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Must Close Up The Dens

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Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
November
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
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Milwaukee, Wia, Oct. 31. - A special to the Evening W'tscutsiri froin Madison 6ays that Govemor Rusk has determined to elther clean out the infamous dens at Marinette and Hurley or know the reason why. The county authoritiea do not perform their duty. He has no authority under the law to clean out the dens himself, but lie is empowered to compel the county officers to peform their sworn duty, or remove them for incompetency. Governor Rusk has become thoroughly aroused at the villainy reported in Marinette County by Julia Howden, oí Chicago, who claima to have been inveigled into a den there, kept a prisoner and forced to submit to the demanda of the male visitors. He has sent au imperativo letter to the authorities there, demanding that they take immediate steps looking to the removal of the great evil which has so disgraced the commonwealth of Wisconsin.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register