The Washington herald., 1911-07-05
TWO GIRLS NABBED
IN ALTIMORE
AFTER RUNAWAY
Florence Carey and Mrs. Rose
in Trouble Again.
POLICE BREAK UPPARTY

After eluding the Baltimore po
lice for six days, Florence Carey
sixteen years old, of Alb L stree
northwest, and Mrs. Benna G
Rose, fifteen years old, daughter o
Mrs. Virgil Polling, of 1016 SixtI
street, who slipped off from Wash
ington last Thursday for a sum
mer's lark, were arrested last nigh
in the Monumental City.
"SIDETRACKED AT LAST"
Since her sensational leaps from th'
House of the Good Shepherd last winter
the Carey girl has evaded attempts of tn.
Washington police 20 locate her on sew
eral occasions when she was reported
missing. She admitted somewhat ruefulIy
lest night that she had been sidetrackeC
e& last
The youthful Mrs. Rose first leaped into
the limelight when she eloped to Rochelle
about a month ago with Reuben Rose
not many years her senior, and after q
picturesque scene with her parents, wa:
disinherited and denied q home with
them
Coupled with the last escapade Of Flor.
enCe Carey, her father, Edward c. Carey
who is employed at the Home Ice Com
pany, has shut the door of his house ir
her face. He told Lieut. Hartley, night
chief of detectives, last night that he
was through with her forever. THE Bal
timore police can do what they want
get her." he said.
Mrs. Polling went to Baltimore last
night on the first train after she was
notified of her daughters arrest. There
was a scene at the police station which
the Baltimore police said resulted in
many tears on the part of the young
bride.
Coming Back To-day.
Her mother told the police she would
wait in Baltimore overnight, and then
make arrangements to place her daugh-
ter in the House of the Good Shepherd,
where she would not only be closely
confined but get over any desire to run
away again.
The Baltimore police are holding the
Carey girl in the care Of the officer for
incorrigible children, and it Is probable
she will remain there until she is sum-
moned in appear before the Juvenile
Court in Washington for breaking her
faith with Judge De Lacy. who dis
charged her last winter, pending good
behavior, after her last escape from the
House of the Good Shepherd.
that the two girls went to Baltimore to
meet two young men who had extended
them an invitation to see the sights.
Florence disappeared Thursday at noon
upon the pretext that she was going to
spend the afternoon at Chesapeake Beach
on the railway mems excursion, but a
letter came to her addressed from Balti-
more. On Friday morning her father
opened the letter. 1t read in part as fol-
lows:
when you come to Baltimore Thurs
day bring over another girl with you for
a friend of mine from New York. But
don't bring Bessie" It was signed by
Charlie Hess, who is a young Washington
photographer, with whom the Carey girl
is alleged to have run away with when
Buffalo Bits Wild West show was here.
Marriage Not Performed.
He is believed by her family to be
the young man whom Florence peti-
toned Judge De Lacy a few months
ago, that she might marry. The petit
ton was granted provided the couple
live in Washington. but the ceremony
as far as could be learned, was never
performed.
1t was not known by the Cary girls
family last night with whom she ran
away. 1t was thought she slipped off
with a girl named Woods. who is said
to live in Chesapeake Beach. and her
brother Charles went to the seaside re-
sort last night to hunt for them.
1t was said at the Carey girls home
last night that Thursday at noon she
went out of the house without even a
hat or jacket, and told her father she
was going to Chesapeake Beach for the
afternoon, and would return promptly at
o'clock. Her absence was not reported
to the police.
Bessie" proved to be Bessie Rollins, Of
613 East Capitol street, sister of Gertrude
Rollins, who was arrested a few weeks
ago in Durham, n. c., with a theatrical
troupe. Bessie is but twelve Years old.
and it was with the Rollins that the
Carey girl made her home after. her es-
cape from the House of the Good Shep-
herd.
Geraldine Whisnan, who lives in the
same house with the Carey family, was
out with Florence Wednesday night be-
fore she disappeared. They went to the
moving picture shows, returning home at
$50 o'clock Florence went out again
The Whisnan girl saw her later on a
street corner talking with a girl She
heard Florence say: IF we can get hold
OF that boy We won't have to buy our
ticket to Baltimore" She had never seen
the girl before. The next day Florence
Mother Notified Police.
On last Thursday Mrs. Rose disappear
ed from her home. II is not known
whether she was at her husbands or her
mothers home. Her mother, however,
notified the police when her daughter did
not return that night. It was not known
before that the two girls had gone to-
gether.
While in Baltimore the girls were liv-
ing at 30S North fremont street, but the
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