Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-04
INDIAN | UCY'S"L LUCK
EFT rEsITENTIaRr LAST MONTH;
ARRESTED SATURDAY NIGHT.
SIZE IS A HIGHWAY WOMAN"
sontIs Denies, Though, That She
Ever Rolled" But One aan-so,
bad Looking Until eonvic. spb,
ono of Her EycbaIIs Open.
LETT rEsITENTlkRY LAST MONTY.
ARRESTED SATURDAY NIGHT.
SIZE is A "HlGHN'AY-W WOMAN.
s,ontl, nenic., Though, That She

Probably one Of the most unique char
sc,crs in Richmond is woman. now oc
cspying a cell at the First Police Station.
named Lucy Smith alias Indian Lucy"
lucy has been through the whole sa,nu,
a. crime and has paid the penalties. She
has served time in the State penitentiary:
SIC enjoys the distinction OF being y
'g.shwaywonan' IN which self-choscn
rgdtcssioD she has met with no small.
success. She sights her prey. hovers
ar.4Hd it dt is always a man she picks,
TOR awhile. and finally swoops down upor.
lHm When once she has fastened her
;aloas the authorities say, the mans
name is Dennis, for he is fortunate To
escape with his life. but never so fortu-
Isatc rs TO escape with his roll"
HER BEAUTY SPOILED.
The woman has the appearance of :
young Indian squaw, from which she gets
her alias, She is not bad to look upon,
or rather was not until a fellow-convict
sr,i; her eye-bail. leaving her blind II.
ore eye but with it all she is the type
which would attract the irresponsible anc
,naudin young spark" whom she al
Ways selects.
Her mode OF procedure is simple She
Il 4.
spot is reach ID: then she draws him III.
With . Gefuess which would put the pro
fessonal pickpocket TO shame she rurs
through his pockets. leaving him nothing
behind. while the victim remains in igno
rance Then she is off in a fash. dartinC
here and there, and always avoiding the
l,teht" places until she is lost in the
night
Then 1t is that the man realizes that he
hus been touched" and the matter is re-
rJrted to the police.
LEFT ON UNLUCKY DAY.
Lucy left the penitentiary on the 18th
Of last month. and since that time has
kept quiet. The police have been on the
lookout and upon her return Saturday to
her old haunts they made sure Of her by
putting her behind the bars They feel
that her carly arrest was most fortunate.
as they believe she was out for blood
and that had she not been caught trouble
would have resulted before morning.
The creature is as good an actress as
she is pi pocket, and Saturday she used
every pc. suasive power known TO woman
upon the police 10 LET her be bailed and
finally fell back upon the last resort
tears. But il was all to no purpose
TOUCHED But ONE MAN.
She swore that she had never touched"
ngt one man, and tnat time Tor only s-ot.
which he got back. and for which :heft
she had to go to the pen" She said: Il
amt never stole but once and that time
j was caught and ! amt never going to
steal again" Sue talked freely of her life
and told Of how she lost her eye, which
she very kindly held against the bars
for inspection.
The most striking thing about the wn-
man are her hands. They are small. weii-
shaped and each finger tapers to a point
throughout her conversation she was
teaching cut through the bars and her
fingers worked backwards and forwards
with a motion which gave one the un-
cannT feeling often experienced wher
looking upon some species of fish which,
have ''feeIers."
The woman is altogether unnatural,
and her arrest is, perhaps, timely.