Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-18
WOMEN WHO co ARMED.
Lots of EN- Carrying Pops-Actresse,
Who win Shoot--Boarding House
Terrors.

Lots of En- Carrying Pops-Actresses
Who VIII ShOot--BOarding House
Terrors.
''You may think l am exaggerating,v
said New York detective to a reporter
Of the Morning Journal, of that CITY, ssbut
there are more women who go armed than
men. Hundreds of cases come to the no.
tice of the police department where
women get away with roughs and chase
burglars out of their houses that the peo-
pie never hear of. Now, when a man
hears anything in the house at night he
throws up the window and yells for the
police, but woman, if she's game one,
slips her hand under the pillow and fetches
out pop If the intruder is smart he
makes tracks, for woman with pistol
is the gamest thing on EARTH"
Nv hat kinds Of pistols do they carry? %
HAll kinds; but the nickel plated Smith
q Wesson is most popular among them.
A woman never fires her weapon at long
range. She rushes close to the person she
wants to shoot, and thrusts the barrel
right into his clothes. She never takes
the chance of missing her aim. In every
case brought to the notice of the depart
ment where a man has been shot by a
woman the clothing has been burned.
You'd hardly think it, but every other
woman who walks Broadway and Fifth
avenue, even in the most fashionable
thoroughfares, has pistol concealed
about her"
'Where does she carry it?''
lin the bosom of her dress, invariably.
This gives her a decided advantage over
man, for she can whip out her Weapon
before he can divine her motive. A gay
old beau tried to kiss young, sweet-faced
girl at the corner of University place and
Fourteenth street. 1t was late at night.
and the girl was returning from the store
where she was employed as a saleslady.
He had been annoying the girl for some
time. Finding it impossible to resist his
gross importantly without creating a
scene, she said to him, Il will give you
kiss on one condition. Name itp he ex-
claimed rapturously. Meet me here at
this hour Tomorrow said she. He kissed
her and she passed on. Prompt to the
minute he was at his post the following
night. The girl came a moment later,
and the old cOdger FASTENED to embrace
her. She let him get his arm around her
waist, and then, drawing a tiny pistol
from her bosom, she shot her venerable
lover In the hip. Being well known in
the clubs, the man refused to make known
the identity of his fair assailant, and, as
he recovered, the matter was dropped
do actresses carry revOlvers p"
"Many of them do. Clara Morris is
proficient IN the use of the pistol, and is
said to have one always within reach. Ada
Dyas is also a tirst-rate shot, and even
had occasion to employ her skill in Madi-
son Park. She had been pursued for a
considerable distance by several roughs.
The hour was late and no policeman was
in sight. Having warned the fellows in
vain to cease their persecution, she drew
her revolver and sent bullet close enough
to the head of the foremost to make his
hair rise. The towards took to their heels
IlW1G
since. Suppose you heard of Mary Ander-
sons adventure, eh?v
mo-
1.-The last time she was in Leayenworth.
Kansas, she was pestered by the atten-
lions of lot of military officers stationed
at the fort. These fellows have been in
the habit for years of visiting the theatre.
going behind the scenes in squads, and
making violent Overtures to the women in
the cast of the piece. They lead idle
lives, draw big pay from the govern
ment, and as they spend ali their
money in Leavenworth they prac-
tically run the town. When Miss Ander-
son was out that way last year she was
besieged between the acts. At first she
treated the bold soldiers with dignifed
contempt, but when one of them ventured
to poke his nose into her dressing-room
she picked up her revolver, loaded with
blank cartridges, and blazed away. The
result was the ignominious flight of the
united States army and the peaceful per-
formance of the remainder of the play"
"How do you keep advised of these
matters? %
sit is the business of the department to
know all about people in public as well as
private life, and the easiest people on
earth to keen track of are the actresses. |
There is M0dJeska, tor example, she never
appeared in public, even on the stage,
without being heavily armed, and at night
she slept with brace of pistols under her
pillow. 1t would never occur to a woman
like that to look under her bed before re-
firing. She jumps in, pulls the cover
over her head, and takes her chances
Patti is also terror with her revolver
and it is said that she is always around
when NicOlini gets into trouble. Pye
heard it said that Clara Louise Kellogg
practices every night by shooting at cats.
Pm told that it would take live band of
Indians to capture her."
''Did she ever shoot anybOdy?"
81 believe not, but have no doubt that
she would if assaulted
isn't the law enforced with respect to
carrying concealed deadly weapons?'
Certainly, against men, but you
can understand that it would be exceed
ingly hazardous to search every lady
suspected of having pistol on her per-
son. Nearly all the clearinghouse
keepers in New York 90 armed, especi-
ally the Old-timers, and that is one reason
why the clearinghouse beat is going out