Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-05
DES0TA KNOWN
HAD CRIMINAL
RECORD HERE,
Indian Wanted by Author
ties well Known in Local
Police Circles.

Grand Forks police offlcials, asked
TO aid in h search for Walter Desota,
an Indian, alleged to have taken q To-
cal young girl from this city for I'm
moral purposes, today uncovered rec
ords to establish the identity Of the
fugitive. Desota formerly made his
nome here In on several occasions
was apprehended by police for jump
Ing board bills and committing crimes
OF minor Importance. While here lie
Is said to have resided with a woman
in n apartments above the Califor-
mia Fruit store on DeMers avenue.
He also was an inmate of the state
p~enitentiary, at is said, and served a
term in the county jail here. After
his release he departed from the city
and was not heard from again until
the warrant was issued by the New
Rockford officials.
M girl is known here but owing
to her age, her case vas never
brought before Chief of Police Lowe,
but was cared for through the office
OF the police matron. It is known
that the attention Of the authorities
was attracted to the girl and 1t is be-
Heved tina for some time she was
guarded by the police matron. It is
not definitely known whether or not
she was the girl who resided with
Desota here, claiming to be his wife.
While here Desota was employed by
the Grand Forks Concrete company.
Pttiful Case,
Bismarck, NJ. D., Sept. Enlarged
with enticing from their homes an
Grand Forks and Burleigh county two
young school girls, neither of whom is
yet 10, and Of dragging them ABOUT
the state as white slaves and living on
the proceeds of their shame, Louis
Stone Is under arrest and is held In
jail at New Rockford, on complaint
of Chief Martinson and States Attor-
ney F. p. McCurdy of this city.
One Of Stones victims Is said to be
q member of a respectable Grand
Forks family and graduate Of the
Grand Forks high school, She was
found in q howell near the edge or
Bismarck's business district on Fourth
street, where on Monday sheN gave
birth to a child.
Chief of Police Martinson arrived
on the scene in time to prevent the
woman who has the house from in
terring the infants remains In the lot
at the rear Of the residence. Martin
son Intercepted the mother Of the
baby, and from her learned a most
sordid story.
Left Home With sTndian.'
The girl claims to have originally
left home with a quarter-blood Indian
ildt11Su 1IcSOId, lTOll WllOIu, SIG
claims, Stone "stole' her. She had
accompanied Stone about the state
for some time. h alleges, before her
condition became such that she could
no longer follow the practices into
which he had initiated her. Much OF
her time has been spent here. She
alleges that she has turned over to
Stone as much as $3.50 in a single
week and that in return he has allow
ed her barely enough to buy a few
cheap clothes.
The victim is a rather attractive
girl, whose voice and manner would
indicate that she may have come
from q home Of good breeding. Ac-
cording to her amdavits she was un-
der the complete subsection of Stone.
who managed their business affairs,
and, apparently, pocketed the pro-
ceeds. Af1davits have been obtained
from both the Grand Forks girl and
q young oma whose home Is in this
city, which States Attorney McCurdy
and Chief Martinson feel make out a
complete case against Stone.