The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-28
MITCHELL GIRL. WHITE SLAVE, IS
 STILL MISSING
Trials of Two Young Men Will Be Held In Cham
 bers, Monday
LIGHTHOUSE IS HELD
Search of New Haven and Bridgeport Resorts for 15- Year Old Martha Mitchell Is Futile.

In the continued absence of Martha Mitchell, aged 15, of East Main St.. and Barnum avenue, the trials of Mi chael Baker, alias Blavinclki, aged IS of IA Caroline street and Harry Kiss ner, aged 20 of 6ss East Main street, were not held in the city court to- day.
 The two young men are alleged to have accompanied the Mitchell girl and 15 years old May Dollhouse, also, under arrest, to New Haven last Sum day, and according to the confession of the Lofthouse girl, to have sought to place them in resorts of the Elm City.
 The men are now charged with hav- ing committed indecent assaults upon the girls, but there is no; certainty that other charges, more serious. will not be substituted when the cases are tried in chambers, before Judge Wild CT, of the City court, Monday morn ing. M
 Bakers parents appeared in the City court room today. They engaged Att their son, while Kissner's friends re- tained for him Attorney Israel J. Cohn.
 Counsel for both men, in asking that low bail be fixed when continuance was suggested, laid stress upon the from home before under somewhat similar circumstances and they also questioned the authenticity of the al- legged ages of the girls, 15 years.
 Prosecutor Delaney insisted that so long as the girls were not yet ,16, it made no difference as to. the guilt or innocence of the accused, whether their reputations were of the best or to the contrary.
 Judge Wilder co-incided with the view of the prosecutor. He fixed ball in the case of Baker at $400 and in the case of Kissner, at $500 Neither could furnish bail this forenoon.
 Clues obtained from the cenfess3oE of the Lofthouse girl and admissions Of the two prisoners led the local police to believe that the Mitchell girl was detained in New Haven in resort of unsavory reputation. The New Ha- ven police were enlisted in the search, but it was without success. A New Haven merchant coupled with the con- tinued absence of the Mitchell girl, was exonerated through the New Haven authorities. No tidings can be learned of her since the Lofthouse girl left her last Wednesday.
 Johnson Lofthouse, the father of the girl, broke into tears today as the
  reputation of his daughter in argu- ing on the question of the amount of bail that should be required for the appearance of the young men.
 His daughter was not brought into the court room. She was detained outside in custody of Police Matron Mrs. David Jack. The Lofthouse girl is a slip of a girl in stature, small even for 15 years. The Mitchell girl is said to be not much larger. Both are childish in dress and appearance.
 Prosecutor Delaney says that with the confession of the Lofthouse girl and the admissions made by the pri- soners, following their arrest. he ex- poets no. trouble in having both men
 It developed today that Kissner claims to have met Baker. another man, and the two girls on the Strat- ford avenue bridge Saturday night. The girls had no place to go, and accepted Kissner's invitation to go to his room. The next day they went to New Haven, Kissner claiming to have gone only part way with them, on the trolley car.
 The States representative expects to produce witnesses to show that the men met the girls in New Haven lat CT, and according to the testimony of the Lofthouse girl, sought to induce them to lead vicious lives.
 The Lofthouse girl will probably be for Girls in Middletown, Prosecutor Delaney says he believes that is the best disposition that can be made of her case. Her parents are unwilling that she should he sent away, but the authorities fear the girl. if left at lib- erty, will fall into habits of vicious ness from which she may never be re-