The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-17
ARREST OF GIRL Anglers FINN,
WOMAN HAS 4 RIGHT EVEN 4"
FLIRT. SAYS MAGISTRATE.
n such Cases Continue. Hell BE A'ra'o I"
Let Ills Mother or H.. 'Ister 90 "i' ~
Night Young Wan she's Engage" !"
Stands by MARY IieWltsOn IN sour'.

stands h, Mary Hewl,son In Court
In the line Of street walkers who were
brought before Magistrate Finn IN 'ener-
son Market police court yesterday MORN,
ing was a young and pretty girl VINO 'ooHeu
as though she did not belong in snch com,
pany. She apparently felt that she no
not. She was crying
The Magistrate in the little time lie mas
been on the bench has shown decided as
approval of the action of the police IN max
ing general arrests of street women Ane
behavo of this girl. who was arraiSneu
under the name Of Mary McGrath. seemed
to arouse his interest especially.
Detective Brueck, who had arrested her
said that he had seen her speak to several
men on West Thirty-fourth street, and fan
In one instance. heard her say Hello
to a man. who by not responding TO her
greeting had shown that he did not Rno"
her.
Ma gistrate Finn steadied the girls hys-
terics by calling her UP to the desk ana talk-
ing gently to her, assuring her that II sle
had done nothing wrong no harm couih
come to her. and that she was all righ''
Thereupon she told him that her name was
not Mcirath. but Mary Hewitson, That sne
lived at 1903 West 1920 street. and that sne
was employed in a department store. she
explained that she had given name other
than her own to escape notoriety ana uls-
grace.
The Magistrate assured her that II she
was q good girl there was no disgrace attach
ing to her, MT a great deal to the man who
had arrested her.
Il am enga ged to marry this young man
| here the girl said, pointing to young
law clerk, Thomas HefFernan. who vas
standing among the witnesses. He lVes
at 3o5 West Thirtyfourth street. and was
| going down to meet him at o'clock "hen
| this cete ctive walked up and caught me
| by the arm and arrested me. Al. f1rst !
| thought he was an intoxicated loafer ana
! tried to pull awav BIZ, when under.
stood thai he was ar'lcsiing me | fell 40 az
| that ! hardly knew wha' hnprehen uhth l
| was in the station house.
Br,!eck. the detective called UP the
| man who works with him" Detective
Finn. who said that he had seen the Rlrl
speak to men a Brueck said. II wasn't
sure how many men; he vas nor close enough
! to hear what she said: he a first wasn't sure
! whether he had ever seen the girl before
| and then, under sharp questioning by the
| Magistrate. he was sure that he had not.
| Magistr rate Finn did not wait TO question
Hetfernan. who was eagerly waiting for
I
Brueck.
what right had vow to arrest this Young
woman?" he asked Even II she did speak
to one man or more men, she was dong
! nothing that any woman ha- not Tlghf 70
! do. You admit that YOU did not know
| what she said. For all you know she may
have been asking her way or the time. or
she may even have been foolish enough
though do not believe this girl was-to
fiirt perfectly innocently with men she
mot ont of HIGH SplritS
You were entirely beyond yonr righ hts
and entirely beyond any instructions that
could possibly have been given 10 YOU
Don't you try to tell me that Capt; 'otirel'
has issued orders for the arrest Of all W omen
alone on the streets at night know he is
| no such fool
sWhy il this thing goes on I shall be afraid
to let my mother and sister go out on the
streets at night, not for fear Of any Insult
that may come to them from ordinary men,
but because do not know when soTe de-
tective may subject them to an outrage like
| this"
Br,eck tried to put in word Of eSplana-
ton. hui the Magistrate in disgust mo-
toned hi n to one side.
That's all" he said; The Young lady
has my sympathy and l am very sorry
that this has happeened to her, ?,.a 49, a
made for Rrueck.
III Won will come out on the sidewalk
he snid Il will knock your head Off
Rr,ieck snecred and walked back cut Of
the side door toward the prison, Hefer-
nan took the cir away.
The matter created more than the usual
stir caused Ivy such cases because there
has been n growing feeling among those
who have watched the progress of things
in jefferson Market court that the women
who have been brought in there lately in
large numbers are not the women who are
most regularly seen on the 1enderlon
sidewa ks.
The belief has been spreading that the
men who are charged with suppressing
streetwalking have shown undue energy
in gathering in women who are regulars.
Bv this method. although heavy showing
of arrests for streetwalkinE is made on the
records the business Of those whose faces
are familiar on Broadway and Sixth avenue
il not disturbed, except when the time
comes for them to pay their regular tribute
to the station house bondsmen.
The observers of this way of doing things
have been predicting that II would sooner
or later lead TO an arrest such as that OF
Miss Hewitson.
Mr. HeNerman declared that he was
going to take the case to Commissioner
McAdoo. Miss Hewtson was too near hvs-
terics to saw anything about her arrest
more than she said to the Magistrate. The
announcement Of Hofforman's engagement
was news to the sister with whom he lives
at 1875 West Thirtyfourth street, His
sister had never heard of Miss Hewison.