The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-16
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Mrs. Nation Finds Kansas
City Too Hot for Her.
GIVEN TILL 6 O'CLOCK
To Shake the Dust of Missouri
From Her Feet.

Kansas City. No. April 15.-Mrs. Car
RE Nation, who was arrested yesterday
charged with obstructing the street. was
arraigned before Police Judge McAuley
this afternoon, fined $500 and given until
! 6 o'clock this evening to leave the city.
! The judge warned Mrs. Nation, if she
| was found in the city after that hour.
/ she would be arrested and placed in jail.
/ She agreed to leave town, and ten min
utes later boarded a street car for Kan
sas City, Kan
Mrs. Nation appeared in court early.
accompanied by her brother and a lady
friend The court room was literally
/ damned with people. and the people filled
the doorway and crowded the hail. Sew
/ eraI cases were called before Mrs Ma
tons. and she watched the proceedings
with manifest impotence.
When Judge McAuley finally asked Mrs.
| Nation what she had to say in regard
to the charges placed against her. the
little woman arose instantly and de-
livered herself Of a fiery TRADE against
police and court. She pleaded that she
was merely waiting for car when ar
rested, and was making the best of her
time in the meanwhile by talking TO the
crowd that had gathered.
4 policeman testified that several cars
had passed without Mrs. Nation making
an attempt to board any of them. This
caused Mrs. Nations ire to rise. and she
| fatty denied the statement.
There was no car in sight" she
snapped, "and I want you to know that
1 am lady and tell the truth
Judge McAuley then gave his decision,
and warned Mrs. Nation not to come to
town again. Missouri atmosphere" said
he is not adapted long-haired men,
short-haired women and whistling girls."
The fine viii be held over Mrs. Nation
in case she should return 10 the city, and
unless she is released from the court s
order she Is practically barred from visit
ing Kansas Cl,y.
Mrs. Nation pleaded that she wanted 10
go to Liberty, Mo, in a few days, and
asked if she would be permitted to pass
through Kansas City enroute.
Judge DfcAuley answered in the aflr-
native, but warned Mrs. Nation not TO
stop off here
The crowd clapped loudly at the de-
cision. Mrs. Nation submitted mildly and
promised to leave the Guy Immediately,
remarking that the town was filed TO
overfowing with hell broth"
A crowd of several hundred people fol-
lowed the joint-smasher as she left the
court room and made for car and soon
saw her started for the Kansas side.
Mrs. Nation was locked 10 in the un-
derground cell rooms Of Kansas City's
central police station for ten minutes
Sunday afternoon. She and Mrs. Mary
z. White of Topeka, who came to Kansas
City with her. were hauled to the police
station in an open patrol wagon. With
them also rode a drunken woman. a
white nan, over whose face streamed
blood from a wound received in a saloon
brawl, and negro.
Mrs. Nation and Mrs. White were ar
rested in NJ. a. F1ynn's saloon, III East
Twelfth street.
The arrest of the women afforded
great deal OF excitement and amusement
for a big crowd of people. Mrs. Nation
had visited several saloons on welfth
street and had been kindly treated. A
crowd of men followed her frcm place
and entered the saloons to hear her talk.
When she entered Flynn's place. two
paintings OF nude women that hung on
the walls caught her eve an darosed her
indignation. She demanded that they be
taken down.
You are stripping your mother and
hanging them up her to drag young men
to hell she exclaimed.
Her denunciations were bitter. They
were not relished by Frank z. Montgom-
cry, the bartender, and he decided to
eject her from the premises. At the
critical moment for Mrs. Nation, Detec-
tive Arthur Sparks entered. He took
charge of the joint smasher and led her
to the tsreet. There q crowd OF several
hundred people had gathered, and it re-
uuired the efforts of Sergeant Whalen
and Patrolmen Frank Daily and Mich
OILS to hold them in check
Mrs. Nation asked to be allowed to get
on a car. She wanted TO go 70 Argen-
tine. wher she and Mrs White are guests
OF Mrs Hauss. but the officials turned
deaf ears to her appeal and sent in a
call to headquarters for the patrol wagon.
a young man that was standing in ths
crowd asked Mrs. Nation what she came
to Kansas City for.
ITO save young men Ike you from the
he'll holes that are open 70 catch you,
she replied "Oh. my boy. / do it because
I love you and want 10 help you. And be-
cause I am doing it they take me, an old
woman. a grandmother, and lock me Up
Detective SPARKS was putting at a ci-
gar.
If you knew how offensive that was 70
me YOU wouldnt do II" she said
THAT cost me p cents, said the detec-
tive. camplacently.
And you are burning Up money that
should go 10 your family. and giving
yourself q bad breath was the quick re-
tort
The patrol wagon turned the corner Z
Mrs. White pushed her way 70 Mrs. Sa-