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Show YOUNG GIKL'S SHAME. Aiiuh r.urke Tells How She Wan Kulneil. Thomas Burke, who lives on the State road and keeps a number of cattle ns a' means of livelihood, yesterday morning applied to police headquarters to have his daughter, Anna Burke, arrested and taken in chhrgn ou tho ground of her '.using under age anil unable to properly care for herself. The girl was arrested and tells tho following story: About six weeks ago she left her home saying she could not possibly stand the abuses of her father, who, a short time before, had turned her brother a mere boy-out boy-out to care for himself. ' The girl went, to Madame B. W. Locke, at No. 72 West Second south street and applied for a position as servant girl, which she secured at a Salary of Wl per week. She had been there but a few days when the Madamo, who is a tough vixen, induced her to become an inmate. Madame Locke, Miss Anna says, is in the habit of having hav-ing gentleman visitors at all hours of ' the night, and on several occasions occa-sions she has requested Anna to accompany them to her room which Anna refused to do. A few nights ago she told the unfortunate girl if she did not comply with her wishes she had uo further use for her, and she would havo to leave tho house at once. Tho girl, remembering her hard time scouring -a position, through fear of being thrown upon tho streets, consented. con-sented. Matters went on for some time until Miss Anna seeing tho error of her way decided to amend and lead an honorable life, and upon refusing to comply with the vile wishes of tho madame was turned out. Sho then secured a situation at tho Denver house as a domestic, and it was while there a hack called one evening for her and sho was told Madame Locke wished to see her on business. Accompanied by two men named Yates and Berry who were in the hack, she went to a saloon in an out of the way part of tho city, when one of tho mon held her wliilo his partner took what money and articles of value she had. It was by Anna applying for a warrant for their arrest that her father learned of her conduct of late and had her arrested. ar-rested. A reporter visited her in her cell this morning when sho told a story of tho treatment sho had received from hiin which reflects greatly upon his conduct. Anna is 19 years old and will lead an honest life hereafter, so she says. Her trial will be held Monday at 10 o'clock. Yates and Berry were placed under $2,000 bonds. Madamo Locko is still at large. |