Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-05
ROSS CASE
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told her that her name was to be
Gladys Moore, in order that her true
identity would not be known, and that
her folks could not find out where
she was. She said that the elder
Ross at Geneseo was informed by a
letter from his son that the girls
real name was Tina Haas.
The night she left Bismarck, she
said, she was dressed in an old suit
and jacket and wore a scarf over her
head. At the depot, Lawrence Grove,
who accompanied her to the train,
gave her his overcoat to wear, saying
that she was to put it on after she
had started on her journey so that
any one in the train who was at all
acquainted with her would not know
her The ROSES had packed all of
her good clothing in box with some
of theirs, it seems and had expressed
it to Geneseo, under the name of
Gladys Moore, she said.
When asked why she had not said
anything to her parents of the pro-
ject. she replied that tie ROSES had
represented to her that she would
have good time and could go to
school. She said also that they had
told her the day she left tat sc could
stay as long as Sc wanted to or until
she got married.
On cross examination she told At
torney Philbrick that she had never
misrepresented her age to anyone
that she would be II on the 25th day
of April, and that she had told this
to everyone who ad inquired. She
had had but three months schooling
when she was about IL years of age.
That she could read and could not
write, excepting when someone would
spell the letters GU for her. She
knew how to formulate the letters
but that was ALL
Dhen asked why she did not attend
the district school in the neighbor-
hood of her fathers farm she stated
that she was busy working at the
time school was usually held, in the
spring and fall and that she had
sometimes even done manual labor,
such as following the plow and pitch
ing hay.
She formed an intimacy with the
ROSES soon after she had come to
work at the Hastings home, she said
and had known young Grow for abo
s years, but had never been intimate.
" acquainted with him and had never
met him excepting when the Rosses
were present. She repeated her state.
ment made to the Tribune the other
evening that the influence of Grow
and the ROSES had "got her worked
up that she didn't know what she was
doing
She indignantly denied the question
put to her by Mr.. Philbrick as to
whether Grove had ever made love
to her or she to him
She said that when Ross gave her
tie money amounting to some $26 he
said she need not mind about paying
him back. She also said that she had
a notion several times to get off the
train and go back home, but that she
did not like to until she got her
clothes, which had been shipped tc
Kansas
She stated that she knew that she
could have gone to school in Bis
marck of she had wanted to, but that
she was Influenced by the Roses to
go to Kansas.
She also repeated her former state.
ment made to this paper to the effect
that She only signed the affidavit
drawn up by notary public on the
statement made by the Rosses in Gen
eseo that if she did not sign her
father would send her to the reform
school
The affidavit in question stated that
she had given tine money to Grove
to purchase her ticket, that the girl
was over Ii years of age, that she
wanted to go to school and that hel
father did not seem to care whether
she got an education or not that she
had borrowed the necessary money
from a friend of hers, and that she
had told Grove the same story thai
she had told the Rcsses relative tt
her age, etc.
Nothing was said to her about sign
ing the affidavit, she affirmed, until
the old folks had received word thai
young Grove was in jail.
Tina was on the stand for two
hours. When asked by Attorney Aug
err: Then you didn't have very good
time in Kansas" she replied in the
negative.
john Haas, father of Tina, took the
stand next He testified that he had