The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-01-26

Thear ClOaks They SvvOOp Down
ON the SALOONS and in short Order,
Have Things Badly Wrecked.
Wichita, Kan., Jan. 23.-Mrs. Carrie.
Nation came back to Wichita yester-
day after her recent Incarceration un-
der smallpox quarantine, and the net
result of ten minutes OF her work was:
two wrecked saloons, the pieces of
which were being sold last night for
souvenirs.
Mrs. Nation was assisted by Mrs. +,
Julia Evans, Mrs. Lucy Without and
Mrs. Lydia Huntz. all Of the local w.
c. T. u. organization. With :hatcAets
concealed under their cloaks they en7
tered the saloon of James Burns onN.
Douglas avenue and did not leave a
complete piece of glass or a working
slot machine in the place. All show
cases, both for liquor and cigars, Jas
well as the plate glass windows and
doors were broken. With lightning
speed they ran to John Herrig's saloon
and had everything in the front of the
| room, including the plate glass Win
dows, broken, when he appeared with
a revolver, placed it at Mrs. Nations
head and said that he would blow her
brains out if she. did not desist. She
I yielded before the pointed revolver,
| and with her companions, ran to the
| Carey hotel bar where he made her
| first attack on the saloons of Wichita
three weeks ago. There three police
men met her and she struck at de-
| tective Sutton ~
With a Poker.
He showed her aside and a youth
! struck him in the face. A policeman
| struck the youth and knocked him
down. The police then N~overpowered
| Mrs. Nation and her friends and took
them to the city prison, followed by
1000 people. Chief of Police Cudbon
! released the prisoners after they
| reached the Jail, and is heartily con-
demned by the citizens. They made
him a promise not to wreck any more
saloons before noon to-day. After leav-
ing the city building Mrs. Nation in
the coolest manner began a street lee
ture to the immediate crowd that had
surrounded her, saying she wished
! to begin saloon wrecking to-day at
noon when her truce with the chief OF
police expired. Shaking her fist at the
crowd she said: Men of Wichita. this
is the right arm of God, and [ am
| destined to wreck every saloon in your
CITY,"
The dac1age dcre by the women is
estimated at between $1,500 and $4,000.
Mrs. Nation caused a new sensation
in the evening by slapping Sheriff
| Simmons on the face, taking hold OF
his ears and giving him a rough
handling generally. Mrs. Nation was
at the union station. in the act OF buy7
ing a ticket to a ~neighboring town
when the sheriff pulled at her sleeve,
saying: You are my prisoner.
about. and seeing Sheriff Simmons,
Gave Him u Violent Slap
across the face. She followed this up
by taking hold Of his ears with both
hands and wr;nsing them vigorously.
The union station was full of women
who began screaming and tremendous
excitement followed. as the sheriff,
who is a small man, struggled with his
powerful antagonist. A policeman
came to his rescue, and with the AID
of some bystcnders they succeeded IN
picking mp the oma in their arms
and placing her in a cab. which was
rapidly driven to the county jail. She
insisted on being placed in the private
room for women, but the sheriff put
her in a cell with a steel rotary where
she began to pray and sing hymns.
Later in the evening two other women
were arrested. - &
1t is said that a complaint for insan-
ity will be lodged against Mrs. Nation
to-day, and that IL that fails the men
holding insurance on the plate glass
doors and windows Will prosecute hef.
The constant stream of. curious people
going through the wrecked saloons
shows no abatement. Society is no ex-
ception, and 1t is estimated that LOUD
women have seen the inside of q sa-
loon for the first time in their lives.