The Mankato free press., 1908-07-24
WOMEN MIX UPIn
FIGHT; GO T0JA|L.
Upper Cherry Street Was the
Scene Of DisgracefuI Row /
Last Evening.
Beer Bottles, Noise and Much
Profanity Filled the Air
For a Time.
Riot Call Sent In and Police
Rush to the Front; Disturb
ance QueIIed.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
There was something doing on Cherr,
street between Fourth and Fifth las
evening. Everybody in the neighbor
hood knew it, by the noise that emf
mated from one of the Harper houses
1t sounded as though pandemoniun
had broken loose, and hurry call
were sent for the police. When tn,
blue coats arrived they found tn,
air filed with noise, dishes and eggs
1t appears that new family, named
Williamson, moved to the city and into
the house in question last Friday, com
ing from Sioux City, Iowa. The fam
lily consists of Mr.. and Mrs. William
SON and the latter's mother. On
Saturday Charlotte and Maria Viii.
hanson, sisters of Mrs. Williamson
and their brother, came to Join them
They are said to have begun to ped.
die some laces, and it is said that
among their goods is trunk full of
silks.
Had a Bottle of Tonic.
Last evening while Mrs. Williamson
was getting supper, Charlotte came in
with bottle of "tonic" that is said
to have been malt extract or beer.
This seems not to have pleased Mrs.
Williamson, who, it is said, seized
the bottle and Intentionally or not
broke it, allowing the contents to
escape. This enraged Charlotte. who
is a tall young woman, and she siezed
a frying pan full of potatoes from the
stove and strewed them upon the floor.
That's how the fight began, AS it
proceeded, dishes flew about the room
in reckless abandon, eggs were used
when the dishes gave out, and at this
time the police appeared. Charlotte
and Marie Williamson and their mother
were placed under arrest. 3
Judge Comstock convened a special
term of court early in the evening and
the three women were found guilty
of disorderly conduct and were fined
$40 and costs each, which they paid
rather than 60 to Jail for ten days
at hard labor. At the same time they
were ordered to leave the city. 1t was
difficult matter for the court to get
at the right of the case, for the stories
of the parties were so divergent.
No sooner had the women reached
home than the fight began again, and
the night air was again fractured with
screams and the sound of blows. The
How of language was uninterrupted, al
though not exactly proper to address
Sunday school with. The police
were again summoned, and this time
locked up Charlotte and Maria Will
hanson over night
Given Black Eye.
Charlotte seems to have gotten the
worst OF the fracus, for she wore a.!
beautiful black eye, and her hair was
well filled with egg shell, not to men
ton the contents. Maria, who is a |
tall, strapping girl, came off without
scratch, SO far as was noticeable. (!
When asked about the trouble, the
young women said that it was all a !
mistake. They had wanted their !
brother-in-law arrested, and the police
took them by mistake. The brother
ln.law had gone, they knew not where,
neither did they seem to care greatly.
Maria said that Charlotte's black eve
was also mistake, as she had not in
tended to do it. The eggs were also
mistake, as they did not 60 where /
it was intended. The dishes were also
mistake. In fact, everything was
mistake. Charlotte pleaded to have
bottle of tonic" brought to her,
and said that she would take it at
a swallow. She looked as though she
would take it without stopping to take
breath. Maria said that some boiled
water would do her if it was cold.
She drew the line on city water, and
got permission from kind hearted
officer to visit drug store in search
of something to quench her thirst.
Left Mankato Behind.
The two women were hailed before
the court and the entire household
was given until noon to leave Mankato
far behind,
One thing the /; two women refused
to discuss, and that was where the
bolts of silk and the laces that thew
possessed came from. They denied any
knowledge of Winona, never having
heard of the town, if their word was
to be taken for it. Maria remarked:
II will not talk on that matter, II
have talked too much already I will
shut my mouth now and it will not
catch any more flies" !;
To the officers, the women claimed
that they got the silks in New York i
and the laces in Philadelphia. However,
the officers were not deferred by this {
statement from examining the notices |
,f the. big silk robbery in Winona
The, other night, when 81 600 worth ,
IF silk was stolen, besides many other