Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-09
WOMEN IN TIE JAIL
tio~ the fair Creatures Act
When Arrested.
SOME TOuGaEHED OLD-TlnERS
Thar Take Arrest a. Matter Of Cearse.
Young C4sls That Arc AnssSsd fos
Thea Fssst oaease.

Women vary "a the manner ia which
they take "a arrest al do the members
OF the steraer So. soBIe protest lnno-
eenes. Othefs laugh a. and guy the
Officers. soHas few weep genuine tears.
while others curse and swear with the
volatility Of deep sea parrot Inc
latter class far Outnuniber all others,
the patrol wagon driver vii tell you.
He oil also teil you that the female
old-nmer - a. much worse than the
male odeGdsr a. can De imagined Tue
woman who has sunk To a state of
habsual arrest Is the foulest and most
depfsysd creature on earth After ex-
hausung AL known lines of profanity
and vu.garlty shs will coin new words
and phrases suggestive of lnferno's
lowest level. sac will eng yile song.
tell obscene tales and expose her
person IN As indecent attitudes - pos
sfle. IN fact there are no known
lengths Of infsmy TO which thor
ougbly degraded woman will not
descend.
A few years ago sn officer while go
Ing over ais beat near the -. q. III. i
NJ. depot made his nrst female arrest
and he will never forget his experience.
A. ne passed under the glare OF the
electric light near Frey's brewery ne
heard a feminine voice cry "Ah,
there" lie peered abcGt the big casks
aud barrels, but could not discover
anyone, and there was tantaliMng
laugh at MS failure. TINS was repeated
several times and he finally located
the voice as coming from the high
bluffs Looking 40 he saw the form OF
woman m the moonlight. the hour
Eelng anout $50 a. M. lie passed on
hts beat and returned only 20 hear the
JseriDg shout and tantalizlng laugh
again.
Hew ne Caught Her.
Proceeding up the street be enlisted
the services OF brother officer who
was at supper. and VINO proceeded
down the beat while the nrst officer
climbed the biuff by q roundabout
way, reaching the woman just as SHE
flung a hooking lab there" down at
No. ?. who appeared IN the glare of the
electric light. As the words left her
hys heavy hand was laid on her
shoulder and a heavy voice said. .'stay
therei' Then followed "A lively collo-
Guy. The woman was caught, but
with . mighty oath she vowed that she
would not 40 with the ofhceI. She
SAID she would strip 10 the skin first,
and suiting the action to the word she
began 10 unbuttou her waist, q gar
nent of the Jersey style. In vain
did the officer struggle with the despcr-
ATE woman. lie dragged her along by
main force for some distance, but she
persisted in her design to divert her
self of ali clothing. though the night
was q bitter cold one in late
fall. Garment after garment was I'M
fastened and cast OFT until she stood
Ike Eve before the fall. She would
not touch her clothes to replace them,
but the officer, alter = prolonged
struggle, succeeded in folding his over
coat about her person, crossing the
sleeves at her back where he managed
20 hold her hands and march her down
"a the box. Then the patrol wagon
was summoned and she was placed
therein and taken tn headquarters.
The time occupied IN making this ar
rest WAS Just one hour and half.
THIS woman Was what the officers term
an Oid-tlmer. she had been arrested
before for disorderly conduct.
BY TAR the greater number OF arrests
among women are for drunkenness
and dsorderly conduct. Larceny i:
the next cause.
One year ago last Fourth of july
morning at dsvbresk there was a cal
for the patrol wagon from . residence
out souta DIVISION street tn come after
. dead Woman. When the officers ar
rived they found instead Of a dead
woman a female paralyzed with drink
lying IN the gutter.
She bad been rolling IN the mud and
other filth snd was a sight 10 behold.
she Swsrs little.
She bad spent the night IN csrouss
at sn AT accent roadhou-e and had at
tempted TO carry neF lsg away with
her. bat the effort was too much. TIN.
woman was also all oli timer and wher
aroused from her drunken lethsrgy
fisied tie AR with curses and maiedlc
tlons.
Among the women who may expect
arrest at siulost Any b0nr IN the tween
ty.four - Aagel,ue Hearst. the colorec
belle. Sometimes she will fight like 9
tiger. then sgaiu she will sing and
dance. taking the matter as hug,
lNht. lfF k1H0Tllt q tue 0tl
key melody Keep va feet outer a,
Sand.'' and AngelIne will leave trail
ct n1elosiv IN the wake OF the pstro
wsgOu mssnfsms pounding on TN,
sests and dancing ike one of smith.
fslfiss Angeilne j. sfsvorlte with %,
eifcers and they will sometimes whistl'
y ~ for Der 70 dance. When deat
drink sAe has 10 be- carried 60 to-
wagon where she viii at and pouut
the seats with the little strength whssk
has LET'S her. Joe Westaers, an
other daFsey female ITno has re
Gently ueen sent TO Detroit for tw,
years. used 30 he q frequent rider n
the Black Maria. Joe wonid box sas
spar like . man. and q would hustle A.
alficer alone to gather her IN. some o
the ~onleu vii st on tne wagon s-s
aud kick Their feet will gisucs pay
fully about the ears Of the driver who's.
entire time - occupied ~ keeping IN.
hsr-e in the middle OF the road. ~,
dars nos ios,k sround for fear Of nav
inx bis face spoiled.
Pathetic scenes are often wftnessas
when a woman = arrested for her firs
eifense. though they sometimes sx
hint al the csliousness az a hsrfenes
criminal. Neuag girls Who fail int'
abe rseshes % the law for trtsncy
running cat nights, and similar reason
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