The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-21
is WHITE SLAVE
in THIS CITY?
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN or cULTUR-
ED AND REFINED APPEARANCE
SUDDENLY APPEARS AT RESI-
DENcE OF REV. c. r. sEWREY
AND TELLS PATHETIC TALE.

1 Claiming to have been drugged in a
cab while riding with her husband, and
/ confined for three weeks in a Minnea-
! polls house of ill-repute, a strange wo-
man in the city appeared Saturday
afternoon and sobbed out narrowing
tale Of abuse and mistreatment to Rev.
/ Charles F. Sewrey Of the North Broad
way NJ. r. church. The woman was Of
| good address, refined and cultured, and
seemingly had enjoyed all the advan-
tages of a good home and environment.
The story she told to Rev. Sewrey
was one of the most pathetic and at
the same time daring that has ever
been heard in Fargo. If it is verified
1t will probably lead to an investiga-
ton that win doubtless reveal the ex-
istence of the frequently suggested
northwest underground railroad system
for the white slave trade
The Woman's Story.
The woman claims to have been a
school teacher in North Dakota at one
time and residing near Fargo. She
says she was married to a man of con-
siderable means, but who was not her
social equal in the opinion of her par
ents who opposed the match. They
had been married about two months,
and in that time she asserts that he
proved himself to be an indulgent and
attentive husband in every respect.
More than three weeks ago the two
left for one of the smaller towns in
northern Iowa where she stated her
brother lived and with whom they were
going to visit During the stopover
in Minneapolis, the woman says she
went with her husband to the theatre,
from whence they were to go directly
to their train. The last she claims to
have remembered was entering a cab
with her husband.
She declared that both of them were
drugged and that it was about three
weeks before she realized fully just
where she was. Her husband has not
been heard from since, and she is
still OF the belief that he had nothing
whatever to do with her being taken to
the resort and that he had been drug
ged for what money he had on his
person.
Having no money she finally dis
posed of diamond ring and came to
Fargo. She says her mother and father
are separated and that she does not
want them to know her pitiful expert
ences.
What Others Think.
When the woman first appeared at
the Sewrey residence, the minister
himself was not at home. She told Mrs
Sewrey that shewas hungry and penni-
less and had not had anything to Eat
since morning. She was given a meal
at once and later told her story. From
all conclusions by those who have seen
her, it is thought possibly the woman
may be in mild deliriun, caused by
the excitement of her pathetic exper-
fence which has wrought her into
state of frenzy.
For the time being her name is with
held She was placed in one OF the
charitable institutions in the city
temporarily until something definite Is
learned about her preceding life and
her story verified. A woman answer
ing her description has been known
to frequent one of the resorts in the
hollow and an effort will be made this
afternoon to determine If she is the
same one.
The woman at the Fargo resort has
been a great surprise to many who
have known of her presence there, for
she possessed a refinement and person
atty that indicated she was far SUI
perior to her associates.