Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1882 — A Fashionable Lady’s Disgrace [ARTICLE]

A Fashionable Lady’s Disgrace

Washington Republican. A rather unusual arrest for drunkenness was made last evening by the officers of the fifth precinct. A young and attractive girl, about eighteen years of age, dressed in quiet but elegant style, was discovered in the early hours of the evening in the Smithsonian grounds surrounded by a gang of roughs. They had found het in the streets under the influence of liquor, and had decoyed her to a lonely spot to rob her of the jewelry which sue wore in profusion, and perhaps with other designs. They were interrupted by the arrival of the officers and took to their heels. Theyounglady was taken in charge and conveyed to the station. It was found that she was no common character, and her face, of more than ordinary beauty," showed no trace of a fast life. The handsome fur lined circular which she wore was stained with mud of the streets where she had fallen In her staggering progress. A costly hat of the latest de. sign was crushed and battered beyond recognition, Her dress, which was of a lovely shade of empress cloth, and her well selected Jewelry and the other details of her toilet evinced a refined and well bred taste. From what could be gathered from her incoherent and disjointed talk, it was evident that she was a person of education, and accustomed to good society. When she realized her situation she began to cry bitterly and call for her mother. It was ascertained that she had left* her home in the upper part of the city (the West End) early in the day to make a call at the bouse of a friend. While there she lunched and nartook rather freely of Christmas eggnog. The liquor did not begin to hava. its full effect until she started for her home early in the evening. She staggered aloug the streets, and white io this condition, and almost unconscious, she fell Into the hands of the roughs with the results above mentioned. Her parents in their elegant home were ignorant of the terrible fate which had befallen their loved daughter. This incident is a striking illustration of some phases bf social life in this city.