The Republican journal., 1903-10-22
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The Boston Police Arrest Young Woman
Who Says Her Home is in Belfast.

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From the Boston Globe of Oct. 14th.l
Margaret Russell. comely young
woman of 20, who was arrested by the
police of division about fortnight
ago charged with being common
nightwalker, and who when arraigned
in the lower court refused to tell where
she came from or anything concerning
herself, was sentenced to Imprisonment
at Sherborn by Judge Sherman in the
superior criminal court yesterday after
noon.
If the young woman had kept off the
street Monday night it is likely that she
After her arrest, Miss RusSelpS counsel
called on; the district attorney, who
agreed to place the girl on probation
providing she would return to the home
OF her parents, who live in Belfast, Me-,
as was later learned.
On Monday a well-known real estate
dealer, who has offices on kilby St.,
purchased Miss RusselPs steamboat
ticket to Maine city, and she was to
have left Monday night, but decided
not to, on account of the stormy wealth.
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er.
Shortly after midnight Tuesday, Sergt
Manning and patrOlman Brauer OF dl-
vision 5, while walking through a street
in the South End, observed Miss Rus
sell standing in a doorway conversing
with her real estate friend, who, Brauer
saws, is married man and has a wife
and six children. The officer. when
placed on the stand, also testified that
the young woman was under the lnflu-
ence of liquor at the time. The police
separated the pair at the time, but later
they were seen together again and it
was then that the young woman was
taken into custody.
Her counsel said that the man in the
case had taken only friendly and
charitable interest in the girl, whom he
had known about year. He said the
man had taken enough interest in her
to buy her ticket home, and that last
night they were bidding each other fare
well when interrupted by the officers
Later the man was placed on the
stand, and he said that he had always
acted honorabiy toward the girl; that
he had been with her on several occa-
sions and had always tried to be true
friend. lie admitted that he had a wife
and children.
Asst. Dist. Atty Sughrue arose, and
stepping toward the witness said: If
your attentions toward this girl were
honest and you We're acting as friend
why did you not take her to your home
last night instead OF converslng with
her where you did,"
The witness said he did not wish his
wife to know anything about the affair.
l,a+ b. anlial tha ri ~
at her lodging place at $50 and took
her to supper; that she was not under
the influence of liquor last night, and
that she had not been drinking.
The girl when placed on the stand
said that her real name is Margaret
Merton and that Belfast, Me-, is her
home 'In Belfast" said the young
woman, who talked very slowly and
who seemed to be laboring under d
heavy strain, Give my father and
mother. My father is a paper hanger,
but constant sickness prevents him
from attending to his work. My mother
is dressmaker and | want to 60 back
to them and do better
Her counsel said that a carriage was
waiting for the young woman outside
the court house, and that she was pre-
pared to return to her old home If the
court would put her on probation. Asst.
Dist. Atty. Sughrue thought that Sher-
born would be the better place, and the
court committed her to the institution
for women in that town. She was led
into the detention room sobbing bitter
ly.
The name of Merton is not in the
Belfast directory and there is no family
here answering the above description.
The young woman may have told the
truth when she said she came from Bel
fast, but her name is not Russell or
Merton.