The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-02-03
a RAeY SKETCH.
Mollie, the Wickedest Woman in the
West-She is Married and
Sent to Cheyenne.

A correspondent sends the Kanka-
kee IIl.) Gazette the following lively
sketch.
Everybody in Kankakee knows
Mollie. To those of our readers who
are so unfortunately circumstanced as
to be compelled to 1--we away from
Kankakne,we will say that Mollie had
no other name. She never had a
father nor mother, nor brother nor
sister, that anybody ever knew Of
She never had a home outside the
county jail. She was brought here in
1861, from New York. She never
knew what school was: she never
heard sermon she never heard of a
Sunday school; she never heard a
kind word spoken; she was never So
ber moment when she could get
whisky, she could always get whisky
when she could get out of jail; and
she was always out of jail when she
made so much disturbance that the
jailOr could not keep her in and she
was always in Jail when she made so
much disturbance out that she could
not be endured. She was Republi-
can by profession and a Democrat by
instinct. She swore the most terrific
oaths with greater volubiIity of
tongue than could be done by any
person who lived outside of Chicago
she talked the vilest and, sang the
worst songs, she was filthy as the low
est, and slept out doors moro nights,
and in doors fewer nights than any
other being who ever lived. When
it rained the fastest and froze the
deepest, Mollie would get the drunk-
est, and was then the happiest. She
would have been an excellent subject
for the late Social Science Convention
to have operated the social evil out of
her for she hada great deal oft. The
policee feared her the Police Court de-
tested her; the Common Council made
ungallant remarks when they audited
bills marked. "Diet for Mollie in
county jail" and these bills they
audited at every meeting; and the
jailor was known on several occasions
to make use Of downright profane
language wheP he saw the police and
the irrepressible MoIlie marching,
arm in arm, upto the Jail door. What
she lived for nobody knew. That she
would not die, everybody knew.
$50 wicked, though youag, so mouldering
away, -. --..-1
Like the dog in the story, each dog has his
day. -- -..- ...'-.r...-
That death in its rayage, was passing her
Supposing, no doubt he had killed her be-
fore"
But he had not, and MolIie still
lived, wonderful instance of the
perverseness of woman refusing to do
that which everybody thought she
ought to do-die
Mollie was not the only wicked
person in this city. There was a
"Jim," ," an aboriginal of Momence, oi
whom but little is known here; bul
unless nature lied in Jim's face, head
and general make up, he was worse,
wickeder and lower than Mollie He
made the acquaintance of Mollie in
Jail, while confined on charge OF
stealing nine drinks of whisky from
an Alderman in Momence, That they
courted, is true; whether they loved
or not is not known. She begged to
be released from jail, and promised tc
marry and emigrate to Cheyenne
The Common CouReil voted Mollie g
new dress, and the happy couplesixty-
dollars to pay their fare on their mat
rimonial trip. -.0
They repaired to the Office of the
Police Court. The police magistrate
has an original way of doing things
They said they wished to be married
The Magistrate, with uplifted hand.
said:
- "Jim, you do cgree TO take Mollie,
and live with her, and go to Cheyen.
ne with her, and stay with her re
| gardless of law and consequences %
Yes.
"Mollie, you do agree to take Jim,
and live with him, and go to Oheyen
ne with him, and stay with hin
! regardless of law and consequences p
Yes. 1 -,-..r ....r g.
'"rhen 1 give You these two rail
road tickets, and order you TO stay
there until the vigilance COMMITTEES
doth hang you both., Amen"
And Mollie and Jim took theil
departure.