Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1897-11-11

A GIRL ABDUCTED.
Two Women and Two Men Enticed Her
From Home and Heartlessly
Poisoned Her Ynnnp Mind

From Home and Heartlessly
Poisoned Her Young Mind.
The distressing tale of abduction told
by thirteen-year old Eva Simpkins led to
the arraignment to-day of Michael Gal
lagher, Howard Morgan and Sadie
Heintz, married woman, BEFORE Justice
of the Peace Pearce. They were held
under $500 bail each for hearing on
Wednesday next, and if the child's story
is true, they are likely to go to Jail for
long terms. Morgan and the Heintz
woman were unable to secure bail, and
were sent to Jail.
The arrest of the Heintz woman oc-
CURED Saturday afternoon, aud she was
given cell on the third floor of the
prison. Her connection with the case
became known Friday and her arrest de-
termined upon. She is we'll known
character, and has a reputation of the
blacklist kind. She is a colored woman,
very light and processes to be white. In
order to further make it appear she was
not OF the negro race, she had her hair
bleached. When she was placed in cell
with another colored woman, she made
great scene, and declared such an
action was an outrage.
The Heintz woman has been arrested
before, and there is fellow serving a
sentence in Jail because of his connection
with her. 1t is said there may be other
arrests in this case.
The little Simpkins girl lives with her
n1n
her prolonged absence from home had
worried the poor woman into state bor-
dering on hysteria. Eva's story seems
hardly the whole truth, but, even if. she
were half-willing victim of the party,
the fact will not excuse them in the eyes
of the law. Her recital sounds like a
chapter from some unreal blood-and-
thunder story paper.
She says that late on Sunday afternoon
last Kate Graham, the latter having for
merly been servant for her mother, in
duced the latter to let Eva accompany her
to church. They had not gone far from
the house when they came upon Sadie
Heintz, who said she would go, too.
Then the trio were accosted by Gallagher
and Morgan, who drove up in two
seated surrey and asked them to take a
drive. The child clambered in, and when
the men reached Carmel, the Hebrew
settlement several miles from this city,
they drove up to an Unlocking house,
which proved to be speak-easy.
There was lot of men there" said
the child, ''and everybody was drinking
and dancing and singing, and after awhile
they got to fighting and I was terribly
frightened. I begged them to take me
home, but they only laughed at me.
'Atlast they decided to go home and
we reached Bridgeton at daylight Monday
morning. The men let Sadie Heintz out
of the carriage and she went home, but
they drove further on before they would
let us out. Then Kate Graham wouldn't
let me go home. She said must go with
her, and though it was raining hard we
walked all the way to Millville, where
we met young man named Penn. He
wanted to take me to Philadelphia, but /
wouldn't go. Then Kate Graham said
she would have to take me to her mothers
in Williamstown and so went with her,
because was afraid to &C. home"
| 1t was in Williamstown, that officer
Henderson found the child, after several
| days search, last evening. She was in a
pitiable plight and, it is feared, has been
assaulted.