The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-12
CAPT. IN A DILEMMA
SALVATION ARMY COMMANDER
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
NOT PLEASED WITH MAYOR.
MUST MOVE HER ARMY WHENEVER
ORDERED BY POLICE.

Hasn't Made Up Her Mind Whether
She VIII Abide by the Acting May
Or's Ultimatum or NOt-TOld She
Must Keep Her Forces on Brough-
ton Street West of Drayton-Chief
ReiIly's Talk to the Fair Captain.
The Lieutenant Hands One to a De-
tective.
THE lieutenant and I are going now
to get some kind of work to do in,
Jail, so that our hands will not be idle
while we are restrained of our liberty"
That is what Capt Wood said yes
terday morning soon after she and her
lieutenant left the city exchange, after
their conference with acting Mayor
Dixon relative to the right of the army
TO use Broughton street as a place for
their open-air meetings.
The conference with the acting
Mayor was not all that they had hoped
it would be. Whereas before they had
the permission of the chief of police
to hold their meetings on Broughton
street on all nights in the week except
Sunday nights, they were given to un
derstand by the acting Mayor that
hereafter they must not assemble on
Broughton street west of Drayton
street, and that when told to move on
must comply with the order of the Off
Ger Immediately, it matters not where
their meeting is being held.
Don't Know What She Will Do.
Capt Wood said after the meeting
that she did not know whether she
would abide by the ultimatum of the
Mayor or not
81 left my home and my parents to
go into this work, and if 1 can't do the
work as 1 should there is nothing left
for me to do but to go to Jail. I hate
to defy the law, have never done it
before" she said, clearly intimating
that she had grave doubts In her mind
as to whether she would obey the man
dates of the preseryers of the peace.
Under this permit" she said, exhib-
iting the paper which she had just re-
ceived from the clerk of council, there
is nowhere that we can go. We are de-
MED the privilege of going on Brough-
ton street in the business section of the
city and will be required to move on
whenever and wherever told to. I'd
hate to be put in jail, but do not want
to go home, even though it is very
much better, though it be ever so hum
BILE now that I've given my life to the
work"
Not Pleased With Conference.
The conference in the mayors office
was star chamber affair, those pres
ent being the mayor pro tenn, Superin-
tendent of Police Owen Reilly, the cap
tain, and lieutenant of the Army, a
councilman, and the Mayors secre
tary. The Mayor gave the officers of
the Army to understand that the meet
ing was a matter of business and not
of discussion. and from that time on,
business it was.
Captain Wood explained to the Mayor
that she had received commission
from God to go on the crowded thor
oughfares. The Mayor said that,
though this might be true, she must
move on when told to by a policeman.
Captain Wood desired it understood
that she did not promise Chief Reilly
Saturday night to remain off of
Broughton street for the remainder of
the night.
Il only told him that the hour had
arrived for us to sell War Crys' and
that. therefore, we would not go on
Broughton street for any more open
airs that night.
Miss Wood desires to be properly
quoted upon another subject. She had
not said that it was easy enough to
decide in her mind what was the right
thing to do. but hard to reconcile ones
heart to it. She said that it was easy
enough to decide in the mind what one
wanted to do, but hard to decide
what ought to be done, in the heart.
Supt. Reilly says that If the army
is arrested again 1t will have to give
bond or go to jail.
One on the Detective.
An amusing incident connected with
the arrest of the army is told at the
expense of one of the city detectives
When the hurry-up wagon arrived TO
take the crusaders to the station,
there was some members of the army
who preferred to walk.
IF you wish to walk" said the de-
tective who had been acting as spokes-
man, to the pretty lieutenant, you can
come with me-" The lieutenant looked
down at him, and curling her lip,
said rather positively:
What you? l wouldn't walk any,
where with you. l will go with this
gentleman" And she pointed to the
detective with the Apollo Belvidere
physique. The other detective said
nothing and stepped silently in the
patrol