The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-31
5I.A 1. A lK|,sE,Nl I, B. I, FROM A DIV e
! Whore She tiad 8 .en P,ac "a by a
Blind Beggar.
WI y 'Il @ SEEMS TO BE A FRAUD,
The The iT3ilmseIy Rescus Of a Li.,Is
White Oil From a Motor
Gus Neg,o Den In
Charleston

ous Neg,o Den IN
Charleston.
The Charleston Post, Of Thursday
II Gays Nancy Jane McAteer, a younp
white girl, aged 10 years, whose home
s9ls IN Uhcstor, s.. o., was Thursday
morningSteken out Of Z. Oapers' rcs tau
!. rant on Market street by tho polioo.
Tho girl had hesn placed thoro by
& Robert Sumner, blind white III IN, who
a4waH fined in tho Recorders Court on
the charge Of being drunk and for lar.
cenySo clothing from Anna Stewart,
Ill Cumberland street.
The plaoo kept by Oepers, who is q
negro, $is. 9 notorious dive, and il in tho
very heart ct THO toughest and most
wicked sootion Of Market street. It is
\ frequented by al sorts Of vilo mon and
woman and ia no plaoo for young
white girl. Capers has frequently been
before tho grand Jury on the charge Of
aelllDg liquor and has also appeared be.
foro tho I Recorder on tho charge of
keeping q gambling dive.
AS soon as it became known at police
headquarters that tho MoAteer girl was
living in this notorious resort, Lieut..
Dunn, the 0tfioor of tho day, sent an
4 officer to the place and had her brought
to the station house. She seemed clad
70 get out OF tho plaoo and expressed q
desire to return to her homo III Chester,
whore her mother and father live,
Steps will bo taken to have hor sent to
her homo. In the meantime she will
be cared for by the Floronoo Orittenton
Homo, as Miss Tharin, the matron Of
that institution, has consented to take
charge. OF tho girl whilo arrangements
are being made to havo hor returned to
her people. She was aont to the Grit
tenton Homo.
The child was seon at tho polioo sta
tion shortly before being sont to the
Orittcnton Homo. She is blua. eyed,
faxen- haiIe cd girl, and is exoood.
ingly bright for child Of her years.
She told tho story Of how she oamo to
be in Charleeton in a plain, straight
forward, ohild.like manner. frequently
sho would burst into tears and cxpross
Q Wieh'fto return to hor mothor and
fatherin Ohoster.
She came hero last Friday with Sum
ners q blind man, to lead him about the
streets, for which ho was to pay her
tyenty- fvs cents day and board. She
left her home with her mothers con-
gent to So to Columbia with Summon,
who wa, to return her to her people
last Monday, but instead no brought
her VI arleston. Evan ajaaMlbsnuon 4
AZ To d: as., and 8 00p. nj. Prayer a
fiVaT III fs.Tfa6 6YtyJ -sn6 mas DEcn f6kTTiYg
him about tho streets Of tho oity and
selling v-rsts to people. Tho versos
are OF the usual character that blind
people peddle on tho streets. Sho slept
aud took her meals at the restaurant on
Market street.
mir Sum- or is a bad man some
times" said tho girl, "and last night
he got drunk on boar and vino and was
arrested. Ho is in the guard house
now. He curses, too. "Wbat arc the
police going to do with me2" asked the
girl, and in tho same breath said ghe
hoped they would sond her homo. Her
fathers namo, ahe said, is Reed Mo.
Ateer, and works in cotton factory at
Ohester.
Robert Summers stated that he had
hired the girl from hor mothor, saying
tnAG nc nau agrocu 70 pay ner twenty :
five cents per day to lead him about the
/. streete, and according to the contract he
owes the child S., but 10 not able to pay
her as business has been dull sinco com
ing to Oharlea.on.
B Whom asked why ho carried tho Mo-,
Ateer child to negro restnuranta"l;S
said that it was the only ohen,o 's@rd-
ing house he could find. .f,oSrIc'ssolarod
he never intended to oomSoS Charles
ton again. Sumner be '.shg curly hair,
whichghangs doxa,tI,. his shoulders,
and ha looks |, fo the medicine man of
Dead Man'c dulch, In speaking about
lis curly tresses he anid he had q
sweetheart in days gono by whom ho
loved intensely, and sho asked him 10
let his hair grow long, and ho granted
her request. ,.5 ".You know, follow will
do anything for. tho girl he loves" he
said.
Since coming to Charleston Sumner
has been q high roller. All Wednesday
afternoon it is said no was playing slot
machines and drinking beer. Ho foil
Z into the har da Of tho police and from
him the whereabouts Of the child were
learned.