The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-14
KIDNAPPING CHARGE
SOCIAL PURITY LEAGUE ARGUS
ED OVER CASE OF YOUNG
GIRL AND COMPANION.
Young Husband and Wife in Jail on
Charge of Enticing Her to Ac-
company Them Also
Charged Theft.

The Social Purity League, the Chill
dren's Home managers the police,
and a number Of citizens are inter-
ested in the case of an attractive
young girl who, 1t was supposed, was
about to be kidnapped. carried out OF
the city and sold into siayery-"wh white
slavery"
William Williams and wife are de-
iained at police headquarters as the
parties who are suspected of trying
to carry the girl away. The girl IN
the case is named Lillian Williams.
daughter OF a Mrs Meecham, who is
employed as housekeeper at the
rooming house at the northwest co..
nar OF Ohio and Sixth streets. Mrs
Meecham and her daughter, Lille
tby a former hushandl came to Cairo
lut a lew months ago A short time
ago Rev. DeRosset, at the request OF
lie mother, took charge Of the young
girl and gave her a place in his
household ynere she has been up to
Sunday evening, Since that tine her
whereabouts has not been known BIS
Rev. Ec2osset or the police who
were called TO INQUIRE into tde case,
until last night, when she was loca.-
ed.
In the meantime William Wllig.
and wife, who .eside at 210 Seven,
, teenth street, where tneF nave rooms
and do light housekeeping, were &C
cusei by Mr.. and Mrs. Berniee, who
conduct the house at 210 Seventeenth
street Of the theft of a ladys gold
watch; at least Mrs. Williams was
directly accused, for according to the
| statement of Mrs. Bernice, she was
seen to enter her room last Friday
afternoon, by her daughter, looking
/ for pins, and went to the dresser in
(which the watch was kept The watch
was not missed until yesterday after
/ noon.
Mrs, Berniee ordered Mrs. VIII
tGms arrested and also her husband
rs an accessory. The arrest was
made about o'clock yesterday If
ternoon by Chief Cowel and Sergeant
Hslen.
| In a talk with the couple it de.
yal@ped that Lillian williams, the
"eung girl who had disappeared, was
wv err rooms. The officers went
20 10 Seventeenth street, about 7
1'eIook last night ana found the girl,
VIVA had packed her suit case ami
teefNd 10 be waiting for her new
! 9und friends 10 come and take her
somewhere. She was taken in chafre
Y We 'E'rers and delivered over Is
: ne Chillren's Home where she is
Wv being cared for. While she il
tnriy good looking girl, she Is nm.
'iuHated and not very bright.
me story as told by those inter.
seq IN the young girls care is that
sunday afternoon she was seen in
'rc company Of man and woman
"f'e s|ahgers anu that she had
oeen aearl to say that she intended
20 90 with them to point near
Mayheld, KY, and live with Their,
me woman had called at Rev ne
Rossets residence Sunday afternoon
and when the girl was asked who tbs
conan was she replied "a frIand
of mine" ''oNu
When aDprised of the djsannear
ance Of her daughter by telenhnno ),
Y seated chat Mrs Meecham aid NOT
seems to oyince any special anx,otv
ABOUT the affair.
The Social Purity Ieaepe ha,a
meeting last evening at which +
Nas decided to prefer charga 80
"ldhapng against William Willams
ma WIFE, an dthe case will probah,v
some up this morning at > or 70
clock besore Police Magistrate
4 Whtcamp. 'S' y
the prisoners were seen last n,gst
y me police station, BY Bulletin
representative and they state that
|, hey first met the young girl at pic
sara Taow on Eighth street several