The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-07
FOR ENTICINC
A YOUNG GIRL
MRS. LIZZIE HEssLING HELD ON
SERIOUS CHARGE.
Seventeen Year Old Leah Swisher
Testified That Mrs. Hessling Eli
ticed Her from Home and Prom
ised to Send Her to New York to
Lead all Immoral Life--Mamie
Hadisty, Another Young Girl, Said
That Mrs. Hessling Advised Her
to Lead ali Immoral Life.

| Some rather sensational testimony
was offered last night in Alderman NJ.
j. Ruddy's office at the hearing in the
case of Mrs. Lizzie Hessing. of 514
Wyoming avenue. who is charged with
having enticed 1T-year-old Leah
Swisher, of 514 Wyoming avenue. for
the purpose of prostitution and with
the receipt and retention of certain
wearing apparel taken by the Swisher
| girl from her home.
| The prosecutor in the case is Alan
son Fl. Swisher the girls father, who
was represented at the hearing last
night by Attorney Thomas p. Duffy.
The defendant, Mrs. Hessling. was
represented by Attorney Frank Boyle.
| An effort was made to show last night
that though the Swisrer girl is now II
years old, Mrs. Hessling made at
tempts to induce her to lead an inn
moral lite before while she was 1G
years old. her seventeenth birthday be-
ing September "a of this year.
In case of failure to show that the
girl was enticed while still 16 years
old or before the age of consent had
been reached, the prosecution has still
| ly. that the girl was enticed with the
| intent to eXtort money.
| The Swisher girl. who is an espe-
cially handsome and attractive girl
looking a little older than her parents
claim she is. was the first witness.
VISITED MRS. HESSLING.
She testified that despite her par
ents' objections, she had frequently
visited Mrs. Hesslins's boarding house
next door to her house, ever since last
July. Mrs. Hessling, she said, had
frequently told her that she should
| leave her home if she didn't like the
way she was treated and should "get
a man to keep her" so that she could
live an easy life.
She declared positively, that Mrs.
Hessing had made this suggestion TO
her many times since last July. She
had 4 great deal OF trouble with her
parents, she said, because she wouldn't
go to school and because she persisted
in going to Mrs. Hesslng's house.
On Tuesday, October 20. she said. she
Went over to Mrs. Hessing's and had
Il talk With her.
"Mrs. Hesslng told me.' said she.
chat J. should pack up my clothes and
come over to her house. She said that
she'd lind me IL place where ] could
stay until she got some money to send
me to New York. I asked her why
she wanted me to go to New York. I
said l knew nobody there.
''She said that was all right. that
there would be-;l man at the Hoboken
station who would wink at me. J. was
to act "ilip,' she said, and he would
take me to a place where l could lead
an immoral life and not have to work.
She said that I should write and let
her know how l was getting on. She
said 1 was Il pretty girl. that / had a
good form ana that I'd be able to at
tract men,"
Continuing, the girl said that she
packed up her clothes the next morn
ing and went over to Mrs. Hessling's
house. She had been there but few
hours when Mrs. Hesslng sent one OF
her servants, Mamie Hadisty, to take
her to the Hotel Arlington ON Spruce
street until such time as she was able
to get money to send her to New York.
The Had!sty girl paid for Il room in adj
vance and she remained there until
Friday, she said.
WENT TO THE MlFFLIN.
On Friday she decided that she
didn't want to stay any longer at the
Arlington she said, and the Hodisty
girl took her to The Miftlin, on Miftih
avenue, paying for a room for her
there. She was found in The Miftlin on
Saturday by Constable Hawks, who
had ii warrant for her arrest on the
charge OF stealing her clothes. She
was taken home and has since been
there.
She bore up very well under the
direct examination, hut when Attorney
Boyle started in with the cross eNilln-
ination, referring to her father as 1.-THE
old man" and endeaNoling to get her
to admit that she was in the habit of
staying out late at night she broke
down and Wept.
Mamie Hadisty, the servant who
went with her to the Arlington. was
the next witness. She is "A pretty and
rather chic girl, who says she is IS
years old and who proved to be quite
capable of taking care OF herself under
cross examination.
She said that she had decided to
leave Mrs. Hessling's employ the week
before the Swisher girl left home, be-
cause Mrs. Hessling had given her
several broad hints that her services
We're no longer required. She corrob.
Grated Miss Swisher's testimony re-
aartiing the engaging of rooms at the
Hotel Arlington and at The Mittiin,
and said that Miss Hessling had told
her to engage them.
ATTORNEY Duffy ~aSkcd her II Mrs