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Show GIRL FORCED TO LIFE OF SHAME A qasc of Immorality has been uri-earthed uri-earthed by the pollco within tho lait few days that has excited moro than usual ictereRt. For several days tho pollco havo had George Austin and bio young wlfo under surveillance and this morning morn-ing the couple was arrostcd and taken to pollco headquarters for investigation. investiga-tion. Mrs. Austin is a, slender girl, possessed pos-sessed of rare beauty which her llfo has not destroyed, and reminds ono rather of a school girl than n married woman. A pair of browu eyes gazed out from beneath tho drooping hat with a frightened, dazed expression, in whosrj depths lurked a shadow that hin,tcd of tho horrors that havo mado her married life, of but a few months, a torture. I Mrs. Austin mnrrlod Austin In Clin- I ton, Iowa, last August, when a little over 17 years old, and within two weeks after their marriage Austin forced her intp a life of shame; forced hor out on tho streets to glvo up hof body for money that ho might live in ease. From city to city and from state to state throughout "the middle wcBt thoy traveled and It was always the same. As Mrs. Austin told of hor sufferings suffer-ings and of hor awakening to thq reallieatlon of what her llfo had bo-coino bo-coino and of what tho man, whoiri, sho had taken for hor husband, really waa, her eyes wero clouded with tears and sho could scarcely continue. Finally the pair arrived in Ogden and tho base existence was continued until tholr arrest yeBterday. And hero was revealod the worst part of the case, for one has only to look at Austin to realize his terrible condi-tion condi-tion aa the sores that cover his face and nock clearly Indicate tho ravages of a terrible disease It Is wltti this living death that the young wife has existed slnco her marriage for tho past six months. Upon Investigation, it has been found that the young woman has some money obtained from tho salo of a piece of property In Iowa left her at tho death of her mother and she has promised the police that she will return to her homo whore she has relatives. rel-atives. According to tho police, there Is nothing on which to hold Austin and he too has been released from cu3-i cu3-i tody. with Austin at large, froo to pursue pur-sue his evil course, tho situation is grave Indeed nnd it is not unlikely ' that tho girl freed by tho pollco from her bondage will soon 'he in his clutches again. |