The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-06

DC. GIRLS
STRANDED
Fair Truants in Philadelphia
Jailed As Casual Friend"
Deserts Them.

PHILADELPHIA, June 6.-Three
attractive girls from Washington
who came to Philadelphia to "see the
city" were picked up yesterday by
the police and are being held at City
Hall pending the receipt of carfare
from their relatives so that they may
be sent home, They say they were
brought here by railroad conductor.
WANTED TO FAxr HERE.
When Policeman Granfield. of the
Fifteenth and Locust streets station.
saw the young women early yester-
day morning they were trying to
convince Harry Herman; a taxicab
chauffeur. that IL he would drive
them a little matter of 12s miles to
Washington he would be paid.
The girls are Pauline Upton.
twenty-one years old. who said she
is employed in the Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing, her sister,
Helen, 10, and Agnes Thompson, 19.
They live at s12 NJ street southwest,
but said they resided at 1O15 Penn
syivania avenue and that Miss
Thompson was a boarder in the
Upton home. Miss Thompson really
lives at 900 NJ street northwest All
said they merely came here for a
lark and intended to return home at
once.
Policeman Granfelds attention was
attracted to the trio arguing with
the taxicab driver because two Of
the girls did not wear hats, and all
three looked rather bedraggied and
worried. When he made up his
mind to take them to the police
station they made up their minds
that he wouldn't.
ONE BREAKS AWAY.
With some difficulty Granfield herd
ed his charges to Fifteenth street and
was heading them toward the station
house when Helen Upton broke away
and lodged through Morayian street
to Broad. She was recaptured at that
point and then went along with as
sistance.
At City Hall Detective Townserd
took the girls in hand. He found
their combined capital was 81. They
said that an elderly railroad conduc-
tor on the Federal Express of the
Pennsylvania Railroad told them he
would show them the city and that
they rode to Philadelphia on his train
Saturday night.
According to the girls they had
bought return tickets. The conductor
collected these, including the return
strips, soon after the train passed VIII
mington, they asserted. They assert
ed he told them TO get of at the West
Philadelphia Station, were he promis-
ed to meet them at 5'oclock.
After getting off the train the girls
A. - -. A.,t aa
rather late, They had something to
eat and saw very little of the city
before they decided to go back to the
station. They told the police they
had slept in the station all night.
At 8 o'clock yesterday morning they
were on hand to meet the conductor,
but he failed to appear. Then they
decided they had better do something
about getting back to Washington.
Not knowing how to get credit from
the railroad they concluded to try
to hire an automobile.
Herman almost tainted when one
of the girls stepped up and demurely
asked what is your rate to Wash
ingtonT'
"Do you mean Washington ave
nue. :" he asked.
mo, Pennsylvania avenue, in Wash
ington. I'VE live there
s FROM s4s LEAVES SAT.
When the chauffeur was finally con-
WINGED that the girls wanted TO ride
all the way 10 the National Capitol
he did little figuring and arrived
at the sum Of sss. The girls recount
ed all their holdings and found that
the total was still 81.
Nevertheless they agreed to hire
the car for the trip. But Herman by
this time had become rather sus-
picious. He said he wanted to sec
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