New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-26
MRS. MUNDY LOCKED UP GIRL GONE; HE STAYS
Declares Employment Agency
Man Deceived Him.
BOTH WERE TO GET JOBS
Police to Investigate Story
T Girl Coming Back from
Pittsburgh To- day.

4 sad and penitent Young man wended
his way through the mud Of the East
Side last night 10 the home OF Miss Bessie
Smell. at No. 10S Goerck street. He went
10 tell Miss Smells parents that the
young woman was on her way to st.
Paul. and that his intention Of following
her had been foiled by what he called the
double dealing OF a local employment
agency.
But Miss Smells parents already knew
the destination Of their daughter. They
had received during the afternoon tele-
gram from her in Pittsburgh beseeching
them ID send her ticket that she might
come hack home. She and FIVE other girls.
il developed, had started for ST. Paul
With man who promised them munii-
cent Jobs. but the man was arrested
when the train arrived at Pittsburgh on
the suspicion Of being white slaver.'-
The penitent young man was Samuel
Feldman. of No. 800 Sackman street,
Brooklyn. He told his story to the police
last night and as a result detective will
visit the Jensen Employment Agency, at
No. 63s Sixth avenue, this morning TO In
uuire into the nature Of the business con-
Quoted there by a good looking young
man with glasses, who says Re is from
the West.
Samuel has been out OF job for some
time and for the last two weeks has been
frequsnting the employment agency men
toned with view 10 securing work. Not
long ago lie met there the young man
with glasses who inquired politely wheth-
err he knew any Of New York's fair sex.
Samuel replied that hs knew Mis-. Smell
very we'll, having been keeping conf
pany" with her for about Elk months
| Bring her around" said the young
man, land I'll give her fine job out West
Miss SMELLS STEADY" explained that she
didn't need q job, since she hid good
one with an underwear house in West
I'd street. An arrangement was finally
arrived at however, by which Miss Snel
should be taken West and get lucrative
/ employment In the young mans factory
| II sounded good TO Samuel. He took the
| girl 10 the agency.
You know how girls are" remarked
Samuel last night, plaintlvely. Tie told
her she was a skilled operator and
wouldn't have any trouble at all making
| SIS or SD a week. She fell for his line
| Of talk right away.
! DO YOU want 10 go down there?' sh'
says 10 me. didn't want TO 30 at first
: but We fixed it up how We would go ou'
! there for a couple OF months, save up SIC
! or 500 and come back here and-you know
get married She's been helping me out
a little since | haven't had a Job, but a
| fellow can't keep on taking money from
girl, can he? Anyway, We agreed. The
! girls was 10 get shifted Tuesday and the
men Friday. the fellow with the glasses
told us. Bessie paid down 30 cents TO get
her name put down and here's the re-
ceipt"
| Young Feldman produced rumplec
| piece Of paper which purported to be a
receipt for 80 cents ION deposit for posi-
! ton as operator" II was signed H. c.
! Jensen"
Bessie took tho sos train from the
! Pennsylvania station last night" Field
man continued. She kissed me goodty.
| When / went around 10 the agency this
| morning 10 find out when I was going.
! the man told me he had got telegram
saving there weren't any men needed