Arizona republican., 1902-11-29
TRYING TO GET A HOLT
Contest Over Woman Arrested by the
 Police on Telegram.

There is a hot contest going on for the possession of the person of Mrs. Doris Holt, who was arrested by the police on Thursday afternoon on a telegraphic request from Tucson Just what she Is wanted for is not known. but 1t is understood that she is charged with the operation of a confidence game at Bisbee. Whatever the woman IS charged with she does not want to eo pack to Bisbee. Accordingly her hu.- band, or the man who is traveling with her, George Holt, began maneuverine- Tor her release yesterday morning. Tha nrst thing was to get her our Of ths hands of the police who were holding her for the southern authorities. He sWore out warrant for her arrest. charging her with assault and with intent to kill. He said she had tried 10 dissect him with a knife The war rant was issued out of Justice Bur hetts court. The city authorities at hrst refused to surrender her. but they dld so later and she was taken before the justice. Her bond was fixed a5 SoOO and was soon after forthcoming. Sherin Stout notified the city authori- ties that he would have to turn her loose and that they might take any action they desired.
 She was immediately arrested on an- other charge of general immortality calculated to hold her until the arri- val of the officers from the south who will arrive this morning. Captain I l.. B. Alexander and Thomas E. Fian- nigan, appearing for the woman. an piled for writ of habeas corpus. If was issued by Judge Kent and the mat ter was set for hearing yesterday after noon at 4 o'clock. City Attorney RuI- Iaru was on hand representing the po- nee Ihere was wordy contest among the lawyers notwithstanding the court sald that nothing would be done ;rnme dlately. The attorneys for the woman wanted hearing al once Tn order. they sald, that an innocent woman vo,iId not nave to lie in jail another night Ihe city jail, they added, was not q fir place TOT any woman. To this City At torney Bullard suggested that she nlght be put in the keeping of tbs sheriff. He added that the object or the rush was to get the woman ont nj town before the arrival of the officers rom the south. He said that the wo- man had told a policeman thai she would rather give $1,00O than to on II pack to Bisbee. If she were releas the city attorney said, she would for 1elt the bail she had given in the a.- sault case and that would be the last that would be seen of her. Cantain Alexander replied that the woman baJ made no such statement to any no- hceman, and he intimated that tbara was something in the calling of mo- ilceinan that rendered him unworthy of Deiief The ettorneys for Mrs. HoIt contend that the police have no right 10 hold her at all: that the warrant they have is nothing more than tela- sraphlc request and that the authori- ties who made it do not know why inc woman is wanted.
 The court decided to take up the wr,t tomorrow at noon. He fixed the hail or Mrs. Holt at s1.OOO and ordered her turned over to the sheriff. She occn- Pleu the women's cell last night.
 Mrs. Holt is not bad looking vomop or forty or forty five; neither Is sbo very prepossessing. She has a face ina, would prevent her from being mistoL, en for a recently escaped nun or q de Vout sunday school teacher.