The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-04-18
A PRETTY BLONDE WOMAN
OCCUPIES COUNTY JAIL CELL


Jail yesterday was % pretty blonde
woman She is scarcely thirty years
of az, and as yiyacious as school
girl Her collar had boon removed
and with sleeves rolled above the
elbows. She sat reading % book Sho
brought with her package of tea
and gave the guard a coin and ask.
oI him ,u purchase some cream for
the tea she u.s. au English woman.
and since She has arrived 1t soy.
cutocn sna has travelled great deal
i'm ENGLAND. Continental Europe and
m America She felt not Tine least
Inundated over her confinement and
really gave vent to 20 fcDliuG of sat.
isfactiou that she Vas dppriyiug her
county uu, of funds which She iu.
a-ncd they desired very much 10
collect from her She talked very
glihly fO those lbou. hyr hut said
She would mott have the reporters
find her on and give hur usrlpulu
uotourty for mytuug Th. woman
is Mrs W w. Iou of sulphur One
wcok ago 'ho news came to hor
that some one had spoken uukudk
of her. She has always said that
The man who attempted f0 rob her
with a. horse whip This opportunity
came for her to make her word gpud~
and She did .t Sin miles from town
when she was told the secret. hur
Hclly shu rode bon and armed with
q horse whip she went through 10,
streets FOO search of the man. hu'
ho had gone home. Her husband
She SAYS. suffers from heart failure
his death. $50 the husband was NOT
informed of the trouble The next
morning carly she wont 'p town
again and at $50 sine found the man
who had been using her name -Tho'
irato woman az once made her long
time threat good Rap rap and
rap again she took the fellow across
the shoulders with her whip while
hc tried 90 make hi' escape
80. did not hurt him. she
said clio kept running like a COW
ard and .. was little could do
running and using the whip TOO And
now what do YOU think that Judge of
the county court did? Fined me so
m-t for whipping one cur o, well.
! avn am English woman and these
southern people don't want us. That
been au American woman they would
have done nothing ] told the judge
/ would not pay tine fine. lie said
would raped ON the desk and
told him would not. and he struck
the bench with a book and told me
] would stand committed If I did
not pay. Commit mo then, ! said,
and he did. That fine and the costs
Il,
sum Just for whipping one cur. The
men offered TO pay my fine and my
husband wanted to pay 10. but
YOU see that county is out of fund
and they wanted my money and they
won't get it. Now make a few figures
and you will see that the county lost
about "A hundred dollars ON me. Take
the forty-siX dollars and something
which they did not get from me,
and add to that the cost Of the shcr
III bringing me down mere, ana they
must pay my board, too, and you
see that county will lose hundred
dollars, and they sure need the mon
cy TO run that court. No, don
mind being in here, not If ! G..
Keep 1t from the world. ! have a
horror of nolori' 'ty ! can stay here
'hll' ~ hhN 49, N'Hf ''il NAhH li'l' q
year If ! should get sick they would
have to let me out Not let sick
woman ont of jail? Well, that's out
ragoous again. Wen, If | should die
in here my husband would sue them
for big sum. But then. that county
does need money 70 try 10 make a
woman pay fine. Why i'm England
women are allowed to protect their
lnt INTO nat IA
ing when they resort TO the use
of the lash Yes, have been in
prison before. J was member Of the
societies In England and we did a
great deal of prison work, but lit.
did { think then that ! would ever
grace a prison eel lin America \
delegation of lady friends went with
me and the sheriff to the depot and
they begged me TO pay the fine and
stay out Of prison, but that county
needs money too badly for me TO