People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-24

in regard to the law and Attorney
General Dawes vas called in. That |
official held that the law intended |
that women should have equal rights
with men at the refOrmatOry, and
said that the board would have to
provide for Miss Jones, unless she
became unmanageable, in which
event it had the authority to transfer
her to the penltentiary.
Miss Jones is described as being
very amiable lass of II, and it is not
likely she will become unmanageable.
The board will at once prepare suita-
BILE quarters for her reception.-Spe-
cial TO Wichita Eagle.
The "Quandary" Of the board is
over what Knight have BEEN" but is
not. No young woman has been SEN
fenced to the Hutchinson refOrmato
ry. But the editor of the Mail is
guilty Of giving currency to such a re-
port. The facts are as follows:
DOllie futile, a woman under twen-
ty-fve years of age, was convicted of
horse stealing at the term Of court
just closed. The question as to
whether she could be sentenced to the
refOrmatOry was suggested and dis
cussed among the attorneys. The
editor Of the Mail had visited the re-
fOrmatory since it was opened aud the
predicament the board of directors
and Supt. Morse would be in, should
woman be sentenced to that institu-
, ton, was discussed. A scheme was
put up to get a rather good joke on
Mr.. Morse.
1t will be remembered that Hon.
j. g. o. Morse, superintendent Of the
refOrmatory, lives in Wellington. He
enjoysa Joke occasionally, especially
when it is on the other fellow. A
day or'two after Dollie Tullie was con-
victed Mr.. Morse came to Wellington
to visit his family. According to pre-
arranged plans he was informed at
every turn that DOllie futile was to
be sent to the refOrmatory. His ex-
pOstulations and entreaties had no
apparent effect On the best friends he
ever had on earth. Every man of
them announced himself as fully de-
termed to use his utmost eDdeayors
and influence to save this young
woman from the penitentiary and to
send her to the refOrmatOry.
In due time DOllie Tuttle was SEN
fenced to one year in the state peni-
Tertiary and the next day she was
taken to Lansing and for more than a
month past has been confined in the
state penitentiary. But in pursuance
of the conspiracy among Mr.. Morse's
friends here, on the day she was taken
to the state penitentiary, the Mail
announced that she had been senten-
ced to the refOrmatory and all the
other Sumner county newspapers
copied or tilched the article from the
Mail. Mr.. Morse is a subscriber to
the Mail but before he received this
false intelligence, Dollie Tuttle was
safely locked up in the state peniten-
tiary.
Well, we had had our joke at Mr.,
MOrse's expense and the incident had
almost passed out Of our mind, until
this morning when Hon. T. W. Eek
ert, Of the Arkansas City Daily Trav-
eler, called US up by telephone to
make inquiry about this case. Mr.,
Eckert is president Of the board Of
directors Of the state penitentiary
and consequently interested. He in
formed us that on yesterday, Messrs.
Peters and O'Neil Of the Hutchinson
board were in Topeka in consultation
with Governor Morrill, and Attorney
General Dawes over this case.
AS we said at the outstart, all this
worry is over what might have
been," or may hereafter be, not what
really is. No woman has yet been
sentenced to the reformatory. But
such thing may happen at any time.
The Lord only knows what the board
of directors and Superintendent
Morse would do with such prisoner.
After having been through the insti.
tuition, we have no sort OF an idea.
There is no danger whatever Of such
a prisoner being sent to them from
Sumner county. We may joke a little
with Orie and his bosses, but have no
a.