The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
FIRE ESCAPE Girl.
PUZZLE TO POLICE
Tried to Flee From Associated
Charities by Climbing
Down to Street.
COULD NOT CONTROL HER
Dir. Buchanan Forced to Deliver
Mabel Gordon to Of
ficers Of Law.

without the help of friends, abso
lutely alone in the world. and mental.
deficient Mabel Gordon, an eighteen
year-old girl from Rockingham county
N. c., presented case last night t.
Sergeant Jeter, of the First Police
Station, that was pathetic in the ex
IRENE. She had been with the Asso.
ciated Charities officers since Tuesda,
night, and it was only yesterday thai
they found that they were unable tc
cope with her. The. disposition te
roam. which is found in the majority
of the mentally deficient cases. was
uppermost In her mind. and the Off.
GERS thought 1t best to turn her over
to the police.
TUESDAY afternoon and was discovered
by officer Bradley in the Southern Rail.
way Station. She had come from Dam
vile, and on the train a kind -hearted
conductor. seeing that she was unable
to take care of herself. gave her card
with the address of Dr.. Buchanan, OF
the Associated Charities. When the
officer found her she showed the card.
and he took her to. the Associated
Charities building, where she was re-
ceived.
First Tried to Escape,
In the First Police Station last night
she presented sight that was caIcu.
lated to move the heart OF Caliyula.
or that halfway mental disposition
which seems almost capable and vet IN
absolutely futile. it was problem to
me me police as to how to treat her. Had
sne been patiently insane they would
have had no difficulty, or had She been
OF the vicious type they would have
SHOWN; but she was merely irrespon.
sibie and unable to take care of her.
She informed Dr.. Buchanan that she
was without money or friends and
wanted place 20 stay until she could
find work. ~
FRA a : , p,a,ssegey who was going down
saw a girl crawling down the flre es.
cape and called to her to 20 bnck or
s sne might hurt herself His cali
t br9iught the attention of those In the
Associated Charities, came out 10 s sae
what was wrong They Identified the
runaway as the Gordon girl and sbe
!, Vas So called down to the office. Then
life. 'o'a the story of her
=. Told Sad Story.
,;ri seems that when she was a small
sr! her parents died and she was taLan
han, ne eo "u,,ie or an old man in Rocking
IN Few weeks ago. In the iat.nr |
part or June the old man died lea vtns, |
.S alone in the world She was taiSS |
,ha sne had cousins In Danville, and
without food or lodging and withaHyt
! friend In the whole town.
group or young men in Dan,,uo |
'aW her in the station sobbinp arS
me OF them asked her what was S,,,t anu
5ne told him that she wanted to 90 -
.ichinond and had no money. The r,a ~
YEN, "eae 10 MS friends and they contrih.
3 3joh enough money to bring her ~
Sst ~, and she took the next train
" W the train she told the conductnr
MAJ she was without money or friand.
- ne gave her card with the addrass'
=. Mentally Deficient,
-. was only after the girl had 49,,
" I'm the Associated Charitias San
o oaliy Two days chat DR.. Buchanan disl
y, Gu that she was mentally doficIan,
uu utterly unable to take care ~ L .ent
en-. Ihen he decided that II nahis
e pest to turn her over To tho ,o Iiio
M she was taken TO the st p a,in'
Utterly unable to appreciate hou
i t.t last night, the girl waa - pc.
Liable aa figure. The police had mos.
er as comfortable as possible AVA 1h ,'
one everything that coIllI h anu nad
~ the fact that she could ,o uohe,
mere she wanted to go strmcL ~, go
earl, and she wept most bitteri,. ner
p u not understand. and har a. she
as against her. 'he world
&c nc cr giri VII be brought before JUS
an decide as to her disposition anu he