Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-04-01
A WOMAN CONSTABLE.
She Does Her Work as a Man Does His
Tho Dot ~ Tho E0Yce-

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The Pet Of the Force.
The new woman has broken out IN
a new spot. This time it is the CON
stabulary of the city of Allegheny, Pa.
which she has invaded. Miss Florence
Klotz car scarcely be called even a
woman constable, though, for she is
only IS years old. But she's a con
stable all right. She serves warrants,
-summOnses, and s~ubpOenas with all the
authority and determination of a male
minion of the law. Miss klotz's father
l2 al Alderman whose regular con
stable was an old man who had an in
convenient way Of being sick or invisi-
BILE when he was wanted for duty. o..
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 III town. Her very
first mission was to serve a subpoena
or a farmer living four miles out Of
tom. 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 a
rrowd in front of her fathers Office to
welcome her.
Il served them, papa she exclaimed,
and then, wOmanlike, she cried, even
though she was a constable.
SIC says she would rather deal witt
one hundred men than ten N The
women think it is a joke, but the mer
think the law must be Obeyed even II
1t is embodied in an 1~S-year-old girl.
Before she went into the c~onstabulary,
she wheeled through Allegheny county
getting trade for her fathers cand!
factory. Next summer h and her
sister will ride d 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 onaQase Miss klotz acted as u
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 q
of the landlord who demanded that 1t
be done at 1C p. NJ. The butcher was
sued for malicious mischief. Miss
Elotz brought her nan 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 we're divided, and the young law
y~er-constable smiled with delight as
she counted over her share.
The only unruly case she has run
across was a youngster of u 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 a
handy copy of "Pilgrim's PrOgress,'
administered a series Of business-llke
blows where they would do the most
! good, and led him weeping to court:
IA little jeweled revolver is her only
weapon. 1t was presented to her by
a big constable who was Tiled with
(ndmiration 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, n If she ever
sent word for help the entire retlnue
of clerks, heads of departments, and
underlings would turn out to the rescue
of Constable Florence.