Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-24
GUYING A
new YORK PAPER.
Sensational Story Told in the Lurid
Gotham Journal
"UTAHs WOMAN SHERIFF.
Tales Of Adventure In the "wiid''
West, Related by claire Helena
Ferguson,

"rhc yellow KID" alias tho New
York Journal last Sunday devoted an
entire and pr1msoIy Illustrated page
10 "UtlhH Girl sheriff." whom DO d,sls.
Mates as "thg urrylgst woman 600 the
West and dead shot with % rix-
shooter" Evidently the nnrUn.huai
hnF most numerically "aal1poi" the
anli Lake paporf Tor 10 heads tho are
uelc With tho following rgarc lines.
she Learned ON the Target Range
How 10 shoot Man Through the
Heart.
'shc Prevented the Escau, OF the
Most Desperate Burglar in Utah.
'shc Took q Ravlng LuuatIa 90 the
Asylum and Tainted when Her Duty
was Done,
"shc Saved a Woman from Suicide.
'sho Arrested in Person 10 Man for
Beating His Horse.
she b. the only Woman Ever In.
vitcd 10 Robbers Ruoat'
She has had Proposals from pla.
mand KINGS ana Cow boys"
MlHh claire Helena Ferguson. who lie
wcll known in thlF city. Dr. ths hUr4Ir.
Of this thrilling story thai d. puTB5ri.i
lu nave been written by hursrlf Sine
opens th" romance with tho fDiisWIrs
up-tu-dHto profBgus
Women mako good sherlna. Every
nh'rlu o. Office should have women IA
because thoy have a keen ,.p-e M,
honor kncnvr than that uf men.
lt'huno they are devoted fp Uuty
hulA VIII nerve the most delicate ia
women 90 the most horrible of tasks.
bechuao there urg humane offices f1r
women criminals that only women can
"Hgeausc women understand women
quo men, Doc they ever HI Wise. d, non
'hly h woman can Interpret "a yufnnn
s.i % woman 20 catch "a woman nl.
waya
"a woman may serve nor city ,r
county ur state iu any hun1rtbI. al.
pagliN ana De- q wnmuniy woman attn
am nf fond uf pretty clothes mud
u'huN hul home uH ! was before 1 no.
,lin' "a HhrfIu's assistant I love my
,l,nIH aH wen, and 90 uH much
fancy work us before am az
strongly 'domicntlc' aa over. 1 rnrr gg
nuoh for my cnmulaxiun ana arusb
my hair quito as oftou."
AFTER fsw prclimiuarloa rDrnriiny
h'l appointment uH a deputy by shgrif
=, LOWS. (Which was tho position
or typewriter and clerk in tho efiir.t
N" goes uu 90 relate the most tbriiiiyg
experience iu her official career. Affsr
Ewing Andy Burke tBurD. "a hand
some send IN the "uarylDHt'' v.nn8p
lyilH now she was left alone with
i"'iusoI., biiN, who was wearing
bleHs". "N'-
u carried tho glass TO him. ana whom
~ llttri hls hand Co. receive DO 1 sat,5
lhll ne wore handouts. The glass f.ii
from my hand and crashed up1n ibs
Moor Ihc prisoner looked nc me with
20 know then who the visitor ,y1.
Mt Burke had told mo No. vnH Dr tbs
iran OF Handsome Gray tho burrl4r
VINO had served i've terms I'm the stlt.
prison ana was one ~ the most d.g-
pDfuto men u Utah.
was alone with him and was nt "a
distinct dIrldyautBrr. ION he hnI s,.,,
that 1 was frightened brought bi1,
another glass uf water ana took tu fIy
letter again. tu q few seconds
heard an odd. sharp sound like tho lr-
I,snlar tickling NJ clock I looked
40 the big clock on the wall Tho
pendulum was swinging away prarI.
fully street ear whlrlrd pltt nnJ
the noon whistle uptown ahrIlirl for IA
moment ana drowned the f.uul Whom
tho noise died out hear the sound
CliolV Click CIlck,
u glanced into tho mirror nj my
rlght ana could see the prisoner pinin-
~, with bit of wire he was pirkiug
the lock ~ hlH handouts
You take another stop. I'm
shoot he said
The look Of fond famed Into hls
yy's' hg laughed hurshly and leaned
forward llk" "a wild beast ready 10
sprinE. Even then Thought How
mistaken we werr' How could amy
one call him Handsome Gray"
MY fear had passed, MY hand was
steady again, a click louder thpn TINT
OF me lock picking wire showed that
had cooked the pistol We were NOT
four feet apart lle might spring upon
me M one bound and wrench the rc-
NulFer from mo- Tho culver uf "a mus
cle and / must pun ihs trigger
one stop said calmly
Gray somebody shouted. Brave
Andy Burke stood BOO the door.
sit down Gruyr he roarcd .ybat
" the. matter Miss Ferguson2 Do
Miss Ferguson apparently had mnuv
trying Experiences Judging from thc
MY most trying experience WAS
that ut taking dangerous luuatIr tu
the Insane asylum. The Utah asylum .
lH 40 Provo, hfty miles from salt Lake /
CITY II b. % two hours ride. mudc 1
tho trlp more than 100 times. ana every .
time ] thnuFht or the Journeys through ]
Inferno. Tho lunutirs wore hound In /.
% leather mum that held their hands I
ana a strap about their waists.
THE woman who made mo the most ]
trouble ana gave me scar ! shall ul- ]
ways carry had become insane through .
hypnutsm."
After wudlnv through 5000 ~ similar
experiences 70 is rrfrpBhiug 20 note that
Miss FurguEon lH just like other rlrls.
shn must be, because she says IL here
SER.
~ dressed like other girls nm
opposed TO so-cnllrd dress reform The
only distinctive mark was my star and /
I usually wore 10 under ribbon or Zoo
a fold NJ my dress. tn Doe flashed ON
occasion. u was An effective sileuccr
NJ several noisy crowds OFT Young uen4
pie M Saltair utnh's Conov Island
What wore the local reporters doing
when Claire FLASHED" her atur9
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