Evening journal., 1900-01-22
NAUGHTY GIRLS
CAUSE TROUBLE
For the Managers and Officers
of the Industrial School
for Girls.
WILL LIKELY BE RETURNED

INA AilLA EANh hhRAAH 4 ~
AND TAKEN TO THE POLICE STA
TIoN
Things ran amuok for a time satur-
lday afternoon at the Delaware Indus
trial School for Girls when Della Dean
and Nirgie Crabb, two OF the inmates
got on a rampage and began TO break
lup furniture and kick down doors.
/, Della and Virgie are young women
? labOut 10 years of age who We're sent
to the school on a charge of incorrigi-
.lbillty. Della has been in the institu-
tion over a year and Virgie about ten
months.
b The young girls were confined In sep
arate rooms in the institution, but be-
came friendly during school hours and
[ levidently planned a means OF escape,
for on Tuesday evening while ON their
way to their rooms In the institution
they slipped out OF line and concealed
themselves in a nearby room. Later
they climbed out the window and made
their escape.
AS soon as the authorities OF the in
lstitution became cognizant OF the fact
that Della and Virgie had escaped they
communicated with the police depart
lment and requested that II should be
on the look out for the missing. II was
D, intimated that the girls might be in
Baltimore and Chief Dolan at once sent
/ a description Of them to the authorities
in that city. Local detectives were put
p upon the case and located Della and
Virgie in a peculiar manner on We'd
nesday night last
- Del s.FFt.r,sn
was standing at the Calvert street sta
I tion he noticed two young women who
!, answered the description of the MISS
ling girls. Approaching them the officer
= said: Good evening Della" Della at
q once turned and addressed the detec-
n tive A date was made and the officer
n escorted the two young women up the
! lsireet What was their surprise when
4 lhe asked them into the police station
n land announced that they were under
n arrest can be better imagined than de-
4 scribed. Chief Dolan was notified OF
"a the facts, and Friday Special Onicei
n Schell and City lineman Hyland wen
n to Baltimore and brought the runaways
4 to Wilmington. They were returned 20
N the school the same evening
u GIRLS BECAME BOIsTEROUs.
Z The change from even temporary
= liberty to confinement again did moi
y suit either Della or Virgie's taste and
y Saturday they demonstrated the fact
y in a forcible manner. The girls were
4 each confined in a separate room in the
y school and during the afternoon began
y to break up housekeeping" Furni-
y ture in their rooms was overturned
\, broken and thrown about the apart
!, ments. Crockery ware shared the same
- fate. So great was the noise made that
{" Matron Meserye of the school was fore.
: ed TO appear upon the scene. She
lpleaded and demonstrated with ~
i. young girls. but TO no avail.
s;l Unable to control them an appeal to
- the police station for aid was made ane
3. Sergeant George Lucas was sent to the
y school. Ordinarily Lucas IS fearless bu
i when he faced Della and Virgie he me
his match. Persuasion was useless ant
=, the more he demonstrated the more
~ violent the girls acted ending with
"a kicking out the panels in their room
y, doors
re- TAKEN TO POLICE STATION.
n Seeing that his efforts to pacify
sy were fruitezs Sergeant Lucas tele
phoned the state Of affairs to Chic
rs Dolan The chief at once communicat
IL ed with the managers Of the institution
Ut and they ordered the removal of tn
young women TO the police station. Tn
o. patrol wagon was sent out forthwith
ce and Virgie and Della were locked VI
n in one of the cells in the city hall.
5a du COMPLAIN OF TREATMENT.
When questioned by Chief Dolan an
Captain Kane as to why they had be
haved in such an unruly manner bot
-, girls stated that the treatment they re
q, ceived at the Industrial School wa
e,. more than they could stand. Whe
~ they were returned to the institution
~ on Friday they said they were put d
~ separate rooms and placed upon a die
of bread and water as a punishment 70
escaping
Wen not stand that said Delli
"they don't treat MS right out there an
le- way and I'd rather stay my three year
bis out right here in this cell than go bac
on to that place. I'd be a Christian
pm they'd only use me decent. Besides
I'm want 90 he in the same room wit
lNireie
"They fed us on bread and water an
. we didn't like it. Besides l don't lii
Of the place anyhow"
ssd THE MATRON's STATEMENT.
at Miss Meserve, the matron Of q
school. when questioned regarding q
discipining that Della and Virgie r.
oeived after their escapade in Bait
~. more said that It was no more sevei
eI, than that which is accorded in sin
"a liar cases. Discipline must be mail
~. tanned in the institution or the scho
would become demoralized She
res any ill-treatment.
ESCAPED BEFORE.
W.. Della Dean is not an unknown cha
iay acter to the police Shortly after 81
fic- had been placed in the Industrial scho
o. she made her escape and remainl
away for several months. Il is sa
that she spent the time in PHILADELPHIA