Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-14
Goes by the Name Of Miss Wilson
--Enticed Two Girls.
SUPPOSED TO BE IN DENVER
she Left Hero saturday NIGHT for That
Ciy Win Two Young Girls In
Her Clutches

The ehticIng Of two young girls from
their homes In this city, and the prob
ability that others are awaiting to fol-
low In their wake all In the power OF
a woman who passed herself OF here as
Miss KIttie Wilson, came TO light last
evening at police headquarters From
what can be learned, the Wilson woman
has been operating In this city for
nearly three weeks and II Is believed
that she took the two girls away With
her Saturday night, and that their des-
tlnatlon was Denver The authorities
Of the Colorado metropolis have
been notified and asked to keep sharp
lookout for the party, and II they are
there they win no doubt be found with.
In day or two,
The first intlmation the police got Of
the AFFAIR was when the mother OF one
of the girls called upon Assistant Coun-
~ Attorney LOofb0urOW for aid In hnd-
ing her daughter The girl, Pearl
Byrd, Is but IS years Of age and quite
Wellknown here, and It IL believed the
police Of Denver viii have no troubel In
recognizing her should they run across
her there They have been furnished
good description Of both the girls
and the woman who entlced them away.
The latter Is described as being ~
years OF age, quite tall, and richly
dressed IN the latest fashions II APP
pretended she will be held pending
the action OF the Salt Lake authorities,
That she Is a procuress Is a settled
fact In the minds Of the police
The manner OF the girls leaving the
city shows that the Wilson women laid
her plans carefully About the time
she was first seen here, she engaged
rooms az the imperial hotel on State
street for herself and a young girl
about IL years OF age whom she called
slater Guests Of the house thought
the sister had the appearance Of n
country girl and thought 1t strange
that she was the sister Of the fashions
able ana dashlng Wilson woman, Sew
eral days ago the woman LETT her isis
ter at the hotel where she remained
until saturday While there. hOweV-
en-, che told several persons that the
Wilson woman was not her sister and
that she was from the country and her
name was Stanton.
Mrs. Byrd, the proprletress Of the
hotel, at once took steps TO have the
child cared for, but before anything
could be done she disappeared
on the same day, saturday Pearl
Byrd said she was going to Calder's
park to visit her grandfather, She
failed to return. A search was insti-
tuted and TO the mothers horror she
learned that both girls had been seen
ON train bound for Denver.
p" Although Mrs. Byrd feels terribly ov-
err the departure OF her daughter, she
believes the police win locate her and
that she win be glad to come back to
her home. Mrs Byrd says she VIII
forgive her and see that she Is shielded
from the influence of evilminded per-
sons In the future.
When seen today In relation 10 the
matter, Chief Hilton said that he had
referred Mrs. Byrd 20 the county at
torney and that he had nothing more
TO DO with the case, He said he had
not heard from the Denver police yet
and was not absolutely certain that
the woman and girls went TO that city.
In the event the Wilson woman Is cap
tured. she will be brought back here
and prosecuted