ncverth eIpss,
rrrz Il y
Ctons df5' MT interfere with aer friend
y relations with the E,5n or the cars.
The whole mystery was cleared up
very suddenly a few days ago, when
a gentleman VINO lives on West Coulter
street, IN GeG'rlan-oTvn, visited some Of
tlle officials Of -le Union Traction com
pany ana tod them what he knew
about the young .w0man'S actions. He
said that he t.vCiC Annie from a re
f1rndtory home five years ago and
gave nor pl2 &C in his household
What re knew Of her recent esCaDadeE
was TINS: she MADE 81 pra2ctIce Of go
ing to bed carly in the evening. After
the rest Of the family had rsjlroa and
rns house was CuieI. she arose, dressed
herself n the clo-i,eS belonging 10 the
daughter OF her pe-lC1, ard then pro
cec3ed TO Main street 10 pick friends
from among Ehe passengers on the
night cars and the employees Of the
road. It vas her custom. 90 ride from
Germantown down 70 the center Of the
CITY, and then return by another car
she always managed TO set back into
the house before 7 O'Clock in the morn
ing without being dettl :ted By any
member Of the family. 19Iis has been
her usual program almost nightly for
nearly i've n1U1lths. Her conduct on
the cars never Eas o.Tani i've or Gem
onssratiye; bIgt anybody -6-1O saw her
oncs w~9s sure to remember her face,
and hundreds OF passengers vito saw
her only a few times wee puzzled TO
form an explanation for -h@T.
When Ter story came -oUt the other
day it was also discovered that the
gifts which she had Distributed so free
Iy had bean taken f-r1fr the house
where she made her horne, and her
benefactOr demanded OF the railway
officials that all These articles which
We're in the possession Of the oompany's
employees should be given up at once.
As a result Of this request fourteen
mOtormen and conductors have been
suspended temporarily during the past
four or FIVE days, and most OF the gifts
have been surrendered to the rightful
owner. A boa which Annie wore one
morning was damaged by two Of the
conductors who attempted faaniliarities
and 1he man were asked to make good
It's value Of $3.50 or lose their positions.
Acting under the advice of Sslperinten-
dent Harry Miller, the men agreed yes
terday 20 pay over this SUN and save
their Jobs.
Night Line Annie VIII no longer
haunt the Germantown night cars, for
her disappointed benefactor viii prob
ably send her back to the institution
from which be took her five years ago.
But she VIII linger long in the mem
cries Of the street car men who nearly
lost their positions through her wtleS.