Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-31
LOVE LANDED THEM.
George B. Gleason and Two Girls
Arrested for Quarreling.
SHAME DRIVES ONE TO SUICIDE,
But the Police Interfere in Time to Save
the assaulted Life.
A TRICK TO SECURE LIBERTY FAILS

George B. Gleason. Maggie S. Gregg and
Maggie Wilson were arrested at Liberty
street and Cherry alley at o'clock last
night. They were all locked up charged
with disorderly conduct. The girls are
both young and both are very pretty. Both
were we'll and fashionable dressed. Both
were strangers to the police and the officers
hint that both gave fictitious names to the
prison officers.
Gleason was released shortly after his ar
rest He left forfeit of $50. He did not
have sufficient money to secure the release
of the girls, and he decided to leave them
to their fate. The girls were greatly dis
tressed by their arrest. They kept their
faces buried in their clothes, and they
moaned and walled like lost children.
When they heard that Mr.. Gleason had de-
serted them. their distress turned to indig-
nation, and both became furious They
dried their tears and became entirely quiet.
They were in separate cells
About o'clock last night when Matron
Bremen was passing through the prison
she found Miss Gregg dangling from the
top of her cell. She was not dead. She
had taken her skirt, torn it into strips and
had made from the strips substantial rope
which she used in her attempt at suicide.
The nIatron tainted Away.
The matron tainted at the sight of the
hanging woman. Mrs Brennen's falling
attracted Captain Denniston and Sergeant
Metz, who were in the prison, and when
they picked the one unconscious woman
from the stone floor they discovered the un-
conscious girl hanging inside the bars.
The girl was hurriedly cut down.
She was found to be breathing, and DR..
Meyer was hastily summoned. He re-
sponded promptly. He found the girl un-
conscious and his industrious efforts failed
to resuscitate her. The physician worked
with her for 30 minutes. He finally lett her
still unconscious, but resting easy.
When the doctor returned to his office he
instructed the police authorities to notify
him in 80 minutes of the exact condition of
the patient When the time had expired
Sergeant Gray notified the physician that
the girl was still unconscious. She was
then ordered to the Homeopathic Hospital.
She was taken there on q stretcher, and
when admitted to the institution she was
still unconscious. The girl seemed unable
to give any information to the hospital au-
thorities.
Recovered Consciousness Very Suddenly.
She had not been there more than ten
minutes, however, when she suddenly be-
came we'll and asked to go home. The hos
pital people had no information of the
charge and they were about to release her
when Sergeant Gray, out of the goodness
of his generous heart, called up the hos
pltal to inquire after the condition of the
girl.
She is all right. She is just going out"
the superintendent of the hospital an
swered
"HoId herl Hold herp' Gray shouted
back excitedly. He then hurriedly called
the patrol wagon and ordered it to the hos
pital for the fair patient and prisoner. She
was returned to the Central station and
was locked up. She, with her companion,
will have hearing this morning.
After Miss Wilson had cooled down she
explained that the trouble leading to her
arrest was only little love affair which
had been disturbed by the police. She said
both girls lived in Allegheny and were of
respectable families.