The farmer and mechanic., 1911-06-13
ANOTHER SHOW
GIRL ARRESTED
Gertrude Long In Custody
at Durham
TELLS WHY SHE LEFT HOME

And Cholly Informs the Newspaper
Man That if He Wrote Anything
About Her She would Kill Him
Shes a CLASSY Mam'selIe and Claims
to Be of Age and Says She Means to
Hold Her Job With the Theatrical
Company.
Durham, June 1O.-Miss Gertrude
Rawlins, chorus girl o. the Lakewood
Park Stock Company. was arrested
this morning Oh complaint of Super
intendent Sylvester, of Washington,
D. c., who asked that she be held for
running away from her parents
The young girl, good looking bru-
and talked all right about it. She
didn't deny thing except her alleged
age, and in unprecedented style re-
sented the imputatiOn that she is but
fifteen, as the Instructions to the Off
GERS here went That's some Of my
mothers work" she said Il don't
go by the name Of RaWlins, but my
real name is Gertrude Long. My
mother has been married twice. ~
father died two hours before l was
born, and | grew up not knowing eX-
actly whether my step-father was my
real father or not. One day l picked
up the Bible and found that l was
actually born, and it was in November,
Of 1891. Put me down as nineteen and
if you write anything about me L will
kill you
Sergeant Aldridge and Patrolman
Chandler stood ample guard.
Miss Rawlins continued: when my
step-father began to treat me so mean
l threatened to leave home. / had Of
fers to so on the stage, though | never
have trained for it. Somebody put a
fool notion into my head that [ could
sing, and after a while l had a letter
from Mr.. White, telling me to come
to Durham. My mother has no kick.
She signed one Of my contracts to
join a company. One day l saw her
scratching out that record in the fam
lily Bible and l guess she put down
the age as fifteen. That's how they
started it that I was only fifteen.
There is no use sending for me
here. They can't pay for it and
don't mean to go back to a $3.50 job
when l have an eighteen-dollar one.
have been working in canning fac
tory and three dollars and a half was
all that 1 made. It would cost $50 to
get me back to Washington, and there
found out what my step-father does
for living, and he can't send for me.
/ have no idea that they will take me
b; ck"
Miss Rawlins then went into little
family history, which she did not con-
slider the least private, because it got
into the courts. She said her step
father had mistreated her, and that
upon one occasion she had laid him
low with poker when he was fighting
her. They settled it by begging off
for him
She came to the park the present
week, and Friday night put on their
first play. She declared the show
could not be objected to, and that her
mothers fears are baseless. She
thought the costunaing perfectly prop
er. and said that w A. Depew, who
brought her here with two other
girls. had laid down the law to them
they must not flirt with the boys
The young girl appears to have a
very good disposition, and. though ap-
parently long from the schools, be-
trays no element Of coarseness There
is no charge against her further than
being fugitive from her parents; and
If her narrative is to be partly be-
}ieved. they are mighty good folks to
run away from.
Minor Events in Bull City.
Rev. DR.. ]. W. Lynch and family are
packing up" preparatory to their
leaving next week.
They will be here several days yet
and later they go to Danville, KY.
where Mrs Lynch and children VIII
spend the summer DR.. Lynch, who
Is so fond of fishing that he has in
dited one of the catchiest poems to it.
will doubtless spend much Of the heat
ed term in the cool places of Canada.
having abandoned the trip abroad.
During their absence from Durham,
there will be no one to occupy the
parsonage. They leave for Athens in
September.
The pastorate will be supplied In
one way or another this summer. but
the, pulpit committee has not selected
successor yet. nor has 1t laid Its