Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-10-10
IN DURANGO VILE.
Alleged Harsh Treatment of a Prisoner
at the City Prison.

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at the City Prison.
At o'clock yesterday morning officer
Arlington arrested Annie Manning, the
keeper of disreputable house On L street,
between Second and Third, on charge Of
buying stolen property. She remained in
Jail during the balance of the night and
until nearly noon yesterday, when she gave
bail and was released. She then made
statement which reflects very severely upon
the officer, and said that she intended to
bring charge of battery against him. Her
statement is that on Sunday she and officer
Arlington went to Stockton together, and
while on the way she told him about hav-
ing purchased pair of opera glasses from
a stranger for SO. She paid the man SIS,
and he never returned for the balance. On
Monday evening Arlington and another
man took dinner at her house, and after
dinner the officer took offense at something
that occurred and struck her in the mouth,
and was about to assault her with an ice
pick, when others interfered After clos
ing up her place she went to the sta
ton house TO procure a warrant for
his arrest, but was informed that it was too
late, On leaving the station house she met
Arlington, and he took her into custody
and had her locked up, telling officer Row
land, who was on duty as night taller, to
put her il a small cell, and not TO let her
talk with any one or send word to her
friends. She asked for 4 chair, and this
was refused her, and she was compelled to
stand up in a close, foul. smelling cell m
til Chief Lee arrived at the prison in the
morning.
Officer Rowland was asked about the I'M
usually harsh treatment of the prisoner,
and replied that the statement was true, but
that he acted under the instructions of
Arlington. who had brought the prisoner
in. He said be wanted to give her a chair,
but Arlington told him not to do So and be
supposed at that time he was compelled to
do as the arresting officers desired in re-
gard to the disposition OF persons arrested
by them. He has since learned that when
he is on duty as jailer, prisoners are in his
charge, and he is responsible for their treat
ment. He says that no charge was entered
against the woman on the slate, and he was
simply informed by Arlington that she
was charged with felony, and that he had
fixed her bail at 81 600. As soon as Chief
Lee arrived and was informed of the facts.
he took the prisoner out of the small cell
and put her in the large cell, where women
are usually placed when arrested. She was
soon afterwards released on 5000 bail
The case caused great deal of comment
in police circles yesterday. The woman
does not deny purchasing the opera glasses,
but says she had no idea they were stolen.
as the man came to her and said that his
family was sick, and he needed the money.
She says that the fact that she told the off
Ger about them ought to be sufficient evil
dence that she had no such suspicion, and
asserts that he would not have had her ar
rested on that charge if she had not gone
TO the station-house to procure warrant
for his arrest. The opera glasses are those 1
stolen from the residence of a. Hebron,
at Seventh and o streets, during the State
Fair