New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-16
CHILD's PITIFUL STORY.
EMMA HARTIG TELLS HER EXPERIENCE IN
VARIOUS DIsORDERLY HOUSES.

EMMA HAKIIG IElSlo HEN DH' biNiH-'N| ~
VARIOUS DISORDERLY HOUSES.
Mr. Moss-Now. will you call Miss Hartig
When the witness came In she stood up on the
seat of the witness chair until the sergeant-at-
arms told her to step down.
The I'fr" chairman-What Is your full name' A.
Mr. Mr.. M9ssHMiss Har,g, you are not yet sixteen
years old are yOuI ANS SIR Won were in four o.
1--WE different houses, were you? A.-Yes. ar. M %
S is w you tell he aG y y pcS came
wanted to go and take some position l didn
know how to do any work. and | wanted 10 20 as d
oNAs what? AS waitress Sd took took c "Ths
TO o me P - East ST F Frsti X-Yss
you had trade. and thought you might might De
German Herold" and found some advertisements
found at No. 81 East Gas ssfn and
to be a waitress. You meant TO go there and DO q
respectable business. didn't you' as waitress
Q.-And when you went there you found yourself
IN o an dPi yS9 stayed pSed there here Al stayed
Q.-How did they keep you? A-They kept me
a.e How did they succeed in keeping you there
w w6a made rsdrn h stny didn't ike the people
where was and wouldn't return e nome r6 mSde
my living | shouldn't care what the people said,
and II just stayed there she takes the place OF
Q.-The woman there said that she would take
the place Of n mother you; you needn't care
living there and | understood you 10 say, you
were afraid or ashamed to go home Is nat gisnf
afraid. either, but didn't Ike TO go PACK 10 my
father.
PROMISED TO BE A MOTHER TO HER
o.-You didn't like to go back, Why A-Because
my father never treated me right.
Q.-And you had trouble at home? A.mfeS
Q:And this woman who kept No; 81 tirstos h;
said she would be mother 10 YOU ana you thoushl
you would stay? Ayes. ;, .h,,o
wrong? Al didn't know it until was about two
thrSf nSnTs as in hs place h,s was last LIST Sep
TENDER 1 went in the place. >ou, from,
9The last ist o. E gi Won So rom
Q.~FoTsyth-st.: that was No 2l2 Forsyth-st?
Q.-And was that a bad house? Ayes.
Eo 81 Erstst was , bad 9dcS YOU go
From Forsyth-st. | went uptown IN fourth-dNe''
Q.-No 50 Fourth-ave? Ayes, ,.s
MI Moss-That Is one Of the places as 10 WHICH
Q.-Tell me. Emma were there some very young
girls at No; So FOurth-ave2 A-Yes there Is ia 4
Baby She is about thirteen or fourteen years OLD.
Mr.. Moss--I received letter moment ago TINS
brought by agents, and will read It: since
the testimony Of reliable witnesses as 20 ne nd 70
permit me to say they are aS s, NIGHT
after 10 or Ii O'Clock the inmates solicit from
the doorways The saloon on the corner ana tnese
Of as bad character and the same beastly exhibit
lions can be from the neighboring DWELLINGS:
| nine years OF age. which is certainly surrounded by
vice Of the lowest order II the police Caa ab0S Sose
called to that fact | would give my full name but
wish to avoid notorety.
MERE CHILDREN LED AsTRAY.
there 15t s in sir those other
% 0TH f ' young? About fifteen sixteen.
T0m T IN Fila DID Nag s2f door
o~No. 81 Fourth-ave? Ayes r
orqm there WHERE here da you week and them
| | went one day and met a GIRL ana she TOOK me
oG qFrom M tGere did gq7 AT y was
only there tive days nd From rom th Fe Mays vent
! uptown with girl named Violet Hastings u
Was 1t not Tortysecond
ST. A-They moved away from I'M 1r'y-SeVe"''-
| Q-When you found 1t it was IN lh'rty-SeVe'''"-
st? An ATfT ae how Won found ont these different
places? At found them out through the girls IN
tHS hhe We're good many girls in these places?
On o1Ind S't a. great many young girls circulating
| Though ali these places on the East Side! A.
o-As young as you? A.-well. few; many are
az yoGns a. yreat many sixteen and seventeen years
| Of age? Ayes.
Q-Ae there great many s OF s ees sre P taken
Ms5C here msg gF Of G he :ee paces
| couldn't count ther-so many. .,...o ora
Q.|You could not count them because there are
50 o ineIS found out where McGurks was, didn't
yS 0And you got to going McGurks, didn't you?
AoThere are very rough people that go to Nc
Gurks? Ayes. sir. Voc 81,
Q-Very rough men, indeed? A aroi,o5 SIR Yes.
| Q--Saiors. soldiers and longshoreheh'
there? A.-Yes sir; mostly go there. and somebody
! 10 watch over them-a man. 1900 o,,o -
GA man watches over the girls YOU '''
o. T,f is saloon is 1t not? Ayes sir and
oa oteA saloon and dance hall? Ayes, sir,
0.-Weli. you walk in right of the street! A.
O. O.. anybody can go in? Ayes. sir
YOUNG GIRLS TAUGHT TO DRINK.
o.-The police could 20 int Ayes sir
9AnSS tSere these girls like yourself sat around
tables AYes sa STR the snS eTIs Soung
! sixteen and eighteen years or age, "eie sto,n3
aro sn9 Soh' YES found many younger than
| am and are little older: ms ss vomnSer
WIN most not OYER T.ry eighteen HSns or
nineteen are they? AdheSS e w Girls i've over Nc
GTrks? A-They stay there altogether som some
nights nigh, vS 5sTy hey S ' STe place ''
"o'|stay right there and sleep at McourNS' A.
On In rooms upstairs? A.-Yes. sir ,,., ,nov.
Q.--The girls invite the men to drink uoh '"e'
a. md they drink liquor and beer, don't they
! AFIlduor and beer, yes. sir -, ., tho Young
| |oHTid YOU ind that very many OF the yVVums
girls on the East Side were gettihs "''o '"''
oYes Ayes some Of the girls 6s come s now but
hhoM IN IN another house down town. ana she
snSe right there right from her mother nou Use
gentleman brought her there; she went a""' O'
! cause she wouldn't stay nome. . ,or ,,,,,r o
'o~Emma aren't there a great many men IV Ing
a., T,bot district who take the money away from the
~ ,r i when they earn It? Ayes, sir; -.
eO-A good many of them are there A'u ,t S,.,
~, S ~ rncnev 10 these men? A.-Well, these men
FIRST they commence to make out tnan 'ney hNe yns
dnn'i speak TO me 1 will tell the police ,an 1ha'
Wind of stories-and then they get KIND OF Irignt
80 ard thev commence to give thelr money ~