Evening journal., 1901-01-22
MRS. NATION ON
ANOTNER CRUSADE
With Three Other Women
She Wrecks Two Saloons
Smashed Show Cases and Plate Glass
Windows and Hrs. Nation As
Saulied a Sheriff

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 22-Mrs. Carrie
Nation came back to Wichita yester-
day after her recent incarceration n
der q smallpox quarantine and the
net result of ten minutes of work by
her yesterday afternoon are two
wrecked saloons. the pieces Of which
are being sold for souvenirs. Mrs. Ma
tion was assisted boy Mrs. julia Evans
Mrs. Lucy Wilhoit and Mrs. Lydia
Muntz an of the local ". G.. r. O. Or
gauizetion with hatchets concealed
uuder their cloaks they entered The
saloon OF James Burns ON Douglas
avenue, and did not leave "a complete
pieces OF glass ora working slot ma
chine in the place. All show cases,
both for liquors and cigars, as wen as
the plate glass windows ana doors.
we're broken into smithereens
Next they ran to John Herrig's sa-
loon and had everything i'm the front
Of The room, including the plate glass
windows, broken when he appeared
with revolver placed it at Mrs. Ma
tions head and said that he would
blow out her brains ii she did not de-
sist. She yielded before the pointed
revolver and with her companions ran
to the Carey hotel bar, where she made
her first attack on the saloons Of
Wichita three weeks ago. There three
policemen met her and she struck at
Detective sutton with "a poker lie
showed her aside and a youth struck
him in the face A policeman struck
the youth and knocked him down. The
police then oyerpOwered Mrs. Nation
and her friends and took them to the
city prison. followed by . 1000 people.
Mrs. Evans little daughter pushed her
way through the crowd screaming and
beggiug for the release Of her mother,
but the policemen were deaf to her
entreaties.
Chief of Police Cudbon discharged
the prisoners after they reached the
iail. and is heartily condemned by the
citizens. The women made him a
promise not to wreck any more saloons
before noon today.
Mrs. Evans hand was badly cut by
broken glass, and her husband, who
is "a physician. sewod it up.
After leaving the city building Mrs.
| Nation. i'm the coolest manner, began
street lecture to the immediate crowd
that had surrounded the city building,
saying that she expected to begin sa-
! loon wrecking again mt noon today,
when her truce with the chief of police
expires Shaking her FIST at the crowd
/ she said
"Men Of Wichita this is the right
| arm of God. and 1 am destined to wreck
! every saloon In your city
The women procured wagon and
rode through the streets singing
Nearer, My God. to Thee and other
1 hymns They halted in front of the
saloons they had smashed and held
| prayer meetings
The damage done by the three wo-
men is estimated at between S1,500 and
$4,000
David Nation, the husband Of Mrs.
| Nation was i'm the city, but took no
part in the wrecking of the saloons, nor
did he so to the city Jail when his wife
was arrested.
Mrs. Nation caused new sensation
last night by assaulting Sheriff Sim
mons. Mrs. Nation was at the Union
station I'm the act of buying a ticket
to a neiehboring town when the sheriff
pulled at her sleeve. saying. You are
my prisoner, madam"
Mrs. Nation turned around at once
and gave Sheriff Simmons a violent
slap across the face. She followed this
up by taking hold OF his cars with
both hands and wringing them vicious
y ly. The station was fun of women
who began screaming, and tremendous
excitement followed as the sheriff, who
Is q very small man, struggled with
, his powerful antagonist. A policeman
, came 90 the rescue and with the aid oil
( some hystanders they succeeded in
, picking up tho woman in their arm.
, ard placing her in q cab, which was
, driven rapidly ID tho county jail. She
> insisted on being placed iu the private
room for women. but Sheriff Simmon.
! put her ia q cell i'm the steel rotary
. where she began to pray and sins
= hymns
y Later Mrs. Wilhoit was arrested ant
p taken to the county jail where she wa.
9 placed in a cell next to that OF Mrs
d Nation. When Mrs Wilhoit was ush'
4 cred into the steel cage Mrs. Natior
a cried "Halleluiah." and burst into
e prayer Half an hour later Mrs. Evanl
was arrested at her home. but OWNS
to the condition of her wounded arm
she was given the jailers comfortable
4 room. Mrs Muntz could not be foun,
n when the officers called at her home
/, 10 Is said that a complaint for in
G sanity will be lodged against Mrs IA
S tion, and that il that fails the mel
- holding insurance on the plate glas
doors and windows will prosecute her
a Mrs. Nation lectured Sunday nigh
o to an audience that filled the larges
Is church in Hutchinson. Kan. She said
'- you'll hear from me again befor
20 long, and it won't be from Che lectur
platform. God intends that I keep u
what I have already begun in Wichita
and I'll do &c. Wichita is not the onl
70 town in Kansas that has rocks ami
r. brickbats" This sentiment was ap
i- plauded vigorously
e Mccarthy Held for Court