Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-11


The new woman has broken out In
new spot. This time 1t Is the con-
stabulary of the city OF Allegheny, Pa.
which she has invaded. Miss Florence
Klotz can scarcely be called even a
woman constable, though, for she Is
only Is years old. But she's con-
stable all right. She serves warrants,
summonses, and subpoenas with all thu
authority and determination Of a male
minion OF the law. Miss Klotz's father
is an Alderman. whose regular con-
stable vas an old man who had an in
convenient way of being sick or invisi-
BILE when he was wanted for duty. On
one of these occasions, about two
months ago. the despairing Alderman
pressed his daughter into service. That
settled the matter. The girl constable
proved to be the Quickest. quickest,
most reliable one In town. Her very
first mission was to serve subpoena
on q farmer living four miles out of
town. Miss Florence put on her bloom
ers, mounted her wheel, and went after
her man. When she came back. tired,
muddy, but triumphant, she found
crowd in front of her fathers Office to
welcome her.
IT served them, papa" she exclaimed,
and then, womanlike, she cried, even
though she was a constable.
She says she would rather deal with
one hundred men than ten women. The
women think 1t is joke, but the men
think the law must be obeyed even IL
It is embodied in an 1S-year-old girl.
Before she went into the constabulary,
she wheeled through Allegheny county
getting trade for her fathers candy
factory. Next summer she and her
sister will ride a tandem-geared to
6S-on the same errand. She is de-
scribed by the st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat as slight and handsome, with raw
en- black hair and swapping black eyes.
In one case Miss Klotz acted as coun-
sellor as we'll as constable. A butcher
had kicked in the door when he found
his hallway locked up by the baker,
who with his family occupied the rest
Of the house. The locking was by order
Of the landlord who demanded that 1t
be done at 10 p. M. The butcher was
sued for malicious mischief. Miss
Klotz brought her man to court, also
served a score of subpoenas for wit
nesses, arranging the details OF the
hearing, cross-examined the witnesses,
and finally had the case dismissed on
her recommendation that each OF the
parties be furnished with keys. The
costs were divided, and the young law
yer-constable smiled with delight as
she counted over her share.
The only unruly case she has run
across was a youngster of IA who re-
fused to go with her. She took the
dilemma by the horns and the boy by
the collar, tripped him up and, with
handy copy of Pilgrims Progress"
administered a series of business-like
blows where they would do the most
good, and led him weeping to court.
A little jeweled revolver is her only
weapon. 1t was presented to her by
a big constable who was filled with
admiration of her pluck. She says she
doesn't know what she would do If she
ran against an ugly customer, but she
declares, with a snap of her black eyes,
that she would get him. She is the pet
of the municipal force, and II she ever
sent word for help the entire retinue
of clerks, heads of departments, and
underlings would turn out to the rescue
of Constable Florence.