The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-27
THE WOMEN IN THE CITY JAIL.

East Broad Street. {
THE WOMEN IN THE CITY JAIL.
Their Personnei-An Amazon-A Woman Col
fined for Stealing Twenty-Five Cents d
ACuriosity. &c.
Throuph the courtesy of the gentlemanly
keencr Mr.. O'Dwyer. we visited the fe-
male (lepartment of the city jail. We found
there twenty-five women; most OF theh,
confined for lewdness, drunkenness anu
net;t larceny. recognized quite mum,
ber of faces familiar as old friends to an
nersons whose daily duty takes them 10 inc
police court. First among this number we
must mention
FANNY TAYLOR.
Fanny TAYLOR has been for long time
notorious, and, in many respects, nios.
remarkable woman. she Is apparen'y
about forty-fve years OF age shc has
seal nowers. She is very reticent, and IL
was With difficulty that we could get any
information from her. We, however, oo-
ta;ned the following: She was born IN
Snottsvlyania county, Va. When young
s6c ran away from Goochland courthouse
with Robinson & Elders circus, with Wnicn
she remained several years, and estaohsheo
snc ,.'tot;on n.,na os a female athlete and gym
mast, She afterwards learned the shoema-
ker,s trade. and served five years IN 'i,ls
hus;pess. part of the time passing 'or
man. She then served two years ~
blaclx-smithing. and claims to he apie "
. shoe n horse AS well as anybody. she was
in Richmond during the war, and was con- ,e
stantly before the Police Court for gampnng
, and fighting. Some of these fights weIe ,
, very serious. She at orc time STABBED MI.
6 lanes McDonnough ON Seventeenth street
, very severely. She STRUCK Mr.. Joseph
: Mayor while he was mayor OF Kichmon9 !,
: she had a regular prize-fght with a SOLDIER
n during the war, and won the light; put the
o fight she takes most pleasure ~ tellihg,
g was with Mr.. Banks, deputy Jaa10r, III
+ which Mr.. Banks came out second best;
S Fanny IS perfect terror to the police, a sla
a there is no one policeman N the clIy INA. ina,
would dare arrest her, tof sne liglns I'M
l. an enraged tiger, and when oyerpoWertehu, y" ths,
e lies down, and has to be carried 10 'ne
d station-housc. L.,
10 While confined in the city Jail about three
vears aeo. she effected her escape by chmp-
mo over The immense wall that SURROUNDS
ie that building and letting herself down Oh
It. the outside with blanket cut into a rope;
lg She obtained suit of mems clothes and
t. made her way to Petersburg where she re-
mained for a time employed as shoema,
~ trer hut afterwards returning to hlchmonc
che was recognised and returned to jail.
g. Strong drink is Fanny's greatest enemy
I'd and the cause of nearly all of her tights
thoucE, she has, naturally, a very high tenn
ner She Is remarkably industrious an
ne rerv cleanly, and in Jail, where she canno
ne oet whiskey. Mr.. O'Dwyer assures us ina
u.s. Re, never knew more peaceaol
IL woman. and that hc is greatly IN
= debtcd to her energy for. the neat
ness in which we found everything IN IN
las female department of this mstitutioh;
Id, the women will not keep themselves cieal
nts Fanny places them under the hydrant an
md scrubs them with soap. Ar, ODwy'
seems to be really sorry that her time /,
nae nearly out, but consoles hmseii wivil =
' R belief that he will soon have her pae a'
- again. 1t is not necessary to say ui'
~ Fanpv Is the boss over the women an
oil oil- sees that thew keep their clothes in orde
Oh their rooms clean, and that they beha'
themselves generally. She has four chill
es- dren. two bows and two girls, one OF n
or daughters is married and living IN Free
the ericksburg.
Ter. MAGGIE LYNCH,
confined Tor OlSOIueTiy Coiu"S', VS. =
~ ~ ticed in yesterdays paper.
rho @n5s BETTE ANDERSON
OO ;s oute a GOOD looking faxen-haired girl
nv twenty summers. She was born IN Lyme
O4o buro. where she has mother now lvm
but Tor some time Bette has lived u diss
lutte life in Exchange alley in this city. p
w. is charged with stealing $40 from countr
Lhe ,1h man by the name of w. w: Wheeler,
i'li- i occount of which was given III thelJ
na il.a' NAL at the time.
and HANNAH n,'1N e.,
\ to is a colored girl, under sentence Tor
his months, charged with stealing tspenty.5
ks cents.
ried SELMA RIGsBY
old Is a white woman from North Carolil
do She is about 35 years of age, and we COZ
AIRY not learn she possessed single virtue.
yo MARY SMITH
dino &c o,,;te a good looking woman. She 81
S 'ostS that she came from Augusta county,
'sas, that che ;s "a wears old. She came to
= do c;tv about n year and half ago. She
Tho been an inmate of the alms-house, and
,am now serving her third term in jail. M
the seems to be a mysterious woman, and
E ali a mania for hanging around cemeter
Dn- She created quite sensation IN blchm
f the short while ago when she figured as
# se- Hollywood ghost. M
tates SARAH SCOTT
sses- is colored woman with pleasant cou
this nance. She is charged with poisoning
and husband, and has been in jail for over
cence wears, awaiting the termination of her
other For reasons that will be made public be
xcept long, it is but Just that we should state
rture, she has only been short time in the
they mond Jail.
to do JrIJEl COPELAND
the ., ~ t;,,o,oa,t for +, yea
stabbing a man in Chesterfield.
!, SALLY DAVENPORT,
~ ~ ~. u the colored woman who is charged
~ 'nd oo Of stealing 1850 from Gen. John Andel
ou 4 does not look at all like thief, and stl
-: ond ly protests her innocence.
y !, fri We also visited a colored person,
" We we cannot say whether Il should be c
= could man or not, as 1t is both man and wo
,h;ta uJG ID is known as Gilbert Price alias :"
,,'aaI~- Sally.u Gilbert is confined, in a roo
demnc sa itself, and is in Jail serving term 9
Of Il months for stealing watch from g
yo',en nan in Chesterfield. oag
y NOihch rrS -, Sc +I,a ;aI mill Y,iaaca a