The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-13
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
A Young Girl Found In House of Ill.Rc-
pute and the distress of the hou:e
Arrested.

About ten days ago the police were noti.
| fled that Mabel alias Gertle Sheets, OF
Germantown, Pa, was at large and her
| parents wanted hor arrested.
On Saturday night Sergeant Black and
Sergeant Massey found the girl in house
| of questionable character. The mistress
| Of the house was arrested on the charge OF
hsrboring female child under IL years
of age for immoral purposes.
The mistress OF the house was Dolly
Taylor Judge Ball held her in $1,000 bail
for II hearing this evening.
Thesgirl was held in 5000 bail MS witness
The girl is daughter Of Jacob Sheets, of
Germantown. When girl OF 10 She was
committed to the Magdalen Homo for a
year, and later to the Midnight Mission,
from which she escaped Her whereabouts
was unknown until few days ago, when
the police found her at he Taylor womans
house in this city. Sho was II years of
nge on October 20 last. The penalty for
harboring a female child for immoral pur.
po es Is seven years In jail.
August Dade pleaded not guilty to the
charge of assault and battery on Walter
w. Redmilo a lad of n years of age. Red
mile testified that on Wednesday last
while at work at Taylor and Hawthorne's
hosiery he took Il lot of stockings to the
dye house. He could not understand
what Dade said and the eatter chased him.
He picked him up by tho back Of tho neck,
shook him, struck him twice in the face
and then cho,,cd him. The blood flowed
from his mouth and nose. He could not
sleep that night owing to the pain in his
neck and head.
Several her boys testified to seeing the
assault committed.
Dade acknowledged he caught tho lad
but denied he struck him. A fine of $40
and costs was imposed.
The charge of keeping gaming table
preferred against Samuel H. Davis was
dismissed, There was no evidence that he
received any bsneilt from the game.
Taocl Tos1nski had been boarding with
John Bojinski. Two nights ago Taoel
struck John and then left for Philadel-
phia. Ho returned ON Friday night and
burst open the door. Yesterday morning
he created general disorder at Bojinski's
house. Hc was drunk at the time and did
not remember anything that took place.
Hrwas fined S. and costs.
Viola Wilmer was fined IS and costs for
being drunk. A few weeks ago Viola was
fined for dsorderly conduct She being
II young girl the court afterwara reunited
tho fine and sent her to tho Florence Crit.
tcnton Home. On Friday shn got tired of
being kept at the honsc SO took French
leave. About midnight Officer Sherry ar
rested her ut Washington street bridge,
unable to take care Of herself. Her homo
is in Kentucky, whoo shc belongs to q
good family.
For tho past month or so the Pennsyl-
vana railroad has been considerably an.
noyed by parties stealing brass journals
from the cars in the West yard When the
engine that'h was IN the wreck at Elk
ton II few days ago was brought mp and
left in the yard, it was completely stripped
Of all the brass mountings. Saturday
morning Detective Jones arrested Fred
Bryner, /, lad "f "A years of age,swith fifty
pounds of brass in his possession. 1t was
composed of journals that had becn mash
cd into pieces.
Saturday afternoon George H. Bates
WAS arrested at his home in Pinkeit's
Court. Farty-tive pounds of brass were
found at his home. Tho journal, are al
logged to have been taken homo and heated
i'll the Stove. Then they were broken up
into pieces to be sold. Both youths will be
given Il hearing in court This evening.
There arc several other boys who will DO
arrested in connection with the larceny Of
the brass.