The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-27
Says That the Show People At
tempted to Rob Her.
HE DRAGS DOWN GIRLS
She Accuses Young Of Unkind-
ness Toward Her.
Other Items Cleaned From the
Police Records.

girl who accused J. p Young. the
young man in charge of the merry GO
round at the City park of holding her
trunk in order to gain her consent in
marriage. has denied emphatically all
of the charges made against her last
night by ]. c. Young, the father of the
young man. Mr.. Young had accused
Myrtle of owing him board and wash
ing bills, of being found in doubtful
places and of being a far different girl
than has been pictured in the State
Journal.
| In an interview with a State Journal
reporter today, Myrtle Russell denied
everything said by the show manager
and offered as proof to telegraph to
everything said.
Young accused the young girl of be-
ing expelled from a hotel in Sapulpa,
Ok. In reference to this she said:
This is a bad mistake. 1 was never
in a hotel in Sapulpa in my life. 1
changed cars there on my way to Kan
sas City"
1t was also stated that Myrtle Rus
sell would kill the young man if he did
not marry her. She denies this and
says that she has never thought of
marriage to him. When asked about
the matter at the Brunswick hotel this
morning she was very emphatic about
her alleged love affair with Young and
stated that he had frequently mentioned
marriage to her and before his par
ents but she would not pay any atten-
tron to it. And besides" she said in
a low bashful voice, 81 am going to be
married pretty soon and 1 would not
be disloyal this way by allowing Mr..
Young to make love TO me-"
Mr.. Young made many charges
against the girl yesterday that were
not printed in the State Journal. He
had little regard for the reputation
she bore and made statements that
1reH1 he ff1tI
of the beautiful show girl The State
Journal reporter repeated all of these
charges to Miss Russell this morning
and in straightforward honest man
ner she denied all of them and gave in
cidences proving things to the contra
ry. He made one charge of the girl
being at the Fifth Avenue hotel and
ever since she has been in the city she
looks and talks very determinedly
and has the appearance of being
hard working girl.
She denied the story to the erect
that her parents were very comfortably
fixed, however. Also that her father was
dead. Mr. Young had stated that her
father was not living. Myrtle has pa
pers on a claim in Oklahoma to snow
story of the hard existence of her
mother and father she broke into tears
and sobbed us if her heart would |
break.
world for them and have tried to keep |
them aIive-and the thought of my poor
mother has made me sympathlze with
the Young family when they were In
trouble have given them money to
help them out when they were in trou-
BILE and I have always felt sorry for
Mrs Young. When they had no place
to go 1 have allowed them (the mother
and the daughter) to crowd into my
room and sleep with me. 1 am poor
and my parents are poor and 1 want
to get home and help them as soon as
I can. This is whv am trying to get
NV trunk back and go. have several
of my fathers valuable papers there
in the trunk
Myrtle Young is very attractive
girl, rather slight build. light hair ana
dresses in mighty becoming gowns
the names and complications of the
same are not known to the reporter
The trial before Judge Simon comes
I'D tomorrow morning at the court OF
Topeka.
A young woman who gave her name
as Miss Mae Rogers, but whose real
name is Mrs. Buck. was found over In
Garfield park this morning by Ch1et
Eaton. Mrs. Buck was respondent
over failure to find work and o when s sae
friends feared that she would commit
suicide and the chief of police was
asked to find her and cheer her up.
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park and after wandering up and
down Soldier creek, the woman was
found lying down behind a tree. she
was approached by the chief and told
1t seems that Mrs. Buck has been
attending the Dougherty Shorthand
school in the hopes of learning snort.
hand and typewriting- in order that
she might command good wages in an
office in the city. But she has been
unable to find work and this morning
Kansas avenue. She had no place to
go and was respondent to the last
degree Mrs Buck has tried to COM
nit suicide two times before ana II
was feared that she would make the
third and last attempt and become
sue cessful.
If there is such a thing as good
reason to commit suicide Mrs Buck
has the reason She has been mar
ried twice and the children of her sec
ond husband were kidnapped by her
first husband according to her story.
She has been hunting for them for
he last few years but has heard moth |
ng. One of them is girl, age IL, and
the other a boy, aged 10. The CON
md the fear that thev were in danger
and probabl dead has kept her in
constant despair. Her first two at
.empts at suicide were unsuccessful on
account of the interference of the
neighbors.
Mrs. Buck had a long talk with the
chief after which she took a car up
own looking several years younger and
starting out with a new spirit. She has
succeeded with the aid of the chief III
getting a position and with the worry
IF existence off of her hands she will /
De able to continue her frantic hunt
:or her children. The. Children were
when she was living on 4
claim in Oklahoma and caused a big
sensation in the state at this time.
Mrs. Buck was away from the house
It the time and the kidnaper broke
NO +ba house and captured the chill