The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-25
Ia the Story of d0verness, Who Was
Cruelty aRd ShamefullY Treated
She Says by Man She Hated.
But Whose Word She
Had to Obey.

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have been far outcome by one Alfred
White, OF Steraberg, whichever his
name may be, II the story told by
pretty girl named Alice Gray is true
Miss Gray is the daughter Of Lon
don business man in moderate circum
stances. The past year has been for
her one OF unutterable horror, misery
and shame. Her health has been
shattered, her nervous system wreck
ed by her experiences, and her only
prayer is that her friends may protect
her from further cruelty at the hands
Ut the man from whom she is power
less to protect herself.
Miss Gray returned a year ago last
August from Germany, where she had
beed travelling as a lady's companion.
In November she answered an adver-
tisement for a lady clerk, which re-
quested applicants to to call at Is
Ashdown road, Kingston. Here she
was employed by Alfred White, as he
called himself. BE stipulated that
the girl must live In his house with
him. AS his wife and children were
also living inthe house, she made no
objection.
Miss Gray found that Whites busi-
ness was selling sewing machines,
Bi,les, music boxes and cheap jeWelry
to domestic servants on the install
nent plan. From the first day, de-
clares the girl. White exercised a
strange and potent influence over her.
Her hand shook when she signed her
name to an employment CONTRACT, and
she trembled whenever White looked
at her. She loathed the man, she
says, yet could discbey him in moth.
ing.
It had been arranged that she was
to 60 home every Sunday, but after
the first three Sundays White stopped
this. Miss Gray's sister Kate called
on her sister several times and saw
that all was not right between the
girl and her employer. She told her
father OF her suspicious, and soon
after Alice berself complained to her
father Of Whites strange influence
over her. At this time Alice'S mother
was dying, at their home, and the
father and sister did not pay the at
tention they might otherwise have
to the girls strange story. She COM
plaiIed again Of her unhappiness, but
her family gave little heed.
On March 10 the girls mother died.
Immediately afterWard Kate Gray
was sent to Whites house by her
father, and brought Alice home with
her. She stayed at home week,
White sending daily messages to her,
asking her to come back to him. Trey
we're brought by his wife, his office
boy and others.
Easter Monday, April 3, Miss Gray,
and her sister went for walk. On
their way home, not far from their
house, they saw pony trap, With
White driving 1t. BE stopped aud
ccm nanded Alice Gray to 6 t in be-
side him. The girl declares she did
cot want to go; that she hated the
man and dreaded to put herself again
under his influence; yet she could not
resist Whites command. She got
into the trap and White drove away,
leaving Kate Gray speechless with
amaZement.
Kate ran into the house and tod
her father what had happened To-
gether they went to Whites house
and asked for Alice. A big, power
fully built man came to the door and
told them Alice was out driving with
White. This man and Gray event
ually came to blows, and Gray went
for the police. a police inspector
searched the house, and found Alice
Gray. Pale and trembling she WAS
taken home, ard there told her father
and sister that she was in the house
the first time they called, locked in a
closet. She bad been threatened with
awful things II she cried out, she said.
A few days later Alice vent to an.
swer an advertisement for goVerness.
She disappeared, and from that day,
April 8, until October 18 she was ut
terly lost to her family.
On April 8, Alice says, White met
her in the street, evidently having
been posted in advance by some mys'
terlous means, or her errand. He
took her BY the arm and marched bel
off to lodgings In Hammersmith. A
few days later they moved to Brigh.
ton. Meantime Gray had obtained
warrant for Whites arrest, and the
latter was nabbeo while on visit tx
bis original place CT business in Kings
ton. He promised that If the police
would set him free he would tel
them where the girl was. Gray
agreed, and White gave the Brighton
address. Gray and the police went
there, after setting White free, but
found an empty house, the girl hav
Ing been spirited away again, to an
other part OF London.
From that time on, according Z
the girl, she led life Of horror
White, she says, treated her brutally
and shamefully. Letters written tt
her and forwarded from the Kingston
address were received by White ant
destroyed. White never left the gir
alone long and never went out with
out taking her along. Oace, she says
when he had locked her In a room
, she broke the lock with screw drive
! and hammer she had secreted. White
she says, appeared just as she was es
: Gaping from the room and took ven
geance on her by beating her, tear
! ing of all her clothes and slashing be
J hand With razor.
After that she never tried to ss