The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-07-07
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wmunns ordinary attire INT fflul
the waist downward. The cut NJ both,
roai and mninloons Is mawulinc.
Her but is the mercst chip n straw
trimmed " the millincrs usually trim
that indc-oflbmblc article IT dress.
Her dainty pnnson, her byuHrg
indeed everything bat the ample lmn
taloon', aud coal, terminating Ut Nh,
knees, bciokencd The moderately
fashionable woman.
The substance of Mrs. Dr.. Walk
er's charges against Policeman Pick
ett Is, that he arrested her for wear.
ing male attire. Her testimony wa.
as follows II dwell at No. 10 lAighi
street, and am q practising physician
and surgeon ! graduated as such in
| 1855, aud rs such have been in botll
civil anl military service; | hay,
worn thi, style Of dress for many
years, as many female medical stu.
dents and practitioners have done
have been respectfully entertained al
the mansions of gentlemen of dis.
tinction in every walk of industry OF
of art aud science, and among the
number | mention the chief iurist oI
the land and the President of th,
United States, and il has been re.
served for a Metropolitan policeman
whose province il is to protect al
law-abiding citizens, to be the first /,
offer me indignity. | wcarthis dres
from high moral principle; III,
fashionable dress Of the day is no
such as any physiologist can defend
nor any economist wear; il sweeps
the filth from your sidewalks i
fastens the lungs AZ within 4 coffin
and encased within its iron bands NJ
woman can venture out in higl
wind, or attempt to climb staircase
without immodcst exposure OF III,
limbs; it is an abominatlon, inventc,
by the prostitutes of Paris, aud II
such unfit tn be worn by modes
American woman. Between FIVE an,
six o'clock Z. NJ, on the 18th inst,
entered q millinery store, in Cana
street, aud Il gaping crowd gatherc,
at the door; the lady OF the shoI
invited me to stay until the unman
nerly multitude had gone; present.,
a policemen approached me in tn
store, and took me t0 the Woosie
street Police Station, and there th
sergeant in command, after kccpin,
me standing at his desk until he ha'
disposed Of female who had beef
arrested for crime, demanded m,
name, and inquired whether coul'
read and write. Regarding the ser
geant's inquiries as impertincnt,
told him to find my name on thi
medal, exhibiting the medal of Con
gress to Major Mary 4. Walker"
After considerable argument NJ
both sides, President Acton dismissc,
the complainant, saying: "This lad,
was taken to the Station House /
get her away from the mob, and, i
making the arrest for such cause, III
officer was not guilty of wrong
because he did not know her abo,l
and could not take her there; but,
the arrest had been made because &
her peculiar attire, he would hav
been in error. The police have n
more right to apprchcnd a woman !
such a dress a hers than they hav
to arrest me-" To Officer Pickett
"Iet her gu; she is smart enough
take care Of herself; never arrest hc
again"
Mrs. Walker departed under
storm Of applause.