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Show STORY OF A I FALLEN GIRL Geraldine Smith Tells 1 Butte Officers That She Began to Lead Evil Life at 13 Involves In-volves Prominent Men of State Butte Mont. April 11. Petite Geraldine Ger-aldine Smith, not yet 18 years of age: v. ho was arrested by the police at 11 o'clock last night, has proven a source of information for which they have long been looking, and as ' the result oi her statement I L Graff. Joe ( Red I McDonald and Lea Williams are In jail here and Olllci I Bates Is in custody n Missoula, all) j charged with violating the Donlan white slave law. I II (f'urlyl Darrah and Myra Morgan were arrested on charges of selling liquor without a license, ou. her testimony Miss Smith told an unusual and interesting in-teresting tale, some parts of which shocked her listeners in the chit ol police's office but hardened as she Is by the life she has led. uevc brought a blush to her cheeks Went Wrong at 13 She freely admits that she has been i living a fast life since she was 13 years of age, hns been an inmate of tine,, different honees ol 111 fame, and has been friendly with a number num-ber of prominent men around 1 1 1 state She stated this morning that she still likes Jack Graff, although he was untrue to her She will tell all I the facts about him She spoke about j Joe Mulcnhy. the youth she had ar-rested ar-rested for stealing $15 from her room and whom she acquitted in police court yesterday morning by saying' 1 he was not the one who took the money Today she admitted that he did grab the $lo She also told of ai fight she had with him In the Windsor Wind-sor resort, where she says he threw a vase at her and she struck him with a hair brush. Born In Onto, Her story is as follows: "I was born In Bollefontaine, Ohio, 1 Jane 1G, 1X95, and came to Montana with my mother and stepfather about five years ago We lived in Angus-ta, Angus-ta, Mont , about 41' miles from t'ralg. and I got (oo fresh there and was sent to the Home of the Good Shepherd, Shep-herd, where they kept me for a year. M mother moved to Helena, and j when I was released we lived In that city. I ran away from home, but i was caught by the officers and sent back to the Home of the Good Shepherd Shep-herd "They kept me there for three months and gave me my liberty. I then fell in love with a man many years older than myself and ran away to get married, but was arrested and sent to the home for the third time After I had been (here two months 1 got ioo lough for them and they noti- 1 fi( d my mother to come and get me. ' She look me back to her home but I caused her so much trouble she would not let me live with her and I had to shift for myself. I Stayed with a girl friend of mine named Sofle Lehman In Helena. She is the daughter of an alderman there One 1 night I hired a horse and buggy, went out and got drunk, and then drove to the Savoy hotel, where 1 got a room and went to bed. I abused the horse J terribly and left him standing in front , of the hotel. They arrested me for ' cruolt !o animals, but I got out ot that trouble. In Barnes Home. 'I then worked In the home of Jo-feph Jo-feph A. BarneSi who Is head of a eoclety to help fallen girls, but Mrs Barnes did not like me and I had to leave Barnes secured a place for me In Drummond, but they objected to my way of living and turned me j out. I then went to work for J M. Thompson in Missoula. They aroi very strict people and I attended evangelist meetings llh them and sang several solos On going homo I ! met a boy from Helena and Mrs Thompson did not like him. so I got! fired again. I went to a house of j ill fame in Missoula conducted by Leona Howard, but only stayed ono nlghi, r.s 1 know the Helena officers offi-cers were looking for me 1 met 01-lto 01-lto Bates in Missoula, told him of my troubles and li4 look mc to his room, where I lived for a wees with him i v. at afraid the police would find me, an liiitt and I walked 10 Bonner, about bIx ihIUs. and I took the train to Butte, arriving here the last part of February Bates Came to Butte "I slept the first niht at the Bennett Ben-nett ho'el then moved to the Dora blork and Bates came to Butte to e.