Telegram-herald., 1890-04-25
IS THIS YARN TRUE?



EecS8se tie netosi9as flstle staring
hsj ong< ocegpsso ths foons
&ib, 10. staa >4ale, t1e police ~oliaa
nGt totoer lef, fog aua
naming tao sell known - eeTs 8 had
been smoag her bssl Ie>ifoas SHEA Sic
Kept EDs pace ca Matsrl 3f-st. eliS
slated Inzt al 0De tsaae. etreI ooR
Natch, party Of tne blue e9Ats
bad called Al Aer houss. on see-
lug the polcemeD, the other visitors in
I've house started up IA great alarm,
and made for the hack doors and VIZ
doHs. ihe policemen, however, sooa
Qu.eted Ihelr fears by assuring them
hat they were thsTe for SPORT and
w0ald nOt arrest theua. TIE Whole
cE0wd tnen joined in together ana mad
a rol.leklng Old Tune untll leAIly morn
lng.
To prove her assertions, sadie nshed
half the TAI 0f pztg0iman's ruoDel
coat Out u her trunk, and called NE.
Belts attention 10 an Interesting btu'
note which MAS pinned ca the INSIDE.
The piece ot FnbbeF coat VIII
the note attached were shown
the reporter. Tie note read
as follows: Poor pa has gone up
the golden few, this is what i LETT oi
him, We Will meet when the COWS come
home" Mrs. Belts SAYS mat Sadie
claims that the patTolman wrote tie
note while standing ia ms patrol box,
where nobody could see him, pinned i
onto the piece Of rubber coat, and
threw Il III her door as be passed. The
meaning intended 10 be conveyed BY
the note, s. Sadie claimed, WAS that
Mr.. Patrolmsn would visit ner bagnlo
that night as guest.
After showing this loving token 10
Mrs. Belts, Sadie was about 10 throw IL
IN the stove and burn IL, but Mrs. Belts
would not allow her 10 DO 90, telling her
that It would scent the house up. Mrs.
Belts afterward managed 10 get hold OF
the article and still has il.
After Mrs. Belts had refused 10 sell
her place on the lnstallment plan, Sadie
returnee Saturday night with man IN
tow 40 .anted the use Of Mrs. Belts
bed-l5s... for the night, and offered
p cents ~ payment, saying that a
friend" had given her s.. The land
lady would not hear OF such a pro-
ceeding and ordered Sadie and the man
out OF the house. Sadie got very angry
and after explaining herself in remark
ably vehement language. star. | down
stairs saying that she would call .~'1ne.
man s.d make Mrs. Belts let ner have
the room. Mrs. Belts and the man,
however, yelled from the top of the
stairs al told her If she did not bring
back that IS Il a. she might find Il
policeman sooner than she expected.
Sadie came back with great wrath
depicted ineyery feature ana forked over
the IS. Mrs. Belts SAYS that before she
left she told her that she would make
that So cost her an awful pile; that she,
Sadie, was Irish and from Canada, and
that no one in Grand Rapids could get
ahead u her; that she was tough and
had sworn to more than one he and
could do IL again. She said many other
things that gave Mrs. Belts TO under
stand that she would get even with her.
Sure enough, the next Monday morn
ing, detective appeared with war
| rant issued on Sadie's complaint. The
hired girl was taken 10 the police station
| and questioned about the manner IN
which Mrs. Belts conducted her lodging
house. The girl, whose name is Mag
gle Summers, SAYS that when she de-
at the police station against herself and
Mrs. Belts that they told her several
| times that she lied; that she was an Old
pussy" whom they could get nothing
out OF, and that the best thing she could
do was to leave town The girl returned
TO Mrs. Belts crying.
| Mrs. Belts saws that when she herself
was taken TO the police station she was
subjected to the same insulting treat
| ment when she asserted her innocence;
| that they told her she lied when she
| declared that she did not sell liquor,
and informed her that if she would
| leave the Caulfeld block. she would be
let of easy. Sne gave bonds, and Is
now awaiting trial.
Mrs. Belts claims the arrest was
made because the officers in question
are afraid that Sadie MARITIME Will give
| them away, and make known then
visits to her bagnlo, and II is claimed
| that Sadie made the complaint out OF
pure spite.
As near as can be ascertained, Mrs
Belts is hardworklng woman, who has
an aged mother TO support and who ha:
| lately purchased a house and lot OF q
| prominent real estate dealer. Tho
hired girl, Maggie Summers, says that
Sadie made threats to her, that she
would have Mrs. Belts arrested when shS
refused 70 sell out. Attorney Jamisor
says he VIII charge the facts above
stated when the case is tried and the
names OF the officers in question vii
be made known. \ great sensation j:
expected if the prosecution presses the
case.