Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-01
3 GIRL FUG|T|VES /,
. LEAD WILD AUTO
CHASE IN MAIN ST
Runaways From State In
dustrial School Escape
Pursuing Party.
PATH OF TRAlLERS BLOCKED
BY INTERVENING T'ROL LEYS
Pursuers From Chesterfield
County Follow Machine Into
Heart of City.
CHARGE ID WITH ABDUCTION
Hcn'ico Authorities Capture Men
After Weeks Searc,-,rwclyc 8
Arc Bailcd.
PATH OF TRAlLERS BLOCKED
BY INTERVENING TROLLEYs
CHARGE 10 WITH ABDUCTION

After thrilling automobile chase
through the heart of Richmond.s 81
business district about S.45 o'clock
iast night. three girls, who arc re
ported to have escaped from the VIZ
Sinia Industrial School for .Girls.s
made good their getaway when a
street car pulled up into the path
OF their r'nrsucrs and forced aban-f
donment Of the chase In the car
which was following the girls were.
three men from Chesterfield County.s
wherc tho school Is located. and rPd-i
iiceman y. PadEett. OF the First POI;
lice station. The pursuing party had
followed the car in which the girls
were riding ever since it left Chesg'
.er'ir!d County
According to information received
at the First Police Station. Police !.
man PadEett was standing on the,
corner OF Fourteenth and Main
streets when an automobile carrying
party OF mon stopped at the curb.
They called for the policeman. and
asked him to get in. and the chase
was resumed. The mon stated that
they had been following tho other
car since Il loft Chesterfield County.
where the school is located. They
told the officer that the girls In the
other machine were runaways from
the home. The car In which the
runaways We're riding was being
driven by middle-age1 colored man.
1t is claimed,
The three gir.s who esscaped. ac,
TOr1'nr ~
Beatrice Livingston. aged II: Nellie
Flyer. aged II. and Josephine Lassi-
ter. aged Il. The Livingston girl is
said TO bc about nve feet five inch E.
in height. with blue eyes and auburn
hair. The Piyer girl Is short anu
stout and has brown hair. Josephine
Lassitcr is described as having dark
bobbed hair. is abcu; five feet nve
inches in height and has detective
teeth.
Fifteen young men OF Richmon,
and Hcnrico County have been ar
rested by the Henrico police In con
rection with the alleged abduction o
four other Inmates OF the yirgini:
Industrial School for Girls. three o
whom were recapturcd yesterday
- sDhSs iil w w tpD SS0nOT
the police of Henrico County. hay,
been conducting n thorough investi
cation. After one week OF strenuou.
activity tho police located the nor
now under arrest in New Kent
County.
The three of the four girls who
are alleged to have been abducted
are being held in custody by the
school authorities. One or the girls,
according to allegations, is Ethel
Johnson. aged Is. who was found. the,
police charge. in one-room house,
located In tho heart Of swamp III
New Kent county. about twenty mile{
from Ricanicn5 49,
Police aI'cEc that when the 81
was found she was only partiaIiyy
clothed. The other girls when To-
Gated were ~ almost the Same con-
hition. they say. There are several
charges against various parties con-.
nec,ed with the ease.
These charges range from abduc-,
tion, contributing to tho mora, de-
iinquency of the girls and attack.
the following have already been ar
rested in connection with the CASE
W. u Davis. Harry Newman. Wilmer
Gwa'hIney. Luke Tornach, George
MicklcberS. Clarence 4. Mickleberg,
stuart Lane. Willie Lane, Elmir. L.
Vest. Boyd Tinsley alias j. l. Tins.
Icy and Arthur Crew. Grew is COLI
crcd. 55ss
Al of the mon. except Davis. For-;
mach AID Grew. have been bailed9
rheir bonds ranged from $500 to $2,4
ooe. They Will be given a hearing
before Magistrate Sunday March 8. In
ncnrico Magistrates Court
rhe girls disappeared from the
nome on February 20. After their
disappearance general alarm waE
sent out. 1t was Mt first thought that
they had run away. hut II was lats,
iouhd, according to the police, that
'hes mad been abducted
one OF the girls, Goldie BaIiance.t,a III
stii Ut large. Every effort is: being
made by the authorities to Iocat q IN :
missing girl.