The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-10-07

Daisy Jordan, who was arrested ~
a crazy drunken condition and was
given ten days in jail, was in police
court again Friday evening at Park
ersburg, being mixed up as awitness
in two cases. The trials revealed q
disgraceful state of affairs. While
the girl is by no means a specimen
of seduced and vieti1nized innocence
she is a glowing example Of youtia-
full depravity, and it was shown that
she has been caTousing with NUNS
Der of men who ran a marrow risk
of mourning "trip to the pen by
reason of that fact. A doctors ex-
animation not only revealed that
the girl is suffering from loathe-
some disease, but that she is prob
ably under fourteen years Of age,
which fact, e it could be legally e.
tablished. would make these men
guilty of constructive criminal as
sault.
The girl, herself, says she is about
sixteen. She was from in Milton
CabelI county. For three years sue
was an inmate of the Girls Indus
trial Home at Salem. She ran away
from there a little over a year ago
md it seems that not much OF an
effort was made to recaPtuTe her
The Humane Society totok her nps
however. and secured her home
with good family in this CITY,
That was about six months ago. On
Sunday, while on the way to church,
she made another successful get
away and disappeared, presumablg
going to Huntington, where she SAYS
she has been staying for some time
with her mother and sister.
Her mothers husband is one John
Jordan, who is said to be preaclt-
er. The girl says she doesn't know
where he is and doubts about his
being her father, anyhow She has
been IRONING at Gertie Ander-
sons, on lower Ann street. She
says she gave Gertie half Of swhst
she made for the room
The girl seemed totally devoid OF
any moral sense, and utterly unable
to realize that there was anything
wrong in her course of life
story of the deepest degradatida
came ont in hints, which broug
not one blush of shame to her yoltl h
full cheeks. She owned up to having
been disgracefully drunk the nIgEst
before. and laughed heartily over it.
With it all, she was bright enough
gave intelligent and ready answers,
and told a remarkably straight story
which bore the stamp of truth.
There were no reservations. She
didn't seem to feel the need Of any
Th first case was that Of the city
against William Clendening, pro
prietor of the Ohio saloon, for sefls
ing to a minor:
Daisy Jordan this mere child IN.
short dresses-wa the first witness.
She said she had helped empty two
half-pint bottles of wliskey at the
Gertie Anderson house on Thursday
evening, in company with Custer
Dye. a barber. and Jot Bradford, q
railroader. The latter had bong #
the liquor. John Clake came n
snd ordered Dye out and they had a
fight, but this was later and that ls
another story. So drunk That she
could scarcely walk, the girl after-
ward went to the Ohio saloon.
Invent back into the wine room
said she, Sand somebody brought me
a drink of pop. told 'em I 5wasn
-drinkin' pop, and throwed the boz.
t1e at him. ] must a-got in bad, Tor
the bartender tried to put me on
No. Ididn't get any whislSey there
But me and Goldie Burns gotta ten 8
cent GROWER of beer at the back
door Of the Ohio saloon last Tues
day evening. Tt was brought y o3 {
nv a nigger, and Goldie said he was
the porter, 2
The charge was dismissed.
Then came up the cases of8IpllFl
Clark and Custer Dye, who were
charged with fighting, and who WEI
tried together. The fight was plai1s.
IN over the Jordan girl. After
Clark had ordered Dye out Of the
GIRLS room, the two had met at thu
Ohio saloon. The quarrel had 3eeIs
renewed, and Clark seems ~ hay.1
-h6en the aggressor He struck We
IN the head with beer glass, shat
tering the glass. The broken as
was exhibited in court and Dse lass Z
his forehead conrt7plasteres ly.a.s