The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-09

"Omcer, arrest this man and woman
for white slavery. She is my wife,
and he paid her transportation here"
such was the demand made upon
Police Officer Simpson at the corner
of Wright and Tarragona streets last
night at o'clock by a well dressed
stranger who, grasping a woman by
the arm with his left hand and holding
a man with his right hand, he rushed
toward the officer.
I demand their arrest said the
stranger Il followed them here and
they have been living in this city lie
bought the tickets for her and himself
and 1 can prove it by the ticket agent.
They are guilty of white slavery"
The stranger had evidently been IN
the city only few hours. had located
the couple apparently on the streets
and determined that they should not
evade him, had held them prisoners
until the officer passed in 4patro1ing
his beat. Following the trio closely
was an elderly man, apparently the
father of the young woman, to Judge
from his conversation. He had little
to say, except to request that he be
permitted to accompany the young
woman to jail.
Eyes, l love him declared the
young woman. addressing the man who
said he was her husband and speaking
of the one in whose company she was
found "I love him and nothing will
separate US, You led me a dogs life
and I don't love you any more. oh,
nothing can separate US" she walled,
and threw her arms about the neck OF
the man under arrest
Here, here said the elderly man.
EfNone of this In public and in my
presence"
With that Police Omcer Simpson
sent in 4 call for the patrol wagon
and when it arrived the couple under
arrest was turned over to the patrol
wagon officer and the charge of dan.
gerous and suspicious placed against
them. The irate husband and the ell
derly man, supposed to be the father,
were placed in the wagon and sent
to the station as witnesses.
INFORMATION SUPPRESSED
The narrative here ends, excepting
that the man under arrest was dock
eted at the police station under the
name of G. B. Gray, and the charge
of dangerous and suspicious placed
opposite his name. No entry could be
found where the woman arrested had
been docketed.
Assuming that "Hawkshaw, the VII
lege Detective" attitude Of deep mys-
terry, which they sometimes adopt. the
heads OF the police department were
reticent. No Information was forth
as to the Identity Of the man
the arrest, the woman or the
elderly gentleman, from whence they
came or where they went. One head
of the department had all of the In
forma ton. but il was in confidence
No information was volunteered as to
the failure to docket the woman ar
rested by the officer, or why the facts
were suppressed.
The heads of the department had
been in conference With ali OF the
parties for half an hour or more be
fore the man named Gray was locked
up and the others left police head
quarters.
From outside source it was learned
by a Journal representative that the
home of the married couple is in
Knoxville, Tenn. and that the woman
and the man under arrest are distant
ly related. The woman. II seems, re
Gently disappeared from her home,
and her husband started on q still hunt
for her. learning that she had Iefl
with a man whose identity. 1t seems.
he did not then know. The ticket
agent al Knoxville gave him the in
formation that the couple had secured
tickets for Flomaton and south he
came There ne learned, from some
source, that the man and woman had
come on to Pensacola. and he followed
here From what could be learned the
couple had been here for several days
and had been Iiving at some boarding
house on East Wright street. Last
night the irate husband found them
on the streets and Immediately took
them into custody and marched them
up to the first police officer he could
find.