The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-11
TELLS A SAD STORY
Anna Schultz, Accused of Steal
Ing a Rig, Is Discharged.

Horse stealing is not a common
charge in the municipal court, particu-
larly against a woman. That was the
charge on the police tab in court yes
terday against Anna Schultz, an eigh-
teen-year-old girl, who was arrested
by the police on the charge Of stealing
horse and wagon from livery stable
in this city.
According to her story told in court
yesterday afternoon she came to ST.
Paul from her home in South st. Paul
about a month ago after a quarrel with
her father. She had but little money
and has been obliged to live in cheap
lodging houses, where, she says, she
has been the daily victim Of every sort
of insult from men who frequent these
houses.
On Monday afternoon, Miss Schultz
says, she met a young man on the
street who invited her to go to picnic
at Fort Smelling, which she accepted,
having no place to go to in the city and
not thinking of any danger. When
they arrived at Smelling the man tried
to get her to go into a saloon, and
when she refused, he obtained some
whisky from the saloon, and after go
ing to the grove nearby gave her some
to drink, telling her it was not harm
full.
The whisky, she says, made her par
TALLY drunk, but she insisted that he
bring her back to the city. He then
took her to a saloon on East Fifth
street on the pretense that it was a.
restaurant, and while there got her to
drink more whisky, saying it would
make her feel better. She says! she
drank so much that she has no clear.
remembrance Of what followed.
About z o'clock the same evening an
other man came to the saloon and ask
ed her to take drive. Not knowing
what she was doing, she consented,
and when about six miles out of town
the man began to make improper pro-
posals to her. When she repulsed him
he jumped to the ground and tried to
drag her after him. She grabbed the
lines and whipped up the horse to get.
away from him.
Not knowing where she was going,
she drove all Monday night and Tues
day, stopping at farm house, where
she spent Tuesday night. On Wednes-
day she drove until she arrived in
Hastings, where a policeman recog-.
nized the rig as coming from this city
and arrested her.
She was unable to tell where she got
the horse or where she was and she
was held until the police of this city
were notified She was sent for and
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up for a hearing yesterday afternoon
the livery man refused to press the
charge, and on motion of the county
attorney she was allowed to go.
The police are inclined to disbelieve
her story and say that her real name is
Amelia Brown, and that her father is
respectable workingman in South st.
Paul. They say she was in South st.
Paul on Tuesday with the horse and
wagon and that she drove from there
to Hastings.
After she was discharged in court
she admitted that Amelia Brown was
her true name, but that she had given
the other to avoid the shame. She in
sisted that the rest of her story was
true, however.
Unless the girl returns home, as she
says she is going to do, she will be put
in charge of the Salvation Army in
this city, which will try to find her
position and look out for her in the fu-
ture.