The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-04-28

and her sister ran west on Court avenue
to Second and then because the girls
espied some man following them they
ran north to Walnut street and proceed
ed to cross over to west Des Moines.
~ had no idea where we were going
except that we were making for the
main part Of the city," said Miss Tolman.
l knew that we were going somewhere
near the big station where we had got
ten Off the train.'
The man who had been following us.
coming faster and faster, caught us as
we reached the bridge. We had almost
run to get away from him. To our SUR
prise he stopped us and said: | beg
pardon girls, but l saw you with that
Old hag and | feared you We're being
taken to bad place. Can help you
any? have wife and child and am an
honorable man and will help you if you
will permit it,
!. Deceived once, could we trust again?
That was the thought which came to me
but there was nothing to do but place
ourselves in charge of this man who pro-
tested that he would be honorable.
asked him what he would do and he said
he would send us to his home in Valley
junction or to good boarding house.
He gave his name as Bert Flint. We
have reason to bless the minute we met
that man. He was kind and good to us.
AT the street car station he put us on
the last car to Valley junction and away
we whizzed through the dark, not know
ing what we might find at the end of
the line. Sister cried bit but l said
that she might as we'll be brave as was
certain that the last man was an honor
able one and that in Valley junction we
would find friends.
'sAnd SO we did. We could not find
Mrs. Flint, but we found some nice peo-
pie at Young's boarding house and they
took us in for the night. This morning
we told our story to Deputy Marshal
Peterson asd he told us that we must
prosecute these people; that unless we
do they will go on deceiving other girls.
He said that the police had been trying
to catch several East Court avenue folks
for just this kind of business. We have
been treated kindly by Chief Jones who
let us write to mamma. And we used
his oak polished desk and he gave as a
stamp. We promised to stay until after
the trial SO that we can send that awful
man to the penitentiary. The chef says
if that man is found guilty he will get ia
long sentence in the penitentiary.'
Immediately the facts in the case as
related became known to the officers of
the Humane Society the young ladies'
were promised a position in some good
home. They were fortified with recon-
mendations and letters upon their per-
son showed that the older girl is honor
ably engaged to marry Mt. Ayr man.
I'VE do not care to live in the city,
said Miss Tolman. ..We will go home as
soon as the trial is over. had hoped
we would be able to make lot of money
to help poor mother. We can make fair
wages working near Lamont and we can
be sure that we will be treated as de-
cent girls. know some good men down
there who would make an awful row if
they knew how we had been treated"
Information was filed in Judge Mathis
court charging Mr.. and Mrs. Dickerhoff
with enticing girls of chaste character
into house of i'll fame. Bonds of $500
each were furnished by Himan Levich.
The trial has been sent down for next
Monday afternoon. Police Officers
Crawford and Yeager, who pulled the
house on East Court avenue, brought in
a number of inmates who were fined $40
each and discharged.
The police this afternoon assisted
Misses Myrtle and Anna Tolman to find
their aunt, Mrs. Anna Helphrery of this
city, and a cousin Mrs. Grace Burmeister.
-Des Moines Capital, April %.