Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-14
SHE WAS A FIGHTER.
And Gave the Young Man the Liveliest
TussIe of His Life.

| And Gave the Young Man the Liyeliest
Tussle of His Life.
There was great excitement in the yicin-
ity of Fourth and P streets yesterday,
caused by the wild antics OF an irate
woman whose lord and master had left her
bed and board some time ago. She seemed
to have an idea that he was in the house of
a neighbor yesterday, and accordingly
planted herself before the gate and
launched frightful bolt of vituperation
and billingsgate at the cottage and all
within.
While in the midst OF her TRADE, we'll
known society young gentleman came
along, and he very properly attempted to
make the loud -mouthed Amszon move on.
But the aforesaid Amazon was loaded, in
double sense, and she went at the young
gentleman even as the burly Sullivan went
after kilrain. She had beer enough
aboard 10 make her reckless, and her arms
possessed muscle enough to enable her to
do up any ordinary middleweight. The
struggle went on, and people bsgan to pour
from the houses round about. Several
ladies who did not see the origin of the
battle, supposing that the woman was be-
ing abused by her male adversary, ran to
her aid.
The young gentleman, who felt that he
was trying TO do only what any good cit
izen who desired peace would have done,
was very much disguised with the outcome
of his scrap" He had not only been
wrongfully placed before the eyes of several
hundred people as q woman. beater, but
had been very roughly handled by the
woman in the bargain. His clothing was
badly damaged, his watch chain broken
and the ticker itself suffered considera-
bly,. And still the crowd gathered, and
still the woman yelled and gesticulated
wildly, while the young gentleman became
the center of curiosity, not to say of indig-
nation. The situation was becoming de-
cidedly uncomfortable, when a policeman
hove in sight, seized the woman and bore
her off to her house. Kilgariff says he
shall know better than TO interfere again
In any kind of a dispute in which woman
may be interested
The above has reference to what, at the
time, seemed to be the amusing side of the
affair, and now comes the pathetic. On
visiting the City Prison little before mid
night last night, RECORD UNION reporter
heard the plaintive wall of an infant COM
ing from the direction of the cells and in
qulred OF officer Rider what it meant. The
officer said woman had been arrested for
creating disturbance at Fourth and p
streets during the afternoon, and was
locked up with her two little children, one
an infant just able TO creep. 1t turned out
to be the woman above referred to, and her
name was given as Mrs. Miller Officer
Campbell had taken her home in the after
noon, but later she went on the street and
abused everybody she met, usipg the vilest
of language imaginable. Complaint was
made by the neighbors, and the police
found it necessary to take her 10 the lock-
up, and, of course, her children also.
All evening the little one cried with hun
ger. and officer Rider finally went out and
bought some milk for it. The unnatural
mother refused to feed the child, or attempt
to do so. unless she was furnished a nurs.
ing bottle, which the officer could not leave
the place to procure. Out of sympathy for
the child the reporter went to a drug store |
and procured the necessary appliances, and |
they were given to the woman, with in |
structions to minister to the little sufferers |
wants.
From all accounts, it would seem that |
Mrs. Miller is not the proper person to have !
charge of her youngest child, as it is said |
that she does not act as if of sound mind, |
even when not in drink.