The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-26
MURDER EVER DOGS THE
STEPS OF WOMEN SLAVES

only a subterfuge to get her to go
quietly and unresisting to Occur
d'Alene from whence she never re-
turned.
These girls love as every woman
does sometime during her life-and
Marietta loved. She loved an
American. There was big fight.
Marietta was waiting at the
Northern Pacific depot early l morn
ing for the arrival of her American
lover. For some reason he did not
meet her right on the appointed
minute. She. sat there trembling
with fear lest her French master
detect her.
She heard footstep and at first
thought it was the man who was
to free her. But vain hope it was
not-soon she recognized the foot
step of her owner and others of his
ilk. She covered in the farthest
corner. When they took her back
downstairs she offered no resist
ance.
In those days the Frenchmen
used to live in town immune from
arrest.
1t is actually true that Leroy G..
Waller, then chief of police, had
given orders that Frenchmen should
not be arrested unless they made a
nuisance" of themselves.
When Marietta was taken to the
room where she lived with her own
err, he stripped her of almost all
her clothing, jewelry-diamonds
and other things. These he took to
another room. He returned and
cruelty beat her.
The police were called. Marietta
was taken to the police station and
there told little of the affairs OF
the organization. She was asked
to appear in case her assailant
could be apprehended and agreed
to do so.
1t was but few hours when she
returned to the station, decked out
in her previous finery, her diamonds
and bracelets and the only things
to which she chung as they were
all she had in the world, except
possibly her little sisters and
brothers over in France.
She told the officers that her
man" had made up with her, taken
her back and given her things be-
cause he had forgiven her.
I'm going to Occur d'Alene for
long rest" she said.
There had been inklings, rumors
and murmurs about what becomes
of French girls who tell the secrets
and the police at once sought out
the Frenchman, but too late to cap
ture him. He and Marietta had
reached Occur d'Alene before the
officers got upon his trail.
From that day to this Marietta
has not been heard of.
Was she cruelty murdered and
buried among the mountains, or
was she thrown into the lake and
drowned?
Pete Bougon and Darte CASTOR,
2 members of this organization,
are now in the hands of the police,
having been arrested late yesterday
afternoon by Patrolman Malcolm
Haywood as they were passing
through town on their way to Min
nehaha park, their county retreat.
These men are charged with being
undesirable characters and will
probably only be fined and ordered
out Of town. However, an effort
will be made to induce them to tell
what they know. The names they
gave are probably assumed. They
were held in Jail over night and re-
fused bail. In all cases when grant
ed the right to bail they forfeit the
money put up rather than remain
in the clutches of the law and take
chances on being connected with
any more serious thing than Eva
grants" 1t is difficult to connect
them with the immoral women of
the Main block unless they are
caught with them, and this they
always succeed in guarding against.