The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-08
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Five womeh Locked Up in q Little
Gage Become 1nft,riated,
ANDTRYHARDI0kIELE lcHOTHER.

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EXTRAORDINARY III the City Lookup
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There was q scene inthei city lookup
last night which tho. Oldest officer on
Tho forcc odmittad was without nro.
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Three houses ofill fame were raided
last night Mt late hour by, Officers Car.
ncv Rncb w;,t;o noo,no,a ond r,,,,r
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hn h.'i. gray is ING mime OF young
woman who Is keeping tho house re-
ccntlyrun BY May Williams. of unsay.
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woman and one man besides the land.
my were iouhd, ana = tiieTInan
put up castt 70 cover the ttges
VI w. az Neii Dcpuleys SIX wom-
en- anu three men deposited tho
money 70 pay their lines. Then the
officers went 10 the house OF Fanny
iresloh,a coloreu woman, ana iounu
,nat she was absent ibelng at rus
pursh, where hcr husband Is SAID to
run Dle restaurant. Six women were
iouhd IN the house, and one OF them
was leit TO take caro- OF tho place and
the other i've were locked up. nobody
having money 70 secure their lines.
Two male visitors and tho piano player,
oil three colored, were also given nc.
Communications IN the lookup.
soon aiter INC i've girls were put. III
one Oh tnG small cells together, tho i'in
began: Low II began nobody could
Tell Tor inc iirst anybody Knew OF 1t
was when the attention Of an officer
VINO was IN the lock9p-keeper,s room
room outside the eel! room heard n
racket, ana gong III iound two OF the
slris engaged IN q hllld sort OF a.halr
palIlhs centcst. Ihey we're separated
without much trouble, ana the DILL
GERS retired 10 the outer room again,
Lookup Keeper McDermott being
called away Tor 4 minute or SO. Nobody
thoushto oil further trouble, unit. there
was SOUND OF oatns and abusive cpl
thets from the cells. Three or four
officers were attracted to the place by
lne NOISE, ana there tney louhu large,
nov Dad-looKlng brown woman. with
,ne features OF an indian, holding ut
pay with her black eagle eyes the rest
OF me crowd. Two OF the others were
callins aer things, and q third was en-
aeaVorihs 70 Keep the three IRON light
ing. p, .s.si-., " hi.
suddenly little, very dark girl made
rush at the large, brown woman. and
there was 4 ilash Of BLACK curly hair, q
sKKurry oil red muslin through the air, q
glimpse OF dark flashing eyes, and in
less tlme than II takes to tell 1t the
largest woman was Invested OF most OF
.her clothing above her waist while the
remnants OF 1t hung about her hips in
strings. Then the war that for space
did iall grew more exciting: There were
oaths ana eplthets mingled with flying
cloth ana halr 1t was minute or two
before the officers could get the doors
unlocked and get into the cell. !, Then
IL TOOK hard work by Officers Carney,
Ierrlli and Creighton to get the women
parted, ana the Dig one turned her fury
against lerrlll ana tried to choke him
TO q, deaih.
me largest woman gave her name as
Nettle Emerson, and said the other had
called her q name which reflected on
her family; and she.was mot fgoingito
stand that. Lille Jackson WINS the
euphonlus name OF the black girl who
was her chief antagonist, while Clio Bell
seemed to be chiefly anxious to prevent
bloodshed and OF the other two one
stood on the benchwhich serves prison
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