The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-07-06

was accompanied by two girls and an
other IA whose name we did not
learn. AS manager of the aEency 1t fell
to me to examine the reports turned In
on the n Their report in this ia
! stance was SO extraordinary that !
1t stated that h girls Wore short
/! dresses, such as school, girls Of II OF is
years of age wear.
Gave Champagne to Little Girls.
"'See here I said, you must have
| made a mistake. These are children.
and yet you report that they remained
in the tower studio for four hours and
that champagne. liquors and a mid
; night repast on an elaborate scale was
served in the studio from the Man
haitian club across the way
"'Wel,' replied the detective. they
certainly were youngsters, but they
were pretty and, in our opinion, they
| were members of q chorus. Chorus girls
! wear short skirts. you know
Those officers got a good look at the
girls and were willing to swear that
neither of them was more than Is ear
of age.
ION the following dayour Office called
up White on the telephone. represent
ing that one of our men was Lord Rails
ton and contemplated building a resi-
dence in this city.
white said that he was preparing to
go abroad, but that IL the matter could
not be postponed until his return to
New York he would meet the supposed
Englishman on the following day.
1.-The text day the detective called
on him in the guise of a secretary to
Lord Ralston, and learned incidentally
what steamer White had engaged pass
age on.
yYyl,N 1,,~c than ir Dittch,tro orG va
ported what progress we had made. He
was particularly satisfied with our dis
covery at the Madison Square tower
and instructed US to put six men on
the case.
1t would be merely a repetition to say
that hardly an alternate night passed
without White disappeared with young
girls in the tower room.
More Evidence of Whites Life.
1t is understood that among the
subpoenas issued was n for the car
riage man at the Manhattan club, to
which White belonged. This was in
connection with a story which has
reached the district attorneys office
that White had a running account for
Of some thirty young women who could
use cabs at his expense the bill fire.
quently reaching $50 in one night.
Whites effects, which We're taken
off his body n kept by h coroner,
were claimed by the family. There was
$50 in money n considerable jewelry.
The most important. it was said by
those in the %coroner's office, was a
ring of solid gold engraved on which
were the figures of two women and a
man. The engraving was of a kind
to shock even those at the %coroner's
office in it's suggestiveness. One Of
the valuations put on the ring was
$4,000.
Lionel Lawrence, stage manager of
the roof garden, after the inquest, said
White had an engagement to take two
of the women in the show out to sup
per on Monday night, and he arrived
just as a young actress named Fulton
was singing a song.
A soon as she got through" said
Lawrence, "he came around behind
the scenes and insisted that ne be in
troduced to the Fulton girl. 1 told him
we were busy and asked him to go
back to his sea outside while the show
was On. He went back and vas killed"
Lawrence said White had made many
similar requests.