Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-02
TWO YOUNG GIRLS
ARE COMMITTED.
Shocking Cases Of Youthful De-
pravIty Revealed In Court.
THE JUDGES GOOD ADVICE.
Lily aud Emily Parsons, Arrested a
Pew Days Ago. are sent 20
Reform school,

Two shocking cases OF youthful moral
depravlty were brought to the attention
OF Judge Cherry In the district court
today, resulting In the committal Of LILY
and Emily Parsons, aged II and Is re-
spectlyely. TO the state Industrial
school. until they shall each have at
tained the age Of q.
The girls are sisters and were ar
rested by Detective Sheets on Saturday
last, the younger one for the theft Of a
skirt, valued at $40, the property OF
Mrs. Louis Berets. and the older one
for prostitution. According TO the tes-
tlmony Of the police officers, 10 say
nothing OF the girls own admissions
to the court, It developed that both
had been guilty Of the latter offense.
In answer to questions propounded
by Judge Cherry and Assistant County
Attorney Ray Van Colt, the defendant
Lily Parsons said she would be Is this
month. She afterwards qualified that
statement by saying she was IL on the
10Th OF last December She could not
remember the year 81 her birth. She
was born In England and came here
with her parents several years ago. Her
father and mother were living. Where
she could not say Three years ago
her mother ran away and was followed
by her father two years later She and
her sister Emily then went to live with
their grandfather and three other sis
tiers ana two brothers were placed In a
Catholic school For the past year she
and her sister had been working out,
because their grandfather told them
that he could no longer support them.
She admitted having been a bad girl.
but said she did not intend to do wrong
any more. She said she knew q girl
named O'Nell with whum she had
roomed at No. 50 East First South
street Had heard the O'Neil girls
mother kept a. bad house in Bingham.
Boys used 10 call and see them at
their rooms. She knew them by sight,
but could not recall their names. Some
times she and the ONell girl would
meet boys on the streets and take them
TO their rooms.
Detective Sheets, City JGilOr Kimball
and Louis Berets, the restaurant man.
were sworn and testified. officer Sheets
said the girls were decidedly bad. The
younger one had penchant for skirts.
II was only three or four weeks ago
that she stole a skirt from a Mrs. Web
Der In whose employ she was at the
time.
MIR Berets said Emily worked at his
house four days, and suspecting she
was no good, he discharged her She
had not left his place many minutes
before his wife teephoned him and told
him her skirt was missing. To make
sure he went 10 the house and upon
failing 10 find the goods, notified Detec-
tive Sheets OF the theft. at the same
time furnishing pattern Of the goods
That was on Saturday He got the
skirt the same evening at the city hail,
Jailor Kimball said he took both girls
10 the Rescue Home about year ago.
They ran away In a few weeks The
Oldest girl admitted her guilt 10 him.
Emily told Judge Cherry she was Is
last May. She further stated she had
been a bad Girl and admitted stealing
the skirt. This concluded the testl-
mony, and Judge Cherry, after reprI-
mending the girls. and giving them
valuable advice as to their future con-
duct ordered their committal. Said the
court; ut is a terrible thing to see
young girls like you leading the lives
you have been. You may think for a
while that you are having a good time:
that you are enjoying life, but, believe
me, II Is a great mistake which sooner
or later you VIII find out for yourselves,
II you don't reform. Remember what |
say. sympathise with you greatly and
would that 1t were In my power 10
punish the men guilty Of leading you
astray.
There is only one course left me
from the testimony and that is TO CON-
init You 20 the Industrial school, and
do this not as a punishment but with
strong hope that 1t will be the means
OF reforming YOU. Pay attention and
give heed 10 the authorities at the in
stitution. for their whole aim will be to
make good girls of you. When you go
into the school enter with a fixed de-
termination TO improve your minds and
forsake the past. That Is all"
The defendants left the court room
With the officers crying piteously.