El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-26
BEAUTY PARLORS
: CLOSE SUDDENLY
Woman and Husband Who
Opened Massage School
Leave CITY Sunday.

The recently opened beauty parlor
school at GA North Kansas street, is
closed. Mrs. L. N. Roberts, the pro-
prietor, her husband, William Roberts,
and a woman solicitor, have left the
city, and I. E. Gibbs, a brother of Mrs.
Roberts, is held at the city Jail with a
charge of vagrancy pending against
him. incidentally, seven women who
became students at the school, each
have lost their faith in womankind,
some money, and have given up the
idea of becoming proficient in the line
of massage work.
The school opened on September 10,
and the attention of the police depart
ment was called to it Friday when Miss
Lille AXE, OF SIS Myrtle avenue. Mrs.
Holt, of III West Boulevard; Mrs. A.
W. Breckenridge, of SIS Myrtle avenue,
and Mrs. Branch, 1928 East Boulevard,
cOnfided their suspicious to chief de-
tective J. c. StanseL.
They stated, according to chief Stan
sci, that on Friday Mrs. Roberts told
them that she had received a letter
stating that her mother was very i'll.
Things had been breaking bad sat the
school, according to the statement of
Miss AXE Monday morning, and they
concluded to inform the police.
Chief Stansel and detective Briggs
visited the SCnCOI anu upon liCAI ICC-
ommendation, Mrs. Roberts returned the
deposit fee paid by the four women to
insure good faith on their part.
Instructors Left Sunday.
Sunday, Mrs Roberts, her husband
and woman solicitor packed their
trunks and left the city, leaving Gibbs,
brother of Mrs Roberts, at the house
On Monday morning, when detectives
Stansel and Briggs made their second
visit to the house they were informed
by Mrs Bernard, who conducts the
place, that they would have to have
warrant to search it, according to Stan
sci. few minutes later. Gibbs moved
his effects to a rooming house on South
Kansas street and then came downtown.
Miss AXE, who got her money back,
Joined in the search for Gibbs. She To-
Gated him shortly before noon standing
at the corner of Mesa and San Antonio
streets. and telephOned to detective
headquarters. StanSel and Briggs ar
rested him a few minutes later and took
him to the police station, where a/charge
of vagrancy was preferred against hlh'
He refused TO make any statements as
to the whereabouts of any of the beauty
parlor managers, and states he does not
know on what road they left the city
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Roberts and her husband, who
has worked as a street car lineman, and
the woman solicitor for the school,
came to FL Paso a month ago.
Accepted Deposits.
Miss Axe Monday morning said: The
school opened last Monday morning ana
we each paid a deposit fee. L paid $40;
Mrs. Holt paid s12; Mrs. Branch paid
SO, and Mrs. Breckenridge paid SD. In
fact .ars I,operts took any deposit one
could make and placed us an an equal
basis.
According to her proposition, our
deposit was to guarantee nine days at
tendance on our part at the School but
after the third day. we were to receive
So per day salary. and after October L.
we were to receive $40 per week Inc
beauty parlors were to be located IN
the new building to be erected on the
site of the burned Calisher store.
The woman solicitor was supposed 20
get work for us and after we became
proficient, we were TO be sent out IN
the city to answer calls.
Other Students.
Miss AXE states that the three other
students at the school were Miss Della