The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-25
Father Has Daughter and
Woman Companion Ar
rested at Fairmont.


n FAIRMoNT, Jan. PA near white
slavery case developed yesterday af-
ternoon when Louis Clark Of Mines
vile, had Flossie Cook, said to be a
clarksburg woman, and Efle Clark,
his l6-year-old daughter, arrested
here. He charged the Cock woman
was trying to induce his daughter to
enter a house of ill-fame at Clarks-
burg.
According to the story of Clark and
his daughter, the latter had been
working in this city and here made
the acquaintance of the Cook woman,
who appears to be about % years OF
age. They became intimate and the
girl says the Cook woman tried to
get her to 50 to Everson with her to
stay with men there. but that she re-
fused.
The Clark girl spent several nights
with Miss Cook at Barnesville and in
this city and she claims repeatedly
the Cook woman tried to persuade
her to stay with men at various places
in this city but she always refused
Recently Miss Clark returned to her
home and yesterday the Cook woman
VISITED her there. Shortly after the
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Cook woman left Miss Clark babe her
mother and sisters goodbye and left,
going in different direction than the
way taken by the Cook woman. One
OF her sisters went to the mines
where their father was working and
told him. He left his work and hur-
ried after his daughter. He found
her in company with the Cook woman
on the streets here and caused the
arrest of both. He says he has letters
at home sent to his daughter by the
Cook woman, which he intercepted,
In which She tried to persuade his
daughter to meet her on various oc-
casions in this city to spend the night
with men at rooming houses here.
According to the story told by Miss
/ Clark and her father after she joined
the Cook woman here the two girls
went to restaurant where they had
dinner and for which the Cook woman
paid. Then they went to the depot
here and made arrangements to go to
Clarksburg. Later they came up town
and were arrested. The authorities
do not believe the Cook woman in
tended to take the Clark girl to
ClarksburS, but that she was taking
her to city to place her in house
Of i'll repute.
The Clark girl said the Cook
woman had forged the name of Effie
Clark to check in New Martinsyil!e
for small amount and that there
were warrants out against her for this
and she was afraid to return to
clarksburg on this account.
While the girls were held here
Jeff Taylor, recently released from
the penitentiary, VIII Taylor, a
younger brother. also well known
in police circles, and Fay and Jack
Everson appeared at the court house
and tried to secure the release of
the girl. 1t is said that they Sc
cured the services of an attorney to
defend her. The evidence given by
Elite Clark against the Cook woman,
while strong, was not quite strong
enough to sustain any charges
against the woman. She was held
for several hours while an effort
was made to find out if the Clarks-
burg officers wanted her. This
proved unsuccessful and the woman
was released late last evening. She
was warned to leave Fairmont at
once under penalty of arrest II found
lettering about the streets here.
The Clark girl told the names OF
several other Girls about Fairmont,
to whom she said the Cook woman
and the Taylor-Everson crowd had
made the same proposals as they
had made to her, but as she said
all these girls refused to accept the
propositions the officers could make
no case against the woman.
nHIMECE