Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-15
BLUEFIELD GIRLS
ARE INNOCENT.
Were Lurcd Prom This Place Under
Misrepresentation,

The unusual publicity attached TO
the cadet system as practiced In Gin
oinnau has forced the Leader To tell
the story as we have been able to
get IL from Cincinnati and this city.
The Leader wished to refrain from
mentioning the incident hut the many
garbled reports concerning two young
ladies from our city have induced the
Leader To say word i'm their behalf.
The two young ladies In question
are Jean White. rs. and Mernie Gil
more. l6. both OF Monongaheia city.
Pa.
The young ladies came TO this city
last fail and at all times have been
held In respect by the many friends
they made while In this city.
Miss White came here and did
house work FOR private family In
the West end and so well pleased her
mistress that she was asked to try
and bring another girl To do some ex-
ira work. She wrote TO Miss GIL
moro and she too came On from
Monongahela City.
The girls at all times have pre-
served most excellent reputation
while In this city and the Leader is
only too glad to have the opportunity
TO set the girls right before tho peo-
pie of Blueheld
Some two months ago. while they
were working at one OF the local no
tells they were approached by two
women who told them how much
money could be made at hotel work
I'm Cincinnati.
over week later one OF the wo-
men visited BlueHeld again and made
| 1t point TO stop at the same hotel
and casually asked the girls II they
remembered her?
This unprincipled woman paint
ed such an attractive picture that
poor Jean and Mernie began To feel
that they were doing themselves an
Injustice. 1t was then that she in
vitod the girls TO her room and she
I told them that unfortunately she
could not help them at present but
she would do 40 as soon ms she re-
/ turned home. as her dear husband
was also friend of poor girls who
were I'm need.
The girls on leaving the woman
thought that at least good fortune
had knocked on their door. Their
! benefactor had promised TO write To
them on her arrival at Cincinnati.
This she did and after exchanging
several letters she finally wrote them
that she would telegraph them n
ticket to Cincinnati.
/ The girls thinking that the wo-
man wished TO befricnd them ac-
ccptcd the tickets and left BlueRcId
I for Cincinnati on Sunday night.
on their arrival at Cincinnati as
prearranged they were met Mt the
station by cab which was to take
them TO their destination. on
their arrival they found that they had
been lured 10 house OF III repute.
The police received their notice
OF the affair through cabman.
ON investigation the police were
told by the girls that they were
OF age and they were allowed to go.
II was later that the girls found
out that they were brought 10 the
house for immoral purposes. They
then appealed TO the Union Bethel
who took up their case with the re-
suit that Maudc Croety and Helen
Adair Of 9th street were arrested and
charged with harborlng girls for i'm
moral purposes and running house
OF i'll repute. The girls are I'm charge
Of the Union Bethel and will be held
as Witnesses against the two prison
ers.
This cadet practice Is not confined
alone TO Cincinnati but is practiced
IN all large cities.
The solicitors are rather runners
as they are called, get from FIVE "a
twenty-five dollars for each girl they
bring in, and arc supplied on demand.
In some cases good looking girl
viii bring as much as one hundred
dollars
~ is this barter in white slaves
that makes II dangerous for our
Young girls to trust those who try
10 wean them from their friends and
relatives by promises of easy homes
and big money for little work.