Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-24
MAN AND WOMAN
ACCUSED JOINTLY
MISS SADIE sAnoLLow. CHICAGO
FIRST OF SEX TASEr UNDER
aAss ACT.

Cnsoaxo. IL. Fec A.-Jezs n PED
srssr 0r fsfT Ks1zors Ey@ous Gac
Ms Sadie sA-zoGSo~ % $3.50 NORTH
Clark Hxrsss we're arrested 81 federal
of1el1ls yesterday o. charges q no
latins ths MA1n act TIKI u TIE nrst
case under the rscert ruling Ot he
Uaftsd State supr-sns court hOlfins
that the woman In = White slave
prosaratson may b arrested for con
sDlr.cy AMI prosecuted equally with
the uzzz-
Psdsrs@n r-csatiT -as divorced by
NartHa Petersen. o. her divorce bil
1frx. Psd@rs@n CHARGED cruelty ald
narast Mis- samoiio0 a. correspond
cut
Mr. Pedars-z - nov operating the
Rsxars Park garHzs ~ 1910 GienwOo1
av~nue Ths property va turned over
Co her BY Psd-rnsn In tlsu 81 alimO1y-
The P-sisrseu divorce case attracted
considerable attention a fsU weeks
Azo. Mr. Pedsr-su charged that hsr
husband on one occasion threw
piano stool az her. Psdsrsen rstaliafec
with cosztsr charE-ss that she hit him
70 the head with a rocking chair.
kuoccfnr him unconscious. lombard
fnE the garnEs Nth an armful %
bricks. damaging automobiles, ard
chasing hfm out % his Office
He addod that she had the divorce
suit habit asserting On his answer
% her bft that she had filed I'VE d.
vo-cs and serarate maintenance suits
n the Inst I've year..
Psaarvaa and Miss samou0w we're
arrested hy Deputy Marshai W o.
sfr-etsr In ths d~feufant's once IN the
Unity buudinE lie said he f. chi
enro representative Of The Magnetic
gIru company % Cleveland Hinton O.
CIabaush. chief % the federal in
vcstiEation bureau. signed the CON
paint
Pesarzoa o. charged ggfth transport
inR Miss sannoIioW from Milwaukee 90
chicago for immoral purposes- The
aii@r-si transportation Wa said %
have taken place Aug 20. 1914 Wiss
saguopoE. who ~ 20. a. charged with
coasDi fae With P~dcrscu Co violate
the Law BY traveiinE with him
They we're taken 90 the federal
building and nrralFu.d before United
states Commissioner Lewis r Mason.
r~derrou's bond vas fixed at $500
and that % Miss Samoiiow AZ $1,000.
Both w~rs locked