The Washington herald., 1911-10-10
DISTRICT WOMAN ACCUSED
OF PASSING BOGUS CHECK
Who Was ExOnerated After Weeks of HumiIiating
Experiences Lays Blame of Notoriety of Her
Case at the Doors of WomanhOOd

, the law were only doing their duty in
Grilling me. They were as kind about
il as they could be, but just the same
| II was a terrific experience and one that
Inundated me ineNpressibly. 1t made
me the mark for curious eyes, and, in
addition. | was carried to the house Of
detention, where | was searched by the
matron.
Il was released on $50 bond to appear
| IN court the following Monday morning.
This all happened on Saturday after
noon The following day a newspaper
| gave two columns to making me the SEN
SatiOn of the hour.
why. hundreds OF people walked or
| rode by my house all day sunday. star
ing At the windows. and I was pointed
cut wherever l. went as the woman
arrested for passing bad checks
Quite a reputation to have thrust
upon ones wasn't it," asked Miss Boss.
with the suspicion Of puiver in her
voice.
1T was an outrage" I sympathized.
/ Then l asked about the trial that cor
rected tho blunder
"Why. it never came OF" she said
1t was set and postponed week after
week, until finally ! was eXOnerated with
out a trial.
And was the other woman. the one
I who really passed the checks. ever
I
Results of CareIeSSIy Drawn Check.
No. said Miss Boss. mot that
know of. ! have been told that l re-
sembled her, but my arrest was not
based on his resemblance 1t was only
based on the fact that | am a woman
and all four of the forged checks were
passed by woman So was the per-
| fectly good check, carelessIy made pay
able to cash, and given me in payment
for board by Mr. Anderson. passed by a
woman.
Now wasn't the conclusion that the
woman cashinG each check was the same
a brilliant One?" ended Miss Boss in
disgust.
The blame of the arrest doesn't alter
the fact that Il perfectly innocent woman
went through the disgrace of being ar
rested, Srilled, searched. made the mark
Of sensational exploitation, the observed
Of all observers, and the loser of over
500, for. Of course, I had TO employ a
lawyer
Then turning to me, Miss Boss asked
a question:
Why is it. Mrs. Manz, that the papers
give just a para graph or two to a for
gerry committed by a man, and that this
para graph or two is read with indiffer-
woman who is even suspected of
wrongdOing will be bounded to death
with notoriety. and discussed by every
stranger"
Compliment to WOmanhOOd.
I can't answer the question, unless it
is that this attitude is. after all. a com
pliment to womanhood. The standard
set for woman in the world is high. She
| is expected to be honest and pure in
her dealings with mankind. whether
they are social or business relations.
and she herself Upholds the standard
with such sincerity that she becomes
the subject of a sensation whenever or
where she fails
l like to think that this is the an
swer to the question that was asked
me by a woman whose honor was at
| tackled without reason: a woman who
was ready with seven witnesses to
prove that she was not out of her home
on the day that the $50 check was
cashed, and a woman who is not embit-
tered by the grave injustice that was
done her or the terrible experience that
was so unfairly thrust upon her.
For in all her recital of the tragic
story Miss Boss was markedly fair to
her accusers.
1t was just a great big blunder. and
was the sufferer" she generously said.