Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-17
THE TWO WOMEN
AT sos E Street Who Were Written
Up Last Sunday
VICTIMS OF A RELATIVE
OF One Of Tho Women, Whose Pledge 10 Her
Mother 10 Look After His Welfare Has
Involved Her In Lois Of Troubo-The Real
Facts in Tho Case, and the Accused Ladies
Voluntarily vIndIoated BY The Globe

The article in this column on
Sunday last giving the alleged facts
in a poker game run by two women,
Government employees, at sos b street,
created considerable interest I'm the
various departments, one Of which dis
covered the fact that the accused wom-
en- were on its pay rolls. The editor
of The Globe was sent for and asked
his authority whereupon a thorough
investigation as to the alleged facts
took place The Globes informant
who did live at sos d street, but who
was forced TO leave there. was again
examined The janitOr of the building
was also seen, and a Mr. 6'teyens, who
is a one-legged eX.eSi> ,er and has
rooms i'm the bpiimng.
The Globes informant turned out
to be an individual with a grievance.
His relationship to one Of the ladies
mentioned completely deceived The
Globe, as il was impossible for us to
suspect that any man would attempt
to ruin his own relative.
From the inmates Of the building,
who are lawyers, reputable citizens,
and others, including the janitor, the
accused women were given the highest
character. They are both mothers and
are the support Of half grown child
rem, one lady having a daughter twelve
years of age. One Of the two women
is deserving of condemnation, not in
deed for the things alleged In last
Sundays Globe, and which on investi-
cation were found to be utterly with
out foundation i'm fact. but for en-
dangering her character and risking
her position in obedience to a promise
exacted by her mother to look after
the welfare Of the very individual who
had her written up in The Globel The
other lady had nothing whatever to
do with either the man or woman. but
because o. her residence in the build.
ing was involved in the writeup.
The editor of The Globe promptly
repaired the injustice done the two
women by frankly laying the facts be-
fore the department officials and secur-
ing their retention in their positions.
ANY editor would have been deceived
under the circumstances and as it is
impossible for us to publish the whole
story Of the deception we must lay un-
der and accept the condemnation Of
those who conclude from what is here
printed that we did not sufficiently in
vestlgate the unfounded charges
against these two honest and reputable
women before publishing the same.
But those who know human nature are
aware that the most malignant of all
hatreds is that Of family jars when
carried to the point of seeking each
others ruin. We were caught in the
trap and can only console ourselves
with the reflection that we saved the
women their positions and have 1t not
or our conscience Of being instrument
al in depriWng their innocent child
rem of the bread these hard-worklng
and respectable mothers earn by their
daily toll.
There is no poker game at sos p
street nor has there been any such
game in the quarters occupied by these
two women clerks. The visitors who
come there are known to be the respect
able and reputable acquaintances Of
the ladies and they are limited IN
numbers. The janitor of the building
and the other residents know them,
and even the prOprieties nave never
been violated in the slightest manner
by either man or woman in the build.
ing
AS for the man who brought this
scandal and trouble upon his own rel
ative and on her lady acquaintance
(who is the innocent victim Of her
friendship The Globe emphatically
admonishes him to cease his assumed
guardianship over the morals of the
said relative, which are unimpeach-
able, and attend strictly to his own in
dividual business Il is hardly neces-
sary to state that It gives The Globe
more unfeigneu pleasure to vindicate
these two women than any satisfaction
we could possibly derive from authen-
ticating or proving the unfounded
statements furnished us in last Sun
days article; and that this vindication
is not only voluntary ON our part, but
the most congenial part Of our work
as publisher and writer.