The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-06
A DENTIST FROM PAOLI
CLARENCE ID. DRIsCOLL CHARGED
WITH ENTICING TWO YOUNG GIRLS.
Arrested in This City-Instruments, =,
Thought to he for a had Purpose,
Found I'm His yaIfse.

Yesterday afternoon. in front Of the post
office. Officers Buskirk and Fickle arrested
Clarence d. Driscoll, a young dentist, from
Paoli. Ind, on the charge of enticing two
young girls who are sisters, away from
their home, near Paoli, and bringing them
to this city for immoral purposes. The two
girls, Eta and Ella Pro. aged eighteen and
sixteen, have good home in the country,
just outside Paoli, and their parents are
highly respected. Driscoll is a married
man, with one child. Last Tuesday morn
ing he and a young man named Charles
Blown, accompanied by the two girls,
came to this city. The girls secured rooms
on North Senate avenue, and, according to
the statement of Driscoll, he and Brown
had been calling on them most of the time
since.
Last night at the police station Driscoll
denied bringing the girls here. He said
they happened to be on the same train on
which he came here, and came of their own
accord to hunt employment. He said that
he had come over here to buy supplies for
his dental office, and Brown had come to
look for work. He expressed great sur
prise that he should be mixed up in such u
matter. and claimed that the girls had
boarded the train at Bloomington and the
meeting was purely accidental. The charge
Oh lnlcnQeO cElInlndl Is also
made against Driscoll, one of the girls, 1t
is said, being In delicate condition. Wnen
this was told Driscoll he said: This whole
thing amounts to nothing. for i am lnno-
cent. / have known the two girls about
two years, but only distantly. 4 never in
tended TO attempt criminal malpractice.
He talked In d nervous manner. When
asked whether he had wTonged the girls
he said: Not that can remember OF, so
far as my memory runs back, and laughed
neryouSly. He could not give any explana-
ton for having visited the girls frequently
When he was arrested he made a slight
attempt at resistance, and one OF the Off
GERS placed his hand on DriscoliS hip
pocket and found II contained a revolver.
Driscoll has had some experience in the
free use OF revolver, as, according TO his
statement last night, he shot at a man in
Paoli Nov. in an alteration over a po-
litical disagreement. The bullet went wide
of its mark and nobody was injured. DriS-
coll had with him valiSe which contained
a number of fancy articles intended for
Christmas presents and complete set of
instruments used in committing criminal
malpractice. He could not explain how the
set of instruments came to be in the valiSe.
1t was learned last night that during the
afternoon Brown and the two girls had
left the city. 1t is thought that they re-
turned to Paoli In talking of the matter
Driscoll assumed a bold front, though it
was very apparent he was simply masking
his feelings. He said that he felt sure he
would get out of the difficulty without any
trouble but he realized that his dental
practice in Paoli was now broken up and
he would no longer be respected there.
Sheriff Jones, of Orange county, arrived
In the city last night and will take Driscoll
back to Paoli Driscoll was much startled
when he learned that the sheriff had come
after him.