Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-12
A Downward Path.

Oo"AW6TQ rain,
The story of the late tragedy in
Tacoma, in which a saloon-keeper.
Sid Dundas, was killed. throws the
lime-light upon other characters that
have been in the background until
revealed by the search-light for pos
sible motives. This was an incident
brought to attention by the investi-
CATION. Will Jones, the slayer OF
Dundas, was infatuated with little
Lillian Jacobs, mere school girl,
whose death some time ago by car
bolic acid was the end of I; bad be
ginning. such as hundreds of girls are
to-day entering upon. She thus told
the story of her own degradation: 1T
began with public dance at Ger
mania hall. There is where ! GOT
started on the downward road.
got to going to all the public dances,
after school had closed for the Sum
mer. Then followed the visit to the
restaurant after the dance. in com
pany of men never met before: men
so bad that they would prey upon
the ineXpericncc of little girls. Their
a resort was made to the use OF
liquors to lull the victims to uncOn.
sciousness of the infamy they were
undergoing " Once Lillian Jacobs be.
came fascinated with fast life, hcl
parents lost control of her, and toe
late she became conscious that she
had lost the respect of all good peo
pie of the world. and she left it by
her own will and entered unbidder
the Great Unknown.
Oh the sin of it! Parents do not
pause to reflect; friends fail to speak
the word in time that may save a soul
from perdition. No human being is
So near destruction as when Srlf-re-
lance is the only bulwark for hope.
Especially is this true of women and
children. The only safeguard is
that innate monitor, Conscience, and
when that faithful safeguard is lulled
to sleep by the stimulation of alcoholic
drinks, what is left to guard the
virtue that hitherto has been held in
priceless estimation? The records of
the police department of all cities
fill pages and chapters with the dire
full details of such falls from love and
respect to infamy and dishonor.
a reference to some of these cases
in one of the leading Seattle papers,
n short time ago, by a police officer,
showed that scarcely Il town or vii
lagc but had contributed its share of
victims, in young girls, to this in
satiate NAV of depravity. And from
it was seen, that they all entered
by the way of the dance-hall and the
back rooms where wines and liquors
were served. Two of these mis-
guided victims from want of parental
restraint, were from Olympia, but
like the pebble thrown into the lake,
or the caskct buried in the soil, all
that once existed of these fifteenth
ties is blotted out forever from a
world that might have been made a
land of honor, of happiness, of prom
Use, and of ultimate translation to
the blissful life beyond.
1t is fact that cannot be disputed
that strong drink is responsible for
more iniquities than all other causes.
1t is generally voluntary act, with
out thought of the danger; but some
times, rs was shown the other day in
Virginia, when Theodore |. Estes, as
the jury found, deliberately drugged
Elizabeth Loving with ardent spirits
and accomplished her ruin. To the
credit be it said of the Old Dominion
State, Judge Loving was completely
exonerated from blame in taking the
young mans life.