The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-06
FORMER GUEST
OF STRATFlELD
HELD AS SLAYER
Matron Alleged 10
Have Procured Her
Own Niece
Arrested on Bench Warrant,
Woman Indignantly Pro-
tests Her Innocence

On the charge of procuring a IT.
year-old girl for immoral purposes,
Marian Lund, who claimed she recent
ly stopped at The Stratf1eId, was ar
raigned before Judge Greene in the
criminal superior court this morning
and placed under $1,000 bonds She
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Davis
in New Haven yesterday afternoon on
bench warrant. Marian HouIihan
of this city is the girl the accused is
alleged to have procured.
Behind the arrest is a story which
for : sensational episodes surpasses
anything heard in this city in years:
1t is. alleged that on February a. last
Marian Lund induced the Houlihan
girl to go on joy ride with two men.
1t is claimed that the party stopped
at a road house in Stratford, where
the alleged offence is said to have TAX
en- place. Mrs Lund was unable to
get bonds this morning and remained
in Sheriff Vollmer's office.
She was very indignant at her ar
rest. and lost no time in proclairning
her innocence When seen by a rep
resentative of The Farmer she said:
This is an outrage. I am entirely in
nocent of any wrongdoing and can
not understand what it all means.
This auto ride they talk about was
a very simple affair and there was
nothing wrong about it. I was stop
ping at The StratfieId with my son
and we had adjoining rooms. On the
night in question a friend called me
up and asked if I wanted to take a
ride. I said couldn't because my
niece was with me.
MY friend said to make it a party
of four and so I asked Marian if she
wanted to CO. She said she'd love to,
SO we started We left the hotel at Z
p. m. and returned at 1880 D. M,
The party was absolutely all right.
We went into one of the private dim
ing rooms and. had something to eat.
There was nothing to drink except
my sight and we returned to The
Strat1eld where Marian. stayed with
me all night"
Mrs Lund maintained that she did
not know who made the charge
against her She intimated, however,
that it might have been the girls hus-
band. Marian Hou1ihan was married
only a few months ago. Mrs. Lund
said: when the girl came to visit
me at my hotel she told of having a
little quarrel with her husband. They
weren't on speaking terms, she said,
so she didn't want to go home. She
was going to stay away just to make
him angry, she declared. For that
reason think. Houlihall may have
brought this charge. My son tells me
CadI ne recently met HOul1han ana
the latter remarked, I've got some
thing on you about that auto ride. -
The accused, who is well dressed
woman apparently about 35 years old,
said her business is to make arrange
ments for lectures. She declined to
give any further particulars saying
that it would interfere with business
deals now pending, She was in this
city four months and left only recent
Iy. When asked where her home is
she replied, 'sI have no. home. I go
from place to place. She denied
ever having been a resident of this
city but it is reported that she lived
on State street about Is years ago.
Her son, Howard Lund, who is a
young man of good appearance.
hustled around this morning trying to
get bonds but was not successful. He
retained Attorney John j. Cullinan to
act for his mother. Mrs. Lund was
very much disappointed when inform
ed that she would not be tried this
morning. She hoped to be given a
hearing Immediately.
''They will not be able to prove any
thing against me- she declared.
Deputy Sheriff Davis was given the
bench warrant yesterday afternoon
and went to New Haven where the
accused was staying. He met her on
the street and placed her under arrest
She objected very strongly before she
agreed to come to this city.