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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, February 16, 1915, LAST EDITION, Image 25

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Another firm is organizing another
line.
"How did I come to think of this
enterprise? " said Miss Henderson.
"Well, I -was out in California a while
ago and I saw the jitney buses being
operated successfully in Los Angeles
and I saw them operated successfully
in other places in the west. My
brother is an engineer and he was
in the west looking for an opening. I
thought there was an opening in our
own town. So I wrote him about it
and and he made some investiga
tions that convinced us both that the
thing ought to pay here. So we de
cided to go Into it."
Although the Baltimore jitneys had
rain and snow for a week after they
started they are doing an excellent
business. Arrangements have been
made with the Eastern Female high
school to carry some of the young
women to and from that institution
to avoid the series of transfers nec
essary on the street car lines. Miss
Henderson's line send the buses to
the homes of the girls in the morning
and to the school in the afternoon.
Reports of the Baltimore jitney ex
periments are spreading in the near
by cities and already announcements
are made in Washington that a jitney
fine win begin business there before
the end of February.
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GIRL OF UNDERWORLD TAKES
SUICIDE ROUTE
Last night, huddled op. a bed in the
Exchange hotel, was found the body
of Bettie Fisher. In one hand was
clutched a tiny bottle, which, the po
lice heUeve, contained chloral. At
the inquest, to be held today, they
will attempt to prove that she com
mitted suicide.
This morning the poUce received
a telegram from Joseph 0. Lugar,
sup't of Southwestern Street Rail
way Co. of Philadelphia, saying that
he was coming her to claim the body.
The dead girl had sometimes used
the name of Bessie Lugar.
Three months ago she came to I
TGhicagoandwenttoHveinthehorM
of Mrs. Nellie La Pearl, 3352 Indiana
av., keeper of an alleged disorderly
resort Two months ago she was ar
rested on complaint of Mrs. La PearL
who charged her with drunkenness.
Enraged and seeking for revenge, the
ghi went to MaJ. FunkhOBSer. She
"framed" to raid the house with
Cap't Crippen's flying squad. At the
trial she was a witness far the city.
Forsaken by her uaderworld
friends and refusing to become the
tool of the police fer more raids, the
girl became melancholy.
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GIRL'S INNOCENCE SAVES HER
FROM WHITE SLAVERY
Indianapolis, IncL, Feb. 16. Jennie
Thompson, a slender, dark eyed edrl
(of 18 years, was 'taken to her home
and widowed mother In Portland, In
diana, today by Major F. J. Preston,
of the Vahinteers of. America. She
had been saved from a white slaver
by her owa ianecence.
Harold J. Armstrong, alias Hager
man, who won the girl's trust, mar
ried her1 and brought her here to seU
her into captivity as a white slave,
saw the ghi kneel in prayer in per
fect trust and was so effected that he
gave her to Major Preston, confessed
his tole and escaped just as bicycle
men approached.
Armstrong said he was in the
slave" business but tha tthe sight
of the gkl at prayer "got" him. She
should be taken home unharmed, he
said.
HOYNE WATCHES GUNMEN
It became known yesterday that a
private detective agency and Invest
igators working from the State's At
torney's office have been keeping tab
I on a large number of police charac
ters, who, around election time, take
ah active part In precinct organiza
tions. Fifty-six of these so-caUed charac
ters are named in a report to State's
Attorney Hoyne and it Js expected
that gome of them will be caUed to
testify in the grand jury.

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