The Detroit times., 1914-06-23

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shiny shoes.
Then | got up she said. "and
walked over 10 him and said, You in.
sulting thing, you're a fine police OF
ficeF You would arrest a poor man
on the street for doing less than you
have done
She said that Kerwin replied. GO
on home and sew up your skirt. You
can see clear 10 the knee. It's a
wonder you women would wear any
skirts at all"
Commissioner Gillespie blushed,
stammered, and asked. "Er, is that the
skirt, that you have on?"
ut is said Mrs Cowell, firmly.
sitting up in her chair
"Er-all right" said the commits
sioner, and there was no inspection
OF the skirt
Under cross-eXamination by Supt.
Downey, Mrs. Cowell insisted that 1t
was not because Sergt Kerwin was
near-sighted and might have been
looking az the car floor that she grew
wroth. She was absolutely sure that
he was looking at the slit In her
skirt; in fact, he told her so, later,
she said.
Il was never so angry in my life"
she added
did you tell him It wasn't any of
his business IL the skirt was slit 10
the knee" she was asked, and she
said she did.
did you look down to see how
much OF your limb, showed?" asked
the superintendent
L, showing
I've worn that skirt all spring said
Mrs. Cowell
Would you have thought 1t was
Sergt Kerwin's business II your knee
showed2' interjected the commits
sioner
IF | showed my knee, yes" said
Mrs Cowell, holly. But didn't
show my knee
Mrs. Christy. also decidedly pretty
and neat, and also with slightly slit
skirt, corroborated what Mrs. Cowell
said. and added: HE was trying TO
look through the slit in her skirt,
that's what he was doing, and called
her attention to IT, He was smiling
No. he wasn't mad | suppose If he
had been allowed to keep on looking
he wouldn't have made the mean re-
mark about sewing up her skirt. He
seemed TO be enjoying himself"
mo, ! don't say that he was trying
TO firt with Mrs. Cowell.
Don't you know that men see
thousands OF slit skirts asked the
commissioner
Yes. but they don't give them the
attention that Sergt Kerwin gave
this one" said Mrs. Christy
Sergt. Kerwin was sworn He
looked aggrieved.
Once, he said to Supt. Downey.
when the latter asked him II he
meant to insult the lady: "Superin-
-tendent. after all my years of service,
and with you knowing me as you do,
if didn't realize the circumstances
of this trial | would be hurt by that
remark
Sergt. Kerwin said he had seen
thousands OF slit skirts. re said his
wife and his grown daughter wore
them.
My police training" he said,
caused me to look over the people in
the car. That was il, police training
This lady had-on slit skirt. Her
position was inadvertent.
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attract her attention to her position.
failed in that. Then | looked at her
skirt just TO attract her attention to
Il, She then rose, and told me to
have good look Then I said; La
dies. no person, officer or otherwise,
needs TO wear binders on street
car
GAS they left the car, heard a
derogatory remark. | am hard OF
hearing | don't know whether II
was loafer' or drunkard' or what, but
IL was something like mat 1t would
have been better If I had chung 10
my purpose of just indicating that she
was showing too much of her limbs,
but | said It's pity that some
women-mark that. said some wom-
en--have to wear any clothes at all.
Did you intend TO insult the LADY,
asked Supt Downey
II just wished 10 call her attention
to her position without putting II in
words" said Kerwin
She had on thin, white, lacy stock.
.ings and | could see her knees" said
Kerwin, In answer TO a question by
the commissioner.
Mrs Cowell's cry of rage broke the
sentence off, and she plunged toward
Kerwin, but was restrained by her
husband and Mrs. Christy.