The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05
WOMAN POLICEMAN
IN COLORADO CITY
Pioneer Of the Police Star is
Pretty Newspaper
Worker

s.,,,,to col. November 4.--s'hee
,,o,orado extended the suffrage y
- o,oyo, Years ago the state has h"o
1.on,en legislators, women s'"'e ~
onnn,v officials and, in Nova, - ,hc
ranoh county, woman 'nsN'te ago
nance But not until te" u,'s ,yor,,
chen Miss Pauline Chrstman ,,ot,,o has
~. Thie, McCafferty, OF Pueoio, .''
IA US L., colorado had woman
policeman. ~, ,h condi-
80 81 /, colorado might imagine S' ,o =,
80, s,rident voiced 'unseXeo iei'isIs'
5a,n mud ancient, as the sort Oh pe's
,,t,n would receive such an appo 'iI.'s.,.,,ar
,t,s,aoa ~ nj talented young hewspaps,
.,.,,o- Win was given her cothNisss'g -,
~. a recognition for no mean ss' -
,t,e manufacturing centre OF ,',.3as "A
Miss Christmas had regular 49,, clio
q local paper. While soI'ls ,',pu Of
Has annoyed by ihe hM"E s,raat cara
,ll. sidewalks. the floors ~ 49, ~
80 nther mllic places which many y,
,.t,atio.a ci,izens persisted In rekaru'''s
Rs .,b s"7t asSt ashlnst this evil had long
,,ac,s before women S CLUBS an.
e.,,,aI sor,etles but rcsolhtions nno
,,..,,l,od speeches were the only rtsule w
rnro Miss ChrIstnan came from 80, .s,,,,
r.his ynure woman had been Ill ,oMn
n,,t few days when she wen. " s" I"
noiiceman who was swinging ~ ..,,-nv
nver n well notified s'de"alh' l.,
49,, yo, arrest the men who pers's. ~
splitting on tne Siu '
public places? ,ood MI.
.,oritv vol, know. You'll have 10 sec
the chief" ,hctic-
liz INT explnined that there was Nv
aasn,,atc ordinan ce~against splitting. nc
advised Miss Christman to see Aiasott
West. ,t, ,,orv
Tho Mayor agreed with her IN tse,s
particular II she would see INC mn.
Z ,,a,.s,of tho CITY Council he would guse
Ills influence TO assist IN .f.aN,,s ~, ia,
restions embodied in an ORD nance. ~. g ~.
Y Naval himself then to see to 1t that u
was enforced rigidly.
aIiys Chris,man had the ordinance
,,..Y, arranged for newspaper support
of her movement. found an y ' eti''u !,
~ in,ronncc II and then ven 70 5cach
If !, he aldermen in turn and toid i ,,
whv she wished him TO vote 1ort$1 y,
hi,,--how essential II was for Tue pup
lie Ecalth and the appcaiai'ce =. .' y
n city ,do,s
l#t As "a result z MISS ~ ~ i3s
n.o,.,y made law by unanimous vote
n a,.n,, m trolmars In the city.@nct-
i ing under special instructions from :,
sa,,,,.or and chief Of Police. i on me
lnt,I,o,i, for tobacco chcwers ana so''' h'ec
s.5,5 ,a,al: s%lo,ls cxpectoralors' y,
s.jsJ,n Chict OF Police made MISS Nh hlri'tH
n..,il N special policeman With 'nll poM''1
Il, atics, violators Of anv&oi ne olu,,
l.,,.,,,. ..s. ara especially Of The orc when
u. rad been Instrumental In having
II 55s,-s,t) &r,c worlen'sS clubs passed re-
,e,..t:Sfsr rEm:ncnaiag TIE YOU'VE sM E.''i, -
~ .,~r iic,i&.ty ard tht WnFnf = ~ w
t,sf cf Ioicc fprS appoinn'''ls' ."el
p1llSanen. ,,,,,,i*s and
DIT. ,,ioces generally are now ceaner
-,:,rc sanitary than they were !,
;-.,.t ,,-o and vby# Miss Chrisiman
rnld star on tho lnpe OF hcr
fs,,ristmaa is modest alout what
ra .us desc, end 1cpreccatcs pupSc
t;na either services M r,t.
HI, s,,y ono could have got the .o'oi-
RI weed and seen to ,%thnt was
n II he had set about ~ III eau y
~ shs suilipslN remarked a
.hief alcCafferty has pesh go
e7 To say that. II WI no, W IL ne M,
lia To- me 10 ,iS>es WY $780, .5 ~,
"a mo WITH at the time ! received
~, ~ "a commission. He has kindly said
s,,a, hon | have made m arrest can
c,lr on any other policeman TO accom- cor, :,
,,py the offender TO Jail. SO that shal.
no , have TO make q spectacle Of myself
marching some loafer to patrol box:
..rhis is not a Joke, however, she
added quickly u should march him TO
,bc station all 6thc way up Main street
rather than see the ordinance Fioia'eu
with impunlty."