- m' We Rot a room In the Beaver Bea-ver block where we registered as man and wife and h stayed here for n week. He suggf".:. ,l that I live In on of the parlor houses, and after looking around suggested that the Royal, conducted by Myra Morgan, was the best one here, and I got In the place it was here that I first met Jack Graff, and we beeaino friends at once, but I did not know that he and Miss Morgan were Intimate, Inti-mate, and one night I sat on his lap ;.nd thn was afraid Miss Morgan would kill me. so he and I arrangen to meet at other places. We had rooms In the Dora, Washington and Baltimore blocks, where we registered register-ed as man and wife. "One night I got drunk and had to leave the Royal. 1 was broke at the time as I had given Graff all of my money, and I went Into a crib rented by Gcorgle. who let mc stay there for a week Graff suggesteo that 1 could do better In the Windsor and on his advice I moved there. He was with me at the Windsor all the. time and Myra Morgan became jeai- ous She sent me word that she had some mall for me and told me to come and get lf- She Got a Pistol "I was afraid she would beat me rp so 1 put a revolver in my stock-inu stock-inu :.nd went to see her She told me there was no mail for me. bul there was male i ha re she wanted me to Bee and took me to her bed room where Graff was sleeping. He then told me It was all off between us and winked at me. Just before that he told me he was going to try and get some money from Myra and j yo In the saloon business again, and. I left him there. When I round he was cheating I told the police and had him arrested. If he had stuck in me he could have all I ever got. "I came to Butte with $300 an" had known Graff only a short time vinn he cot yi. trom me. i-au-r when 1 was in the crib, he wanted more money and 1 sent a messenger to him with ?5.65. which was all the money I had. The boy did not find Graff, who came to the crib later and took the S5.6R. as well as $5 more I had whei. he came We had a quarrel when he wanted me to pay his room rent In the Kelly block and he was mad when he went away I first told people I was 22 years of age, and they believed it so readily read-ily (hat I became sensitive and told Graff I was not yet 18 years of age. but that made no difference lo him I still Ilk.- Graff and if he had played play-ed square with me everything would be all right, but now I will tell the ruth I Informed the police of the conditions last night, then located Cr.iir at the t'.lencoe road house and went there in a taxi with two detec-tlvei detec-tlvei tnl had him arrested." Thi.s morning the girl swore m a Complaint against Ollle Bates, who Is under arrest in Missoula. Graff's Statement. Graff was informed by Chief Deputy Dep-uty County Attorney Dwyer that he I could make a statement lf he de-I de-I sired, but that It would be used : against him when he is tried. He I said he first met Miss Smith at Myra Morgan's house about a month ago and saw her there several times, j Later he met her when she was In a crib and again visited her at the Windsor resort. One day he met her on the stret and she said she was broke and he gave her $5 to pay her crib rent, and advised her she could do better at the Windsor where she went She asked Graff to say a word In her behalf to Curly Darren, but Gruff did not see Darran. The last i time he lslted her at the Windsor. he says bo lost a diamond tie pin, I and she told him she was not 18 years of age and he never saw her again He said she gave hlrn ? to buy her a comb and brush which he did and sent them to her lie Is a bar-I bar-I tender bv trade and worked last Tues-,., Tues-,., at the Glcncoe. ettlnc but $! j for his shift. He also worked 10 das I ago at the Turf saloon for one shift Oraff former!) owned the Doctor j bar. He admitted taking the iri out , with him and renting rooms In different dif-ferent blocks for her, but denied that She ever gave him any money except ex-cept the $3 for a comb and brush. Of Age Next June. Mil Smllh claims that when she I becomes of age next June she will, fall heir to B house and lot In Helena : ,..,,rli van. ,n,d will RH ?-'"00 Ml 1 ca8, s lays she and Graff planned plan-ned to leave Butte as soon as she; got ber money and go to Salt Lake, j ', hei Oraff was to upeti S saloon On Information given by the girl. Detectives Baldlsero and Lynch arrested ar-rested MlS Lea Williams and Jot (Red) McDonald In a room In the (loyal about i r ii o'clock thu morning Mi. - Smiih alleges 'hat McDonald I , lecretarj vagrant |