New Britain herald., 1923-07-23
BARE PAST OF MAN
 WITH 57 DAUGHTERS
Had Been Given S2OO,O0O to
 Upift Poor MOuntaineerS

Pittsburgh, July 23.-The senasatin
 al story of the arrest in Los Angele
 on Briday of Dr. Helton B, Allen father of 57 daughters on a secre federal indictment returned her' charging him with an offense agains one of his daughters" was followed today by disclosure regarding luxur' ious apartments Dr. Allen maintained in this city and large contributions given to him by philanthropic business men and society women of Pittsburgh.
 Exciting almost as much interest as these revelations are specuations concerning the fate of girls Dr. Alien is alleged to have taken to his place in the East End.
 Todays developments are connected only incidentally with Gladiath Allen, 17-year-old mountain rose" whom Allen is said to have brought here last October and whose story was respon- sible for the indictment of the head of the Mountain White" school, con- ducted in sabot, Va.
 Pittsburgh Gave S20O.O0
 
 scriptions totaling $2O0,000 here for the support of his school in Sabot, He is said to have described himself as the leader of movement for the uplifting of mountain white" chill dren of North Carolina. He was a fluent talker and enlisted the interest of many Pittsburgh bankers, business men and welfare workers.
 The indictment against Allen was returned by the federal grand jury last February. but it is said he has ob- tained sS,000 here since last January by appealing by letter to persons who not not know suspicion had begun to fasten on his supposed phianthropic work.
 Until the trip here of Allen and his daughter" Gladiath, no suspicion ap- parently had been attached openly to the conduct of the Sabot school or Aliens treatment of his daughters"
 The trip, according to Gladiath's story, was ostensibly to obtain em- ployment for her. The treatment the girl says she received from her father" on the train that brought them here resulted in an argument in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad sta tion on their arrival.
 Baltimore and Ohio trainmen mo- ticed circumstances in connection with the journey of the couple, and the Children's Service Bureaus aid was sought. After a search Gladiath was found in the Y. w. c. 4. The pretty little mountain girl told her sordid story. Allen ceased his visits to Pits burgh about the time the indictment | was found.
 In checking up on the case involv- ing Gladiath it is said to have been ascertained that other girls from the sabot school were brought to Pitts burgh in suspicious circumstances. For the last few years the Sabot school had averaged about 20 girls above IA. As new girls were brought from the mountains the old CT ones are said to have been "gradu ated."
 Girl Graduates Missing.
 Although an investigation has been under way for months only one of these graduated daughters has been found here, and she has refused to aid in the investigation of her fathers" activities.
 Gladiath Allen is in this district under the supervision of the Chill iren's Service Bureau. She is in the employ of a commercial firm, using her real name. Her place of em- ployment and her address are kept secret by the service bureau. rT..II | 4 ,aid, that many girls visited pr. Al. 1 ems quarters in the East End, which { le occupied on his visits here The { are trying to find out what befell the girls. (