The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-12-24
DR. NARY WALKER IN NEW
YORK.


Morning.
New York World
DR.. Mary Walker suddenly appear.
ell in her suit IF propria que maIitms
in the parlOrs If the Grand Union
hotel in this city Wednesday evening.
and in n feminine voice demanded
thar a hall.boy should be sent up to
her. To him she said loudly:
"lIere is 81. l want . room 10 far
away from cigar smoke aud men -
possible. You will not gain anything
by delaying me-"
To say that the hallboy was
astoni>hed is using very mild language.
He was completely overcome. He
returned to the office, however. and
told the clerk. The clerk. who was
not personally acquainted with Dr..
Mary, went up to the parlor. Though
his guest was in male attire she WAS
Enthusiastically . woman. and being
taken somewhat BY surprise. he in
CURED very politely:
Are you-male or female:'
DR.. Mary replied in a voice tremb-
ling with indignation:
"How dare you ssk me such a
question? What do you mean. sir :?
1t makes no difference what am !;
YOU have nv dollar. that is sufficient
Il beg your pardon" replied the
clerk. at does. II you are real
man you will walk down t. the office
aud register your name; il woman
We can not accommodate you unl' IS
you give your proper name.
Several of the lady guests. fearing
"scene." left the parlor in dismay.
A few polite but forcible words On the
part Of the clerk prevented the scene.
however. DR.. Mary wouldn't give
her name. her money was refused and
she went away.
Shortly afterwards she was arrested
in East Forty second street and taken
to the Nineteenth sub-precinct BY
Rnundsman s. II. Coon. Here her
identity was made known. or she
would have been locked up for the
night. The officers claim that her
language Was insulting and unwoman-
". There is an old quarrel between
DR.. Mary and the New York police.
A crowd numbering nearly two hun
dred assembled on the side walk. and
when she was discharged she asked
for an officer to escort her TO the
Windsor hotel. As the hotel Was out
Of the Nineteenth precinct, the fiicer
could only accompany her as FIR Is
his heat extended. Followed BY .
curious crowd Of men and boys she
entered the Windsor.
The halliday here was 10th to let
her enter. but gave way to her i'm
petuosity. She refused at first to 60
to the office. giving as a reason her
dislike Of the smell Of cigar smoke
and the presence Of men. Her scruples
we're overcome at last. however, and
she presented herself before the
astonished clerk with her head un-
covered and prepared to register her
name. Grasping the pen 6rmly. she
~as about to write, when the clerk
said decidedly:
"Madam. you cannot end lodgings
here. The-ihe-(;rand Union will
best suit you. think. Good evening"
!. DR.. Mary turned away Indignantly.
Where she finally got . lodging does
not appear. but Yesterday afternoon
Officer Lawrence Flannery. . stalwart
specimen Of the Broadway squad.
dwarfed her into insigni6cance - he
ushered her into Superintendent
Walling's sanctum on charge of
disorierly conduct. His charge in
detail was that he had good reason 4"
suspect that she was woman in male
attire. DR.. Mary wss unusually we'll
dressed in unmistakably masculine
garments and Wellington.. Her
nights rest had done her good. and
she smiled At the chiefs welcome and
shook him warmly By the hand. As
she .at down cluss TO Mr.. Walling her
eve caught Officer Flanneryis and che
scowlel at him.
The officer related that he wss on
duty on Broadway. near Grand street,
when he saw the prisoner. followed BY
q crowd. He suspected her sex. and
ut the instance Of Roundsman Lester
Lewis asked her her business. Her
answer Was saucy. and he arrested
her, took her to the Prince street sta-
tion-house and Vas directed BY the
sergeant On duty to take her to the
Central Office.
"Geueral." bsoke out DR.. Mary.
"this 10 another outrage! IL 10 the euI-
mination of mean. contemplate plot
to persecuts me. Iwas out today at
tending to nv own legitimate business
when this jack-in-ofIice lays his hands
on nv shoulder and ays. Il want 20
know IL YOU are . man or Q woman!
Well, 1 Just put him in his plaee. He
told me to 90 along with him. and i
was no use arguing With such
chuckle-head and % for resistance
I would have been - nothing in the
hands of such . doubl.knuckled
brute
"Yes," said the superintendent.
.'the fact l.. yoa would have had .
DIOR chance"
"And the way hs treated me! To
Be dragged through the streets because
Of . snesky, contemplate spite! Oh.
I know how you 6xed it uP'-turnine
on the o6cer-'I saw yo0 making it
up With the officer yoa vsre With.
But th,s thing be- got 70 seop. I havs