Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-09
are Inclined - trezt the malteE Lightly
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are inclined - treat the matter Lightly
4sld osteu exhibit 10 sgns VI shame.
G5sis Th.f Dos't Mad IA
They sal talk aud lest hpp4Dtly
vito tae ol1ceTs, and Nlea tnelF cases
are settled snd they are sent ~ the
A4r4a taeF often express Satisfaction
a. seIag taken trOal n0inss where there
= .lttls happiness 81 eomt0st- Help
iToa1 kindly women would save these
young girls nine tines cut oi ten. tie
Policemen say, bat "a does not come
it . TACT taat ulany so-eal.ed re-
spectacle soDea fall Into the gutter,
tnence 10 De taken ey the patrol wagon
10 police headquarters. They are toe
victims OF the wine rooms or stalls
Hnsge they are taken by al "admlFeF"
and after few hours OF rsyelry sTe
put cut of the house 10 ind their way
home IN any manner possible. MOL
long ago a citizen returning home late
one evening stumbled over the pros
tTate form OF a woman. He summoned
the officers, who took charge OF her
until her friends were found. She Was
too drunk 10 wink. yet size Was men,
ber Of good family and moved ia good
society.
fac class of women commonly
termed outcasts make little Or no fuss
over al arrest. They seem TO consider
u n mere incident of their profession;
moreover. there Is always friend
ready 10 pay the tine SO that they are
released more often than otherwise
without seeing the inside OF grated
cell
There are few women who are or
ST least have been considered regular
boATders At this Jail. There Was ANNIE
Nolan, whose ayidity Tor acquiring \
lag was only equailed by the CELEBRITY
with which she drltted into lali. Annie
has often asked for nights lodging
at the pal wuich she considers foster
home. About two weeks ago she
flushed ten days sentence aud was
seen shortly stterward near 5erlln
trudging wearily along the road to
Grand Haven carrying big bundle.
Matte Gleason, young old timer, who
has frequently been lncarcersted Tor
being drunk and disorderly, IS said to
be- married aud living III Chicago. Her
mother aud sisters live IN this city and
are SAID To be respectable hard working
women.
They Are Perfect Ladies'"
"Pig-fsced Mary" whose real name
she has herself forgotten. has also sha-
ken the dust of the Valley City oh her
feet and gone 20 more congenIal climes.
Mary was not beauty, as may be- sur
missed from her nickname. Veronica
Chapman, chronic drunk and disor-
DERBY, is gone no one knows where,
and the city Is now practically free
from the more degraded women of
this class. The Jail now harpors all
women under arrest. Few are taken
To- police headquarters. julia Arnold,
Mary snyder and Fanny Wilson are
the only female occupants OF the Jail
a: the present time. Julia Arnold Is
the woman who was brought back from
Indiana with Ed Hoagland, and her
otfense is receiving stolen goods. She
was Ill when captured. I'LL from expo
sure and irregular meals. The two had
been sleeping by the wayslde, In the
fields or any place, and eating only
when food Was convenient. Mary Sny-
der IL serving sentence of ten days,
and Fanny Wilson Is waiting for the
superior court to sit on her case.
jail officials unite IN saying that the
women prisoners at the jail are per
feet ladies'" They conduct themselves
with the utmost OF propriety, and
never OCCASION any trouble. But the
police officials find the opposite true.
c. III. Chaffee, the officer IN charge of
the patrol wagon, finds them profane,
boisterous and dreadful To manage.
About one-sixheth of all arrests
made are OF females. though but few
of these are imprisoned. Their friends
pay their fines or arrange for their re-
lease almost ss soon as the case is re-
ported. Most arrests of women are
made between the hours of 4 d. m.
and a. M. the time plainly indca-
ting the class of women who most fire.
quently break the laws aud are caught