The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-03
FOR DIAMOND THIEF
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-o GIRL RE
MANDED FOR TRIAL.
LAUGHED AT HER FATHER
WHEN HE APPEALED TO HER TO
REFORM

Arrest of Young Woman known to
the Police as Louisa Young, for
Stealing n Diamond Valued Mt
$40, Recalls to the Officers Visit
of Girls Aged Father Two Months
AgO-EROrt Was Made by Him to
Get Her to Return to Her Country
Home - His Words of Warming
Were scOned at.
Turning a deaf ear to the entreaties
of her father two months ago. when he
visited her in a house in the Tender
loin, with two uniformed men. an 1S
Louisa Young yesterday morning
wished that she had needed his warn
ing.
She was arrested during the early
hours as a common thief and later in
Police Court was remanded for trial
in the Superior Court. Three lads
called at police headquarters and re-
ported to the desk sergeant that one
of the number had been robbed of
diamond valued at s11O. The young
woman was charged with the theft
In company with Patrolman Nc
Whorten they visited the house in
which she was living and she was
made a prisoner. She stubbornly de-
MED her guilt, but the young men in
sisted that she had committed the
theft. And the Recorder believed
from their statements that the girl
had taken the valuable piece Of jew
elry. She retained counsel and she
furnished bail for her further appear
ance, but the charge of theft is still
booked against her.
Girl known to Police.
When the girl was arraigned the
police readily recalled her history. She
had left her home in the country to
come to the city, where she secured
employment. But her steps were not
turned in the right direction, and In
a short while it came to the attention
of the police that she had fallen. Be
lieving that his daughter was earning
an honest livelihood here, the aged
father came to Savannah late in Octo-
Der, and asked the police to help him
locate her.
To the guardians of the law the
girl was we'll known. They were not
unmindful of the feelings of the old
man. who seemed so anxious to have
his daughter return to her almost
heartbroken mother. That she had
fallen the officers were forced to tell
the father. but that upon several oc-
casions she had narrowly escaped ar
rest on charges of theft were things
that were hidden from him. But the
things that he did learn caused his
heart to ache and even the uniformed
men who accompanied him were touch
ed by the reception that he received.
RidicuIed Her Father.
1t was not the greeting that father
usually receives from daughter who
has not been under the parental roof
in months. In an arrogant manner,
she refused to listen to the words OF
advice as they fell from the lips OF
the almost heart-broken man. His tears
and prayers were of no avail, and the
fallen daughter refused to even con-
slider returning to her country home,
and to her mother. She laughed at
his sobs and ridiculed him for vast
| ing tears on her. She would sooner
! die than return to the simple coun-
| try life to which she had been accus-
| toned
Even a promise of deed to all OF
his property failed to touch the cal
lous girl AS hard as he tried, the
aged parent was unable to find re-
sponsive chord and he was jeered wher
the life than ment church on Sunday
was suggested. All inducements were
| scorned.
And now this same girl is charged
with an offense so serious that it is
| punishable by a term in the peniten-
tiary.