The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-02
TWO YOUNG GIRLS
ARE THE VICTIMS
Sadie Clark Is Charged With
Luring Them to 35 Electric
Avenue.
MOTHER ALSO ARRESTED
AND TRIES TO ESCAPE
Amanda Price and Eta Weaver
the Young Women; First
Case in County.

Sadie Clark, decidedly pretty slip
of girl of only 20 years, is charged
with the crime of procuring, in COM
plant issued by the county attorney
late Saturday afternoon. The COM
plainant is Chief Probation Officer
Guardello Brown.
The girl, it is alleged, procured
Amanda Price, only II years old, whose
father is dead, to commit prostitution at
jo Electric avenue, a pnrt of what is
commonly known as tho. Westside
mother is Il party to the alleged crime,
IT is said. and at least will be charged
with adult delinquency.
The complaint is based on section
1923 of the revised statutes of Utah
making the crime of procuring under
the age of Is years a felony, and fix
ing as penalty five years inprison-
ment In the State prison or fine oil
$1,000, or both such fine and imprison-
ment.
Assistant County Attorney John w
Bowman, who issued the complaint, says
that this is one of the first cases, if not
| the first case, of this kind in this coun-
| ty if not in the state.
It NAV be that the girls mother,
Louise Clark, alias Louise Greer, will
be included IN the charge. and il is
| possible that another similar charge
may be placed against the daughter in
connection with her alleged procure
ment of Miss Eta Weaver, almost 1s
years old This will be determined by
Monday night. In the meantime, the
| Clark woman S daughter is prisoner
at the county Jail. while Mrs. Clark
undoubtedly will be kept under sur
veillance until then. Both mother aud
daughter were arrested early Saturday
|
| from custody late Saturday afternoon,
after she had made two rather desper.
| ate efforts to escape.
First Effort to Escape
The first effort of Mrs. Clark fe
escape was made early Saturday morn
ing when Probation Officer Guardcllo
Brown and Deputy Sheriff Andy Smith
went to 50 Electric avenue to arrest
her and her daughter. Deputy Sheriff
Smith went to the front door and Mr.
Brown to the back. Deputy Sheriff
TO the house when Mrs. Clark appeared
ut the back door, clothed in street
dress, and attempted to flee, but was
detained by Probation Officer Brown.
The second effort was made IN Sher
iff Sharp's office at the City and
County building, to which both women
prisoners were taken before being
the attempt came near being successful.
Sheriff Sharp left the woman alone
in his office for few minutes while
he went into the main office to consult
with one Of his deputies. When ne re,
turned Mrs. Clark was gone, One of
the windows, which had been down
when Sheriff Sharp left the room, w;is
open, revealing how the woman had
made her getaway. The woman was
seen fleeing across the east lawn of
the City and County building at a rate
that would have done credit TO a col
lege athlete
Giving the alarm, Sheriff SHARP
started in pursuit and, after a short
but sharp chase, the woman was cap
! tured concealed in n barn in the block
! Just east of the City and County build
ing, by Deputy Smith. The Officers
kept closer watch upon her for the
rest of the day. Mrs. Clark is severe
well-dressed.
Procured the Girls.
1t is alleged that Miss Clark moi
Weaver girl to go to 30 Electric alley,
but attempted TO get Mrs. Jessie Hide
! brand, divorced from her second hus-
band. Harry lIildebrand, in Judge
Morse's division of tho Third district
court, Friday. TO go, there. 1t is also
|
sory TO her daughter s alleged procure
ment of the Price and Weaver girls to
the stockadc Friday night. but the au-
| tborltleS are not IN possession OF SUI
ficieDt evidence on this point Just yet:
| The mother makes vigorous denial OF
these charges and there will be, no COM
plaiut against her until they arc
probed to the bottom. Certain it is. that
she was party to their presence In 80
| Electric alley Friday night which was
bad enough in itself and us tho Price
! girl is under legal age, is years, the
! elder Clark woman viii be prosecuted
| for contributing TO Juvenile dehn-
qucncy. As the Weaver girl is over IS,
| the Clark woman cannot be held for
| adult delinquency in connection with
| her case
The Price girl story and the. Wea.v,,
or girl IS stories tally The Price glri
saws she went to the Westsde room
ing house, First South and Fourth West
TO stay with her chnm, the Weaver
! girl. early Friday evening. What the
| Weaver girl was doug there. however,
has not been satisfactorily explained.
At any rate. between and 10 CLOCK
the Clark daughter came over to INC
roomjng house and invited tho girls
over TO So Electric alley, asking them
their respective ages and telling them
that they could earn SO apiece that
night easily, There Is some c9ntus,9n
in the stories as TO what rcplleS tno
girls made to the questions about thelr
ages, but the young Clark woman ad,
mirs inviting them to the place; ana
ihe assistant county attorney beleves
this alone is sufficient To convict her.
Accompanied CLARK Woman.
The Girls accompanied the Clark
woman 10 the place, and the Price Igiri
saws S she was guilty of immoral conduct
onee-thc officers say three times.
About /: 80 clock Saturday morning
the Price girl's brother,lnlaw, ErneSII
Andrews. with whom she lived until
rocentlv found her there and potitIed