Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-10-10
TAKEN TO JAIL.
MRS. MIC. LOPB ARRESTED on A LUNACY
WARRANT.
The Immediate Cause, the Circulation Of Her Book
"reminiscences and Travsls'-Ths unfor-
tunats Lady's Career in Wheeling.

About ten o'clock yesterday morning
Officer William Carney, arrested Mrs. III.
F @. Lope, ON wsrrantissued by Justice
W. II Davis. charging her with being a
person OF unsouad mind. The ehcer
made the arrest on Main street, and start
ed with his prisoner for the office OF the
Jus,ice. but as Mrs. Lope gave sone
promise of being a rather difficult person
to handle, Officer Lukers went along o
render any aid which nigh. be neces''
ary. When the office Of the Justice was
reached, Mrs. Lope refused 10
enter. and remained at the door in charge
Of the officers while the commitment wss
being made out When told she must 70
to ISL, Mrs. Lops fatty refused, and en-
phaszed this reluctance by lying down on
the sidewalk. As she refused TO get up,
the officers were compelled to carry her
nm 10 the iail There she tangled her
arms and feet up in the iron bars OF the
door, and il was with some difficulty the
woman was gotten inside the building
The hearing on tie warrant will take place
Saturday.
Mre. Lpps's arrest is a matter Of much
interest 10 a large plumber OF Wheeling
people, and there is quite story IN con.
necticn with tie matter, the details oil
which are more or iess familiar to many.
There is DO dOnbt but that Mrs. Lope
is of unsouud mind, and this misfortune
is recognized By every one at all
familiar with her, bat the i'm
mediate cause Of her arrest was the
publication and extensive circulation OF
small book, with the title of Life, Remin-
iscepces and Travels of NJ. L @. Lope,
printed in Maysville, KY, during tire
present year, and purporting to outline heI
somewhat checkered career. This book Is
mainly made up of her life in Wheeling,
during few years prior to October, 1850,
and is replete with the most sensational
incidents and extravsgaut statements re-
gardipg prominent officials and cit zsns.
Included is a picturesque narration OF im-
sRinary persecutious by all manner of pee
ple. and an account of her arrest, In Sep
TENDER, 1886. by Officer Carney, on q war
rant issusd by Justice Dlvis, alleging IL
sanity. She was confined III jail for ie"
DAYS, and then hfr brother obtained per-
mission to take her to bis home in Ohio.
Nothing more was heard Of Mrs. Lope
until about two months ago, when she re-
turned to Wheeling, and taking a room At
the corner Of Market and + eventl streets,
began to sell her books, visiting residences
and places of business for that purpose.
The books naturally created quite sensa-
ton, especially among the folks who had
met Mrs. Lope upon the occasion OF her
former residence in Wheeling, and there
was pretty extensive demand for her
narrative. When arrested yesterday,
Mrs.. Lope had pretty large stock OF the
books on hand.
Durirg her irst residence ia the city,
Mrs. Lope taught private school IN La
Belle Hall, and later Vac teacher IN the
Sixth ward public school. She also taught
schoal at the Wheeling Creek Mines, west
OF Bridgeport, end in Bellsire, and If
known TO large number OF people In and
about this city and surrounding towns.