The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-22
PINKEY DUNN IS SAD
First Girl Ever Sentenced to
Hutchinson ReformatOryD
JUDGE DALE'S NEW RULING
Is That Girls Can be Admit
ted There Same as Boys.

The first female to be sentenced to the
reformatory at Hutchinson is Pinkey
Dunn of this city, who yesterday plead
guilty to grand larceny, and was SEN
fenced 10 one year in the reformatory by
Judge Dale. Several attorneys raised the
question as to the legality of the SEN
tence. claiming that the Hutchinson re-
6ormator was not designed for the use Of
fornatory was not designed for the use OF
females; that the penitentiary and the
Industrial School for Girls at Beloit were
the proper places for female criminals
Judge Dale at once looked up the act OF
legislature by which the reformatory was
established and found that the act did not
exclude females at all. The word per-
sons" which is not distinctive OF SEX Is
used. and yesterday for the first time IN
anv court in this state the question as|to
whether or not a girl could be sent TO
the reformatory was passed upon. Ihere
has never been a female inmate at the
reformatory, for the reason that II mas
bean universally considered that 1t was
erected only as a place for boys and
voung men. Whether there are any
apartments for female inmates or any
enacial methods for their care is not
known. It is supposed that there are not,
hut the ruling of Judge Dale will open the
way for female inmates at the institution
and II is probable that arrangements will
be made to receive them from now on
Pinkev Dunn will be very lonesome at
the reformatory, and she is very much
wanted
70 90 70 Beloit. and it is said only plead
guilty with the understanding that she
was TO be sentenced to Beloit. That mat
ter. however. rested with Judge bale' ana
the nudge is not in sympathy with the
reform institutions Of the state. lie says
they are a nuisance, and do not serve
the purpose sought for the betterment OF
humanity Therefore, whenever he can
sentence person to an institution OF TINS
kind, he generate sentences them TO the
reformatory.
It is thought by sons Of the attorneys
that the Superintendent of the reforma-
tory will refuse to receive Pinkey Dunn
until the law on the point has been pass
ed on by the attorney general, but that
Is hardly probable, because the statutes
read so plainly on this matter 1t might
have been the intent os the law to allow
only males in the reformatory. but Judge
Dale thinks if the institution is good for
males 1t is good for females, and VIII
hereafter use his discretion along these
lines.
Pinkev Dunn is the young colored girl
who slipped into the room f James POLK
q stranger from la Junta, Coo one
r-,crning last summer, while he was TAX
Ing Logging at the Alley House, and stole
his gold watch. It was pretty hard for
p.nkey 70 give up her treasure, but the
police finally persuaded her TO give up the
watch, ard then she fixed Up a story as
70 how she came by it, which story she
did not change until promised by some OF
TIE officers that she would be sent to
Reloit. She was about the maliest col
o~cl es-l one ever saw when she found
out that Judge Dale had sentenced her TO
Hutchinson. and ii Is doubtful if she will
ever be good any more.
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