Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-17

Under Pain Of the Lash, Which
He Applied His Sister Josephine
Involved.
New York, N. Y, January 16.-Agnes
Tidy, a pretty young English girl, who
had been, since November, the waiting
maid of Mrs Frank w. Savin, of No. 7
East Sixty-seyenth street, told under
oath in the Yorkville Police Court a re-
markable story of wrong and indlgn.ty
suffered at the hands of Mrs. Savin's
eighteen-year-old son, Frank W. Savin,
| Jr.
In October Miss Tidy was a shop girl
| in the London store of Peter Robinson,
! Oxford street. Frank W. Savin, who is
a millionaire banker and broker at No.
! 26 New street. was at that time abroad
with Mrs. Savin.On one of their shop
ping tours IN London they saw Miss
Tidy and were attracted by her intell!-
gence and manner. Their interest in
| her caused her to apply for a position
| as maid IN their household, and shortly
| after their return TO New York she was
| requested 10 come to America to serve
as waiting maid for Miss Josephine
Savin, who is twenty-one years old.
| She came on The steamer Umbria and
was taken at once TO the Savin resi-
dence on S!Xty-eight street.
ALL WENT WE'LL FOR A WHILE.
The maid, t appears, got along very
we'll with Frank and Miss Josephine
! and the rest Of the family until January
! 10, when, according to the maids story,
a strange spirit Of sporriveness took pos
| session of the house. In her affidavit
she asserts that young Sav.n on the
morning of that day tied her with ropes
and whipped her with strap TO which
was attached a buckle. After these
! events she was released, but her remark
able experience did not end there.
Mss Josephine, the affidavit states.
took a hand IN the afternoon proceed
ings. Frank and his sister compelled
! her to disrObe, rougAed her cheeks, PEN
| ciled her eyebrows and powdered her
hair after which, according to the afii-
davit, they daubed her with red paint
and compelled her to dance. Miss Tidy
alleged that Mss Josephine personally
assisted her brother
Miss Tidy's acquantances outside the
/ family were limited to few members
of the Baptist Church Of the Epiphany,
| at the corner of Madison avenue and
East Sixty-fourth street, where she had
! attended service on ths Sunday before
| She remembered a Mss Walklett she
| had met there. and went at once to her
| for advice. Miss Walkett proved to be
the niece Of Henry T. Smith. who is an
| Englishman Of wealth. The two at
once espoused her cause. Mss Walk
! lett went 20 see Mrs. Savin and Mr..
! Smith advised the subsequent proceed
ings. which resulted in young Savin's
| arrest on the charge Of assault in the
third degree.
When Court Officer Vail called at the
! Savin residence yesterday morning TO
make the arrest he found young Savin
in bed. Savin at frs, denied that he
knew the girl. Afte0ward he said be
| knew her. but had never subjected her
TO the ind.gnit,es charged. On the way
| to the Yorkvlle Court he said to Vail:
"Anything that has been done to the
girl was done by my sister Josephine"
Policeman Vail sad yesterday that
young Sav,n told him MS sister had
put the paint on Agnes Tidy and bound
! her with a dog chain. She had also, he
said. pencilled her eyebrows and ted
her hands.
In the court room young Sav.n did not
appear at all worried by his position.
| None OF his relatives were with him.
He told Magistrate Mott he was wthou,
lawyer and wanted 10 employ one be-
rTfIrr
| present, accompanied by Miss Walklett
and Mr.. Smith. She was very pale and
nervous. and appeared 20 be on the point
of fainc!ng. She made oath to the ale
cations of her AFFIDAVIT n a scarcely
audible voice. Magistrate Mott ad-
iourned the examination. Savin was
admitted to bail in $1,000, which was
furnished.
After his release young Sav'n made
general denial of Miss Ttdy's charges.
He told the story of how she came 10 b1
engaged as his sisters maid, and added:
"I have never seen much Of the girl.
She has been treated so well by others
N the family that she has been spoiled.
She threatened 10 leave few days ago.
when nv mother told her she must get
new dress 10 wear while waiting on
the guests at a party my mother IN
tended 70 give in February. She was
then told that if she did not behave
herself and obey orders she must leave
any way.
"I care very lttle about this matter
for myself. but do on mYs.ster's ac-
count The girl had no business TO
drag her name into Il. ] do not know
Miss Walklett or Mr.. Smith. All 1
know IS that Mss Walklett came to see
NV mother the day Miss Tidy went
away and had a long talk with her.
All I've got to say is that ! never beat
her nor painted her. In that respect
her story Is a falsah0cd"
Young Savin dropped a hint yesterday
of a possible line Of defense that may
be taken # the matter comes 10 trial.
He referred 10 a certain French ac-
oua:ntance that Miss Tidy had made on
the Umbria. who had disappointed her
bv returning to France without fulfill
ing some Of her expectations concerning
him. He said that he had never met
the man. and all he knew about her
acquaintance with him had been learn
ed through Miss Tidy.
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