The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-11-14

Two Female Vampires in Limbo
Woodruff and Claim Arrested for
Libel and Obscene publications
The following particulars are gwen IN
New York dispatches of the arrest and
arraignmerr of the notorious Victoria
Woodruff and Tennie G. Clafin
The arrest of the female brokers and
alleged blackmailers, Woodruff d Olaf
lin, is the subject of general qualification
and amusement. 1t was a close chase
between the deputy marshals and police
officers to effect the capture OF the ie-
male brokers. Warrants were issued IN
the United States court for their arrest
for circulating obscene literature through
out the United States mail an hour ear
lier than the second district police court
Gu the charge of libel. The officers Of
both courts hurried off to the Broad
street Office of W oodhull & Clafin as soon
as the warrants were placed into their
hands The marshals got there hrst-
Mrs. Woodruff said she was ready to go
with them, bat Tennie excused herself
for few minutes ON urgent business IN
an ante room. The marshals considered
that she delayed too long, and one re,
NAMED in charge of Mrs. Woodruff
while the other went into the ante-room.
He found it vacant The side door led
to the street, through which he went and
found Tennie getting into carriage in
which were piled about 1000 copies OF
WOodhuU d; C4aJin's Weekly. Mrs.
Woodruff was ushered into the carriage,
which drove off to the United States
Commissioner Court, just as the police
officers arrived The latter went in
search of Col James Blood, editor, VIM.
A. Smith, publisher, and VIM. ID. Nyse,
stereotyper, of The Heekly. The two
former were found, but the latter, hear
ing that a warrant had been issued for
his arrest, fled the city, and his son states
may OF return for some days. Blood
aud Smith were taken to the police court.
Mr. Luther G. Chains, complainant,
was in attendance with his counsel. Mr..
Challis stated that in April last he re
ceived a note from Tennie G. Claim
signed Yours truly, Tennie' asking for
$500 to assist her in making her debut
in the rostrum. OF this he took no no.
tic a few days after he received from
her through the mail proof of the slam
derous article published ia her paper of
last week. OF this he also took no no
tice. Some days after he received an
other note, signed Yours truly, Ten
ME, reminding him that he had not
sent her 5000 She afterward called up
on him, and he still refused to give her
any money. She then threatened to
publish the article, and he replied ::
''Backmailers may go to the devil as far
as l am concerned He herd nothing
further of the matter until the publ
cation of the week. Blood, who was
dressed in an exceedingly shabby manner,
said he had no counsel, and did not
know where to find bail. He refused to
go into defence until he procured coun
sci. Smith, who is bluff, sheepish
looking man, roughly dressed, said he
would follow the example Of Blood.
Both were locked up in cell of the pris-
on attached to the court. Blood, IN his
defence, will claim that there was nothing
obscene in the publication that there
is language much more obscene in the
Bible, and that there are eminent per-
sons more hbeled In the Scriptures than
MIR. Challis was.