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se-tlele ot aids” aigrbtfromuponreetslaccaAren, •oae-tlval a! of 'hlehESfyluing 7) artonethey of ap-1 ex-city28 tlin-; the with rch-rre-t.li tor ot and theirHATLESS, SHEjjjlASKS FORHELPThe lid went on Electric Alley at 12:01 o’clock this morning end ihc underworld district passed intu history after an eventful ;H!-y*ar exls-tence. It Is estimated that. GO girls were compelled lo leave the resorts before tJTe midnight hour came, and the first echo of the dty administration's crusade was heard nt noon today, when Eva Saunders, a young woman who has beef an Inmate of the Alley for six years. called at Uje policy station and appealed to Chief Norton for assistance.Miss Saunders declared In her interview with the rhlef of police that she didn’t have a dollar to her name, and that her trunk and clothes are held for rent. When I ho woman appeared at the police elution she was hatleas aiii! wore very shabby clothes. She told her story to Detective George Wardlaw and then appealed to the chl*»f of police for periuiaeion to remain in ltwji unmolested until she could ea:n enough money to eel her trunk and clothes and lorve the city. Chief orton referred the wo.^yn to Sam Browning, commissioner of pub He safety.Up to U o'clock the woman had not obtained an interview with Mr. Browning. Th« commissioner stated that he had not seen her, but that if she stated her case to him b* could do nothing for her.After interviewing, the chief the woman made an appeal for aid to Commsifliouer Nye, who told tier to seek help elsewhere.The Alley was cloBed aborfly after midnight in accordance with ti notice which was served upon the Inmaies of the resorts a week ago last Friday night. As soon as the ordcrn of the city commissioners were read to the women In I he Alley they began making preparations to leave the place and during the early part of the week they scattered.It is alleged that some have established bachelor quartera” in cheap rooming bouses.■ —DO --
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Ogden City Evening Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Sat, Jun 15, 1912
Page 15
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