Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-10
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traficlxers. She cited the case af a
Newark girl as an instance f their
cunning.
said, went to New York recently
and stepped into a moving-pi picture
place in the shopping district. She
had been watclliag The curtain only
few minutes when she felt a sharp
pain in her neck, as though 1t had
seer pricked with pin.
She looked around and saw be-
bind her a man and woman of srdi-
nary appearance. seemingly intent
upon the pictures. She felt dizzy
and made her way ont oC the place,
and seeing a policeman nearby she
went to him and asked him to take
care of her. She was taken to the
station house. and the sergeant in
charge, as soon as n looEed at her,
recognized the symptoms and said
It's another of those knockout
casca'
The girls neck had been punctured
with hypodermic needle containing a
strong opiate,and she would have been
without doubt, had not Providence
interposed, counted with thesnumerous
cases OF girls who so mysteriously
disappear and who are forced into
slavery of horror
Mrs. Ellis told of another case--a
Jersey City girl, who went to New
York TO shop with her mother.
This girl went to New York to
shop with her mother, and to econo-
mize on time they separated, each
to do some shopping downtown, but
they agreed to meet in an hour and
half in large department store
parlor. The daughter finished her err
rand first and having time to spare
looked in the window of a store near
the one where she was to meet her
| mother. AS the crowd gathered about
her she felt a sharp pin prick in her
| arm, but paid no attention to it, ex-
cept to rub the spot. She then went
to the store as agreed. but she had
no sooner taken a seat in the parlor
| when she fell to the floor in a swoon.
The matron was called and a physi-
clan of the establishment was sum
moned. The physician looked at the
| girl and said oh. it's only a case
of drunk; we will help her to win
| dow and the air will probably revive
her.
"At this 1uncture a. we'll dressed
man came hurrying up as though
| looking for someone, and, seeing the
unconscious girl, he said to the ma
tron: This is my wife; she has these
| drinking spells occasionally. have
a carriage at the door and I'll take
| her home
| "Providentially the mother who
had been looking for her daughter,
pushed her way through the group
and saw the man about to take the
| girl away She sprang forward, say
ing: That is my daughter. What are
! you doing with herr In the excite
ment of the moment the man fled
and could not be found This girl
! too, had been the victim of the hypo-
dermic needle.
"On an average of four girls day
| disappear in New York city. These
girls are either kidnapped or led astray
by the plausible story of a white
SLAYER" said Mrs. Ellis. mot Ions
ago the case of a high school CIR
| was brought to my attention. This
girl was on her way home from
school when she was stopped by q
negress, who very sympathetically in.
formed her that her (the girfs) dress
was torn and offered to pin 1t to-
gether for her The girl went into
the doorway of the house where tn,
negress was standing, and no sooner
| had she stepped there than she wal
i overpowered and dragged inside. Sh'
4 was reported missing, but the detec
n tives later found her and her captor'
were sent to prison. These are cases
where the girls have escaped a life
of bondage. but how many are there
who are caught and forced to endure
4 the most abominable life magma
1 ble?"