Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-07-18

Il was born and raised there" said
Miss Foote.
"And how long have you been a
detective?"
"Three years."
II suppose" said I. that you have
met some pretty gripping things in
the line you have followed. My work
Is mostly with thieves and major
criminal actions. Yours, take it, has
been more along sociological lines?"
"Yes." She seemed to consider for
moment before she went on.
would you like to hear one in
stance of the work of these people we
are fighting at PRESENT."
VERY much" I rejoined.
81 was thinking of that when
made my outburst few moments
ago." she explained. TT was in San
francisco that 1t happened, too. There
was a girl-a young girl-pretty, Of
course.
"They don't bother with the ugly
ducklings-they have to have the fair
est flowers.
"Well, it doesn't matter who she
was or what she was doing, does it?
She was good girl, Mr.. Glace, but
fond of pleasure, and the least bit
headstrong, as your spoiled beauty is
apt to be, but she was clean at heart
as I happen to know.
"At the same time she was from
people of moderate means, so that
,,ha ri, h1
1t. She was employed in photo
grapher'S shop.
zone day a man, young man,
came there to sit for picture.
"He saw this girl and as GUS
toner he addressed her. From that
time on he made it a point to see her
and gradually they became friendly.
He began to show her some little at
tentions. He took her to places Of
amusement, and sometimes to dinner
at cafe. After a time he asked her
to marry him.
"She told her mother-her father
was dead-and her mother objected
There was scene, of course. You
see l knew the people well.
"a few days later she went with
the man to dinner, and he persuaded
her to elope. She never came home
again. and she never was married.
"This man took her to a place, and
placed her in room, telling her to
wait there until he could arrange for
the ceremony. Shortly after he had
left her a woman came to her room
and told her everything was ready
and that she was to accompany her
to place where the man was wait
ing.
Instead, she took her to one of the
places where these people detain their
victims.
Not until she was shut in and
hopeessly lost did the girl suspect.
Then she decided to die rather than
submit to the fate she had rushed for
ward to meet.
"She had some Photographic proofs
in an envelope in her bag and upon
the backs of these she wrote what
had happened, and the name of her
betrayer, sealed them up and address
ed the envelope to me.
"She managed to throw this out OF
a window, where it was found by some
one passing and sent to me. Then
then-she took the pin out of her hat,
and stabbed herself straight through
the left breast"
Lucille Foote drew her kerchief and
wiped her eyes.
81 ought to cut that out" she OBJ
served in a moment, "but you see
had known the girl since she was
baby, and when her mother learned Of
her death, the shock killed her also.
And what good did it do-what end
did it server"
"And the MANI" inquired.
went free as men do" SAID
Miss Foote. "He simply disappeared.
The girl had his picture in her room
at her home, and we had his descrip-
ton of course, but he was not found
"Yet he murdered that girl just as
surely as IL his hand had guided the
pin instead of hers, when it pierced
her heart. Don't you think girl
driven to thing like that ought to
have a chance to come back and try 1t
over? If not, what would become of
herr"
81 think" rejoined, "that girl
forced to such choice. who chose
death to dishonor. ought to go to a
little white and gold room in the very
HIGHEST heaven"
Lucille Foote turned toward me and
I thought that she seemed pale in the
moonlight, and that her eyes were
very wide and dark,
"Thank you, Mr.. Glacc," she mur'
INJURED softly and turned her head
away.
"But as for the man." ] went on;
"thc one who was responsible for that
pitiful ending of two other lives, ever
though he escaped the justice OF man.
he cannot escape the justice OF rate
1t will trail him sooner or later to MS
DOOM"
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