The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-12
Broke in the Door.

Sunday evening the three detectives
went to the Anderson Apartment house,
John Marshall Place and c Street
northwest. and battered down the door
leading into the room occupied by the
two women. a Capitol police force detec-
tive had been looking for them two
years, and thought he had located them
In the Anderson, upon information given
by boarding house keeper, who is said
to have, evicted them for non-payment
Of = bill
It is alleged that the police Of Chi
cago'l We're compelled to batt0< down
the door of room in the &Hditorium
annex and that the authorities of san
francisco broke in door in the Savoy
Hotel in that city TO get them.
After the detectives succeeded in pain
ing entrance. the two women slew at
Chem. they say, with drawn knife
ana heaVy water pitcher. and q desper-
ale struggle ensued. They were Tinslly
overcome and sent 10 the House of De-
tentlOn. charged with suspicion. They
refused 10 give their names and defIed
the police to find out. The papers found
N their room are said TO have disclosed
their identity.
In Toledo and Fremont. Ohio. the wo-
men filed suit against the authorities
OF the city for false arrest and persecu-
Ilon: Iney each asked S250,OO0 damages.
" ME the case was pending they got
the attorney to borrow the court records
IN their proceedings. and are said TO
nave stolen them from him. This was
several years ago. and Detective Web
per OF the Capitol force, has been look
ing for them since 1898. They have
made Washington their home. of and
on, for seven years, but when a search
warrant was procured they could not be
located.
Stolen Records Found.
When the door was broken open Sun
day. it is said, the court records were
found, as well as a forty-tlyo page docu-
ment which they styled a history Of the
crimes committed against. them while
incarcerated in the prisons where they
have spent time. The original Of the
history" was filed with the clerk of the
Supreme Court OF the United States. The
document is said to be totally unfit TO be
read.
The records obtained by the police
tend 10 indicate that the women were
arrested in San Francisco for libel in
the spring OF 1885, in the winter Of 1897
in Omaha; in Chicago in 1898. in Cincin-
natl in 1895, and in other cities. each
time for blackmail. In May, lSaS IL is
SAID. they were also charged with lar
ceny and insanity. and were taken into
custody by Detectives Moses and Strict
ON May Is again on charges Of insanity.
The Wilson woman. who II is said was
Marie Walker, gas taken from the
asylum and committed To the work
house In Fremont for ninety-seYen DAYS.
Sophie Lyons was run out Of St. Louis
is 1895, after being fined $500 when CON
Nlcted on a charge Of being a wholesale
pickpOcket. She Is said 10 have lived
with her alleged burglar husband for a
number of years and learned the tricks
OF the trade from him.
Local Complaints Against Them.
The police say the women have jumped
from one boarding house 20 another
Sghout the seven years they have
been in Washington. paying their bills
sometimes and on other occasions failing
to go through that Formally Their
most recent eScapade was at the board
ing house conducted by Isaac Cole, a
bailim in the Police Court He saws the
women failed 10 pay their bill and he
eIctcd them. They retaliated by filing
suit for 800 damages which was
promptly thrown out when taken before
Justice Strider
They had q room at the home Of Mrs.
Wall 1903 n Street northwest. and IT
IS said some Of their papers and Il
trunk are in the house. The key to the
room was found among their effects in
the Anderson, but as yet II has not been
opened by the police. Mrs. Wall al
!eges that she has not been paid for
the rent Of the room, and the board
OF the women. The. room Will probably
be opened this afternoon or tomorrow
morning.