New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-04
Dragged, Abducted, Enslaved,
Beaten Miss La Rue Story
Girl Who capped from Window to Escape Intruder Tells OF
Being Hounded by Mysterious South American
Count and Imprisoned in Cellar with Another Girl

The sensational adventures Of
Louisa La Rue, victim of "a vast, in
ternational syndicate OF white slav-
crs." who jumped from the window Of
her home at 215 West Eightieth
Street on June 1s. yesterday were re-
vealed in part by Assistant District
Attorney Alexander l. Rorke. who has
been investigating her stories during
the last FIVE weeks.
Since she made her mysterious mid
night leap the girl has been a patient
in the Polytechnic Hospital, Fifueth
Street and Eighth Avenue. Three po-
licemen have guarded her constantly.
two being stationed at the entrances
to her room and another on the nos
pital roof. Mrs. Grace Humiston, VINO
is counsel for the girl, asked for this
protection, declaring her clients HE
to be in "ever present danger
Mr.. Rorke's account Of the girls eX-
periencer is the first authoritative eX-
preston concerning the weird and
mysterious "sufferings' which she re-
pcatedly has been reported TO have UNI
dergone.
Hides Her Identity
"The lady in question wishes to be
known as Louisa La Rue said Mr..
Rorke. "She refuses 70 tell her rlght
name because il will bring unnecessary
pain TO relatives and friends IN view
Of the unfortunate position IN when
she is placed By malicious persons, VINO
have been bounding her. As far as We
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ferings Of the woman appear to have
been forced on her. She seems to have
been forcibly abducted by persons who
placed drugs IN her wine.
"She arrived here from Havana on
January 1. 1917. she believes on the
steam shin Calamares. While on board
she met a couple who were apparently
respectable and represented them selves
to be sister and brother. On reaching
New York Miss La Rue went TO the
McAlpin Hotel, where she registered
as L. La Rue. The couple appear also
10 have registered there. The man
always was addressed as Count" He
spoke French, Spanish and English
fuently. .
The couple won the girls friendship
and invited her TO the theatre and sf-
terward TO supper at Little Hungary.
There she had glass Of wine. and i'm
mediately fell in and withdrew to a re-
firing room.
Blndfolded in Automobile
when she rejoined the couple they
remarked on her being III, and the next
thing she remembers is being taken 70
an automobile. She was blindfolded
while in the car. and she doesn't know
where the automobile went. She
vaguely recalls being lifted out Of the
machine, carried short distance.
handed TO some one else. and then was
unconscious of being carried down
stairs.
"Wher she became conscious she
found the Count by her side. and she
tried 10 get away. Il was a basement
cellar, containing a couch table and
rugs She was subjected 10 untold in
dignities, and. screaming with fright,
begged the man TO permit her 70 leave.
"She had told the Count and his
sister Of some people who were near
and dear to her. and the Count threat
ened that if she would not submit he
would kill her dear ones. There were
two other men in the place one from
time to time brought her food. The
food she believes was doped. She can
not say how long she was in the cellar
it may have been weeks, or perhaps
month.
believing that she could escape