The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-25
Duluth Herald Tells Shock.
ing Story.
Looks as Though it Might
be OverdraWn Some.

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The unequalled audacity of tn
keeper of a resort at Ely, who i
sal! to have bought the girl for IS,
from Charles Bushy, under arres
at Hurley, Wis, charged with Sc
ducing her, in causing the victim
arrest in this city yesterday morn
ing for larceny, was the means o
uncovering the matter.
The girls story is pathetic
Only 10 years of age and a widow
seven months after her marriage
she was induced to go to Ely by
promises of plenty of work with
large wages in the hotels and store:
of that place. Her husband wa:
killed in a mine accident at Iron
wood scarcely more than a year
after they had been married.
She states that her right name is
Blanche Welsh Costin, nee Blanche
Welsh. When questioned by Chief
Troyer relative to the facts of the
larceny case she broke down, and
sobbingly told the entire story Of
her seduction and Imprisonment in
the disorderly resort on the road
between Ely and Winton.
She said that together with an
other girl named Lucille Wells,
who ran away after she had been
there week, she was taken on the
range by Bushy and some other
companions. They are believed
to have been the piano player and
his wife, for whose arrest warrants
have been issued. Warrants have
been issued for the keeper, Daisy
Redfeld, and the bartender. Dep
uty Sheriff Magic left for the place
yesterday afternoon and will prob
ably land them in the county Jail
this afternoon.
The girl doesn't look a day old
er than she is and is good-looking
She has a mass of wavy black hair
and dark eyes, but was clad il
cheap garments, having been com
PEELED to get away from the place
without being seen and having NJ
opportunity to bring any clothe
Except what she had on her back.
She asserts that when she got OF
the train at Ely the party was tax
en- at once to the house in the will
|derness. Once inside the man VIII
deceived her is said to have toll
the housekeeper to fit her out wit
house gown. That same nigh
she told the police that she wa
compelled to submit to outrageou
indignities.
The young woman declared thu
there is bar in the place, and thu
when she was dragged up to it sh
was mercifully abused by the bar
tender when she asked for POI
She claims that he insisted thu
! she swallow beer. This continue
during the time she was there, sh
said.
She says that she was closel
watched and that her mail we
carefully examined. At no tim
did she have any chance to &c
away, being constantly under SUI
ervision and having no money wit
which to pay her way back to til
city whence she came.
She managed to get away b
strategy with the assistance of
friend whom she called Paddy.
He is said to have been a waiter
| a restaurant in Ely, and that as sh
had known him before, he promise
to help her. She wrote home 70
| a ticket and asked that it be sent i
/ care of Paddy" This was don
and he brought it to her, conceal
ing it from the others in the place
| The next day she ran away to Ely
There she met Paddy" and the
came to Duluth, where the woman
was arrested for the Ely authorit
les.
| She told the police that she ha
stolen nothing. The only thin
which she had that didn't belon
to her was kinona. She elaine
] that she didu t realize until brougt