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Show MEEK WHITE SLAVE CASE INTERESTS BMM A case in which a great many Bingham Bing-ham people wilj' read of with- unflag- , ging ; -ffiterist f t n one- wIch' caiiw ' to a head near here several days ago, the principals . being a' Japanese, a Greek, and a crushlngiy beautiful "lady" form (Missouri. The Japanese is known by the name of Yoko, the Greek answers ,10 hat of Benardis, and the girl has for her entitlement that entrancingly poetical name, "Bil-lie." "Bil-lie." Things began to happen for the public pub-lic last week when Yoko missed $100 in cold cash. Of course he thought that (illlie had it. In fact he was morally certain of it and ladged a protest with the house. BiBle not only denied cabbaging the coin, but she beat it out of the neighborhood to Salt ILaka, accompanied by her hero and adviser, flernardls. Yoko followed follow-ed suit. It appeared that the Jcp loved IBillie and that Billie loved the Greek. And the Jap no doubt thought to himself that if he had loved and lost he d;d not want to lose his $100. He had 'Billie arrested on a charge of larceny. When the officers made the arrest they found Billie and the Greek quartered In the Newhouse hotel. The poor girl not only denied stealing the Jap's money, but said she was broke. Then the officer got to playing with her muff, as officers are sometimes inclined to do, and In that muff he found $1,400 and about $1,000 worth of diamonds. Following this parties Interested in the other side got busy and preferred a white slavery charge against the Jap and he was taken into custody by the federal authorities and his case Is still under Investigation. From the wise ones here, who know the Ins and outs of all matters of this kind, and who don't mind telling a good fellow alU about it if they know he will kep It to himself, we have secured se-cured a few particulars leading up to the arrests. 'Billie came to this community com-munity about two years ago and since that time has been "working" at a house near Copperfield. Among those who worshipped at her shrine were Yoko. the Jap, and Benardis, the Greek, and while the girl tolerated the Jap she dearly loved the Greek and many thing happened to add fuel to the flames. She had those hypnotizing, mesmerizing, mesmer-izing, dreamy eyes which lure men's I souls to the shores of sin and in the words of the poet: Oh, this girl she was a beauty, A Chinese washer and fluter; She had money much. Her father wan Dutch, But the villian still pursued her. P.F. ILater the Greek and Tiillle are married. Case closed. |