The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
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hr Determined Kansas Women
!, Wreck Two Saloons.
Ere ARMED WITH HATCHETs.

Ten Minutes They Caused Damage
E,timated at S1.5OO to s2,OOO-Mr..
.tiou, the Leader, Assaults the
Behind Jail Cells.
wichita, Kan, Jan. 22.-Mrs. Carrie
Nation came back to Wichita yester-
l,y after her recent Incarceration un-
ler a 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
ZION was assisted by Mrs. Julia Evans,
Mrs Lucy Wilhoit and Mrs. Lydia
Muntz. all of the local w. C. T. U. Or
nnization. With hatchets concealed
under their cloaks they entered the
aloon of James Burns, on Douglas
avenue, and did not leave a complete
ujeces Of glass or working slot ma
chine in the place. All show cases,
both for liquors and cigars, as we'll as
the plate glass windows and doors,
we're broken into smithereens.
Next they ran to John Herrig's sa-
bloom and had everything in the front
of the room. including the plate glass
windows, broken when he appeared
with revolver, placed it at Mrs. Ma
,ons head and said that he would
blow out her brains if 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. He
showed her aside and youth struck
| him in the face. A policeman struck
| the youth and knocked him down. The
/ police then overpowered Mrs. Nation
and her friends and took them to the
city prison, followed by 1000 people.
Chief of Police Cudbon discharged
the prisoners after they reached the
Jail, and is heartily condemned by the
citizens. The women made him
promise not to wreck any more saloons
before noon today.
Mrs Evans hand was badly cut by
broken glass, and her husband, who
is physician, sewed it up.
After leaving the city building Mrs.
Nation, in the coolest manner, began
street lecture to the immediate crowd
that had surrounded the city building,
saying that she expected to begin sa-
loon wrcckng again at 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 am destined to wreck
every saloon in your city"
Mrs. Nation caused a new sensation
last night by assaulting Sheriff Sim
mons Mrs. Nation was at the Union
station in the act Of buying a ticket
tta neighboring 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 ears with
both hands and wringing them vicious
y. The station was full of women,
VINO began screaming, and tremendous
excitement followed as the sheriff, who
very small man, struggled with
his powerful antagonist. A policeman
came to the rescue, and with the aid of
some bystanders they succeeded in
picking up the woman in their arms
md placing her in a cab, which was
lrlven rapidly to the county Jail. She
insisted on being placed in the private
oom for women. but Sheriff Simmons
put her in a cell in the steel rotary,
~here she began to. pray and sing
hymns.
1t is said that complaint for in
sanity will be lodged against Mrs. Ma
ION, and that if that fails the men
poldlng Insurance on the plate glass
Poors and windows will prosecute her.
Later Mrs Wilhoit and Mrs. Evans
we're arrested and taken to Jail Mrs.
luhtz could not be found.