The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-05

1T became necessary, for the first time
in the history of the United States,
to appoint woman as deputy marshal
to be the guard to bring the prisoners
down every day and to take back in
the afternoon any whose time had ex-
PRED Because of the national law it
is necessary to release the prisoners
within the district, so Miss Wilson
must get them safely across the line
before her responsibility for them and
incidentally her days works ends.
Miss Wilson is Kentucky girl, and
it is source of wonder to all who
meet her that girl with her advan-
tages of birth, breeding and education,
is able to adjust herself to position
so fraught with responsibility, to say
nothing of danger.
The duties at best are essentially of
a nerve-racking nature and the contact
with such derelicts of society is far
from edifying, particularly as some are
in positively loathsome condition. and
often start in to be noisy and disor-
derby. More often they are suffering
the pangs of remorse and bewail the
fate that sends them down on the
- farm" Many times they are hys-
tericai, and then Miss Wilson has
plenty to do.
To her many friends she is nothing
short of a wonder. She was formerly
a school teacher, but because of fail
ing health came to Washington in
search of some governmental position
which would take her out of doors.
1t is far cry from teaching children
to handling criminals, but probably the
same qualities of character are neces-
sary in each case.
! Miss Wilson was very highly recon-
mended and when it was decided that
she should be appointed to her present
position it was some little time before
she could make up her mind to break
the news to her family back in Ken
| lucky. When she did she was ordered
home Immediately. But she is made
| of the stuff that enters the compost
ton of pioneers and being the pioneer
in this field, determined to stay and
make good. In the time she has been
deputy marshal she has carried down
more than a thousand women to serve
sentence, and has never had one escape,
though she has had some very trying
experiences. Being only very young
woman and attractive she is subject to
much attention and women less we'll
balanced would find it dIsconcerting,
but she has a splendid dignity, perfect
self.control with calm temperament
and a frmness which even the most
unruly of her charges quickly appre-
ciates. They have learned that while
she wastes no unnecessary words upon
them that she will use her authority
to compel obedience even TO the point
of using the ever-ready pistol. Her
femlninity has proven more compelling
than masculine force and her success
with those difficult prisoners has been
greater than that of any of her male
predecessors.
; Being from Kentucky it is entirely
unnecessary 20 say that she is an ex-
pert horsewoman and that she knows
perfectly well how 10 handle that gun.
once her days work is over, however.
and she is back in her coy apartment
, without her plain uniform It Is very
hard 10 associate her with anything in
connection with the workhouse. She
, rs conyernnt upon all the topics Of
/. the day. is splendid musician. sing.
, NJ Ina the choir ~ one of the Leading
, churches on sunday She h widely
, read and travelled aud huds ner work
, constant source Of nlsnTh.ng inter
rai and considers b au opportunity Tor
experience rarely accorded ono Of hor
feA.