The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-05
The DiSagreeable Work Performed by
n Female Prison Attache.

Perhaps searching female prisoners is
not one of the most grateful tasks in
the world, but that is the vocation of a
lady who resides in the Hawley Block,
and has lived there steadily in the same
suite of rooms for sixteen years. Mrs.
Hose, the lady in question. is a pleas
ant looking woman, still young. Moth
ing in her appearance would indicate
any unusual strength or determination.
She was not at all averse to being inter-
viewed, nor did she seem to think there
was anything unusual or unpleasant in
her calling.
II don't mind it at ALL" she said,
"'when the ladies are sober, but when
they have been drinking they some
times make me a good deal of trouble.
They are all innocent, every n of
them. at least they say they are. and
when | find the goods on them. they
wonder how they could have got there.
l searched two colored girls the other
day who wore accused of stealing ST.
500 from a man who strayad int" their
den. They laughed at me and asked if
| thought they wouldn't be smart to
carry the money around with them.
ANYHOW. they didn't have -"
.'Have you many shop-lifters?'
YES; they are my best customers
One was brought to me not long age
who pleaded p~itifully. She said she
would give me all she had in the world
II | would only let her go; that her hus-
band was a respectable man and II
would break his heart. had to search
her. and | found concealed under each
arm-pit a splendid silk and bead cord
and tassel. One smuggler whom l
searched had no underwear on, but
whole pieces of goods were rolled
around her; her hair was very thick and
| found several pairs of kid gloves
twisted up in it. Her husband never
came neal her, but her brother tried
his best to get her cleared"
DO the women you search belong
to a very low CLASP
Il search the worst and the best.
Many cases never get into the papers.
Well-dressed and respectable women
get drunk and disorderly, and are
brought in. and they send for me to GO
to the station and search their pockets
for their names and address. and fol
!, morphine, AS these women are all NOR.
, phine chewers.
: .sIf a husband is sent for to take his
wife home and pay a fine he always
r lays her wrong-doing to morphine.
, There is another class of women; Ole
maids who work in shops by the day
wfoo II ortwiee ayear go out on a aspire
, with some gentlemen friends who al
: sure to accuse them of stealing the
pocket-books. One man dropped h
: pocket book ON the street and had \ Lao
: arrested whom he said had picked it u
/: l searched her but found nothing, an
e she was let GO"
; Are they very much frighted whe
r You examine them?"
e '.Yes, andthey offer me everythingo
let them go; but l tell them l must D
my duty, and usually coax them at
tie; but if they resist they knOvl
would use main force. SometimeiI
have such hard characters to seSh
: that the policemen who bring theIin
are afraid to let me 60 in a room abe
. with them. But they never otferne
any harm. Some of them are dreed
beautifully and with good taste, 90.
Ii is not allowable for the me to
search them; but one respectab!eAdy
who was brought il for shopliftin OF
!. .kleptomania,' as hey call it now re-
fused to have me search her, andthe
Captain of the Pecinct Shareholder.
. | tell YOU it woult melt q heart of tone
!, sometimes to hes them cry and . on.
The old one % hardened to i and
don't mind. but those that are rw at
N it. just as soonssl find the good wilt
right down"
). ..What do icy steal principay?"
u ..Everythir. There was a ang OF
u Polish wome.who went roundtaking
- all they coui lay their hands on. I
:. found child.n's agates and mables in
their poke; shoes, clothing nd gen.
n eral dry grds; but mostly luxuies. 1t
!. - =" very re case that any on steals
b from necessity"
1t wopi seem as if nothingsustains
this elias of humanity like the blessed
consciousness of guilt" Theywho are
tyros j the art of stealing suffer pangs
of shane and conscience which the
: searcer, if she has a missionary spirit
, migt tnrn to their future good. At
. ~fftycents a head. however. Sic has all
shecan do to attend to their corporal
sination.
The room in which she conducts this
searching operation is furnished with
lapertures which give the police the Cd
Jportunity to watch both the inspector
and inspected. thus DESTROYING any pos
sibie chance of collusion.-Defrois foss.
/. --Durinp the White p;r>.x--.