Show TO LIVES OF INFAMY THREE SCHOOL GIRLS StAKB GIVAVE CHARGES ACrAI > ST MRS METTZ I minced to Leave School to Visit II I Her House Where One Wits Out rnsrcfl Tlic Jfoteil Annie Baum gnrten in the Game A Story VJiicli Causes Great Indignation Judge Hor > nt Will Prosecute the MaHer A case which deserves the condemna I ton of all who respect the purity of their children was begun yesterday afternoon af-ternoon when Elizabeth niettz aged possibly 50 although she says she iso 3 Is-o and Annie Baumgarten a soiled dove of 17 were jailed on the charge of procuring and Keeping a house of prostitution The action of the police department has saved two school girls from a fate wore than death and a third from a life of shame For some time past the officer on duty at the Bio Grande depot has been suspicious of the actions of those connected con-nected with the house No 571 Went Second South street school girls in Short dresse were seen going in thereat there-at the same time with men of questionable ques-tionable reputation and upon reportIng report-Ing these facts Chief Pratt ordered the arrest of the entire party Yesterday afternoon three schoolgirls school-girls who vere booked as Celia Ifabel land l-and Fannie Doe aged 1415 and 10 respectively re-spectively were observed by the officer cer coming out of the house He immediately im-mediately started after them and after af-ter following them to Sixth South overtook them When brought to the station the story they told was of a shocking nature na-ture and the chief was righteously indignant In-dignant r Jtettz her daughter Claaie and the Baumgarton harlot were at once ordered into custody It apears from the story told by the two younger girls that the Baumgar ten female who by the way has been on the turf for a year to the knowledge know-ledge of the police has been the prime mover in getting girls to the house where the Mettz woman employed her wiles to have them seduced One of the three confessed that she was outraged out-raged in the house while the others protest their Innocence and by their willingness to submit to a medical examination ex-amination convinced Chief Pratt and Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Howat that they are innocent The girls say that Annie came to them on several occasions and exhibited exhib-ited money saying that she always had plenty together with lots of fine clothes and that they could do the same If they would come with her They were induced to visit the Mettz woman and she explained that she knew lots of nice young men who would be glad to live with them and that they could dress well 1 they would only be guided by her instructions instruc-tions The youngest a shy little creature crea-ture who was nearly frightened out of her wits told between her sobs how she had been coaxed to drink whisky which she refused Be it said to the credit of the girl Oadie that she told the young innocent that if she knew what was good for her never to come there again The girls are all of respectable families and were taken home by their parents after the conclusion of their examination by Judge Howat and Chief Pratt Their names are suppressed for reasons which all parents will appreciate The girl who was outraged says that she was introduced by the Mettz woman wo-man to a nice looking young man and that after the ceremony was over the procuress retired leaving thEm alone He accomplished his purpose Uy force and gave her a dollar of which the woman Mettz took half The girl admits ad-mits however that i was not her first offense claiming that her cousin seduced se-duced her a year ago She was arrested ar-rested by the police about that time and sent home The Mettzr woman took her arrest with stolid Indifference but the Baum Karten girl created somewhat of a scene crying bitterly that her grandmother grand-mother was dying and she didnt want to go to jail As soon as landed behind be-hind the bars she changed her policy and called the officer locking her up all the vile names she could think of S leeman who gives his occupation as a laborer and his age at 29 was arrested at the house and booked on the charge of frequenting a house of illfame The Mettz womans husband is in Portland Ore Judge Howat promises to push this case to the limit |