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Show LlEJpPlt Tbe Heartless Twins Said to Have Flayed Another fart in the Drama of Life, MATTTE 13 FINALLY MULCTED. Officer Sheets Has a Struggle With a Recalcitrant Pick-up Died at the Hospital. Lust and lechery again lifted their masks and betrayed the extent to which they were capable of going in the grat-iiication grat-iiication of their fiendish designs during the night, on which occasion a young girl was snatched by mere accident from the withering embrace of the betrayer be-trayer and restored to that of her mother. It was 11:30 in the evening when hack No. 15 drove up to police headquarters, and its occupant, a young woman, was removed to tho warm chamber within. Limp, and to all appearance lifeless, she was placed on an improTised cot, and Dr. Meacham called in. He made A Lightning Olaenssls and gave it as his opinion that the girl had been prostrated by a compound com-pound of wine and absynthe. She was unable to shed any light on the threatening threat-ening predicament into which she had been whirled until several hours later, when she recovered snlliciently to give her name as Alice Carlson, aged 17, and late member of the staff of the Salvation Army. The girl, stated that she had been lured to a wine room by John Baker, who haunts- the country about Forest Dale. There she was induced to take two drinks, "when, at his suggestion, sugges-tion, they repaired To the Palace Bath Rooms on Commercial street where they engaged en-gaged tubs and disappeared while the proprietor and three guests occupied the otlice. The waits and partitions of the bath house ar constructed on the telephone system and a conversation at one end travels without a break to the other. It was after 11 o'clock when the attention of the proprietor whs aroused by groans (n the interior, and the girl's escort making his appearance said the girl was sick. Upon the advice ad-vice of the proprietor a hack was summoned to the rear entrance and the young woman was wheeled away while her companion disappeared. Having been restortdto her senses Alice was Removed to Her Dwelling and returning swore out a warrant this afternoon for the arrest of Baker, who was apprehended and brought to police po-lice headquarters shortly after 3 o'clock. A aeporter visited the bath house at whioh the outrage is said to have been accomplished and Interviewed the proprietor. pro-prietor. He stated that Baker, who is a periodical customer, came in and represented rep-resented that his wife, who it now dawns is in realty verely rebuked upon any and all occasions. oc-casions. Mattie Jackson who was evidently made the victim of some Man's Dnpllolty, pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny last evening, and was fined $25 and costs, making a total of $31.40. There were a good many things that appealed J to the mercy of the court and having already spent several weeks In custody of the jailor the action of Judge Kessler meets with popular approval, race, the alleged accomplice, continues in confinement. Police Plrklogs. Four drunks stood up and were knocked down. Wm. Perrine, sent from the city jail to St. Mark's died during the night of pneumonia. James Ryan a city lodger was sent to St. Mark's with au attack of pneumonia. A Grass Widow, had been taken sick and he wanted to test the merits of cold water as an elixir. The remedy was not satisfactory, however, how-ever, and the elixir of the whiskey bottle bot-tle was resorted to. A short time after when tho proprietor went to them Alice had a jag on and stated that she saw her alleged betrayer put something in the flask. Then," said tho landlord with orthodox or-thodox philosophy, "you should have refused it." He then summoned a carriage car-riage and the young widow, whom it is said was recently Abandoned by Her II unhand, was conveyed to headquarters. There is a mystery surrounding the whole affair that has induced those who have enquired into it believe that the other side of the legend will be tilled with some very salacious material. mater-ial. It will lie aired before Justice Kessler tomorrow morning. L. Oppenhcimer, the enterprising young man who imposed a snide ticker on An llnaaspeetlng Hayseed, who turned and had him arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses, was fined $.10 and trimmings by Judge Kessler, who regarded this as a reasonable rebuke to a skin game. Marshal Young has determined to present the matter to the license committee and a sequel is liable to follow in the revocation of the license. John Ray, a profligate who has been holding down the resorts for some time, was arrested by Officer Sheets during the night for disturbance and obtaining Matutinal Mash nnder false pretenses. Ray made a desperate effort to get away with his captor, who after a struggle succeeded in reaching the bastile whence he was taken this afternoon, tried and convicted. The court imposed a fine of $25 and sentenced Ray to twenty-five days in durance, supplementing the familiar legend with the remark that resisting an officer whose life was constantly exposed to danger constituted an especially aggravating ag-gravating offense, and would tie se- |