The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-03-10
CHARGED WITH VIOLATING
MANN WHITE SLAVE LAW
r. H. Smoak, of Savannah, Said to
Have Lured Girl From Parents.
SmOak In Jail.

News and Courier, 7th.
After a search which began last Sat
urday afternoon, when Estelle McClu-
ney. the 13-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and MS. H. c. McCluney, proprietors
of the Richmond house, mysteriously
disappeared from her home in Jack
sonville, Fla, she was located here
Yesterday afternoon by Chief Of Police
Cantwell and officer Brinker. The
girl was found in King street board
ing house and was taken 10 the po-
lice station. A young man, WAose
name is said TO be George Hudson, OF
Charleston, was also detained. The
girl, Hudson and Mrs. H. c. McCluney,
the girls mother, who came here with
c. R. Long, special white slave officer,
of Savannah, departed on an Atlantic
Coast Line train last midnight.
Accused OF Hhlte slavery.
The McCluney girl and Hudson will
be used as witnesses against Raymond
H. smoak, of Savannah, who is ac-
cused of white slavery Paying the
girls transportation from Jackson
vile to Savannah for immoral pur-
poses is the charge against Smoak. A
preliminary hearing will be given
Smoak in Savannah this morning at
10 o'clock, according to Officer Long.
The girl told reporter for the
News and Courier yesterday when in
terviewed in the local detectives Of
fee t1at she vas Is years old, but she
does not look that old, and her moth
er claims she is not She shows a
dimp,e in her cheeks when she smiles.
She has black hair and pretty blue
eyes, with pearly white teeth. Her
complexion is darkish.
While in the custody CT the police
she wore a black dress down to her
ankles and pair of high button black
shoes. She also wore / pink cloak,
which fitted he loosely. Her hair was
neatly arranged and held down with a
net. over which she ore blackish
silk sof. hat VITA reddish feathers.
Talks About Her Plight.
She proved a clever talker and
spoke very free,y of her plight. That
she does not realize the seriousness
of her predicament was evident from
her query as to the amount of pub
licity that is being given to her.
"WilI my arrest here be in the Sa-
vannah and Jacksonville papers and
IN the Atlanta papers, too?' she ask
ed the reporter. ''Will you please send
me copy of your paper tomorrow
When asked why she had left home
she replied: They accused me Of
running around in the streets in Jack
sonville, something | never did, and
my mother III treated me- When ask
ed if Raymond Smoak, the Savannah
man, charged with Turing her away,
had givea, her any money, she said:
Eyes, he gave me some money, and
I also pawned my watch"
In answer to other questions BY -
reporter her replies were: Mr..
smoak came mere with me Sunday
night from Savannah He was to
have married me, and when ne left
he said that he would be back in two
weeks. I didn't know that he was
married until last night, when l read
it in a paper
smoak is 20 years old and was ar
rested in Savannah early Wednesday
morning by Detective Long, of the
Savannah police force, who was ap-
pointed special white slave officer for
the case. He is a married man, hav-
ing been welded about five months
ago to young woman somewhat mis-
junior. He is described as an attract
i've young man, easy Of speech and
manner. He is employed by the
Southern Pine company, of Savannah.
His Rearrest Ordered.
He was given preliminary hearing
in Savannah Wednesday, but owing to
lack of evidence at the time, poor
showing was made by the United
States officials, who had the case con-
tinued until yesterday, when it was
again postponed so that the McCluney
girl and Hudson could be taken back
to Savannah for a hearing this morn
ing. Smoak, was released on his own
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