Bisbee daily review., 1910-02-04
LOVE OF SHOW
GETS OLD LADY
INTO TROUBLE
Gray Haired Woman OF TuC-
son Forced to Spend Hours
in Jail As Result of Taking
Finey,

TUCSON. Feb. S.-Wearing appare.
and thinkets OF nearly every concciv
able nature. dresses. waists. skirts.
hosiery. corsets and undergarments OF
every kind found in the wardrobe OF
woman, handkerchiefs, bed and table
linens, knives. forks and spoons, neck.
laces. wells and scores of other arti-
cles of personal adornment formed
conglomerated combination that landed
Mrs. Annie Johnson's gray hairs be-
bind the bars of the Pima county iail
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Johnson's
penchant for other peoples persona,
eff ects even led her to appropriate
rats" for her hair and cook books
/ for ther instruction in the culinary
art.
Mrs. johnson is an aged white wo-
man. abou; 65 years old, and has been
employers complained OF missing artl-
Tucson homes during her brief stay
4 III lllt NiNe OAN aiANA eAAASNhNA ~ -
employers complained of Missing arii-
cles OF wearing apparel or trinkcts
about the house, and when Attorney
| General John b. Wright, by whom she
was employed until yesterday. began
to miss things he also began to watch.
The result was a search warrant and
armed with that document Policeman
Moon yesterday afternoon went TO the
woman's room and took possession OF
a trunk and a large telescope grip.
Their contents cansed Officer Moons
eyes to bulge some what with amaze
ment. but appreeiating the fact that
many OF he articles contained in hem
were not for masculine eyes. he sni-
mediately took both the trunk and the
telescope in town and sent them 70
Justice of the Peace o. T. Richey s
Offices. He also took Mrs. Johnson
IN tow and accompanied her to the
county Jail.
Shortly after It became known thai
Mrs. johnson had been incarcerated
and her baggage seized upon By the
officers. a line OF former employers
of the woman began to stream into
+ he Justices Office. They were al
women, and the court room was soon
a-babble with feminine exclamations
OF establishment and denuncatioi,
"Oh, Tiers my Merry Widow vel
that I've missed for so long time
And there are my husbands hand
kerchiefs. What in the world could
lshe want with them" We'll. what ia
= you think OF that, here are my nica
, new napkins" These and similar eX
, CARNATIONS filled the atmospherc
, about the courtroom for half an hour
and Chief OF Police Flannlgsn soor
) gave up the idea Of taking a comp etc
J inventory as a hopeless task. Many
! OF the women present readily identi
fled their possessions. some OF then
2 being marked. As nearly as possible
=. these we're separated into little bun
e dies and packed in the trunk and ths
telescope. pending the disposition o.
/ the Johnson woman's fate.
: The woman made no statemeu
a whatever when taken into custody
b Up 10 last night no formal complain
: had been lodged against her and q
some OF the women from whom sh'
{ pilfered the goods strenuously oolec
e 10 the notoriety TO them in the even
; Of a trial. there is said to be posi-
n lbilitv that the Johnson woman viii d
n permited to teke up her residence
= some other portion Of the country. i
3 other words. 1t is possible that no wal
< rant VII be issued against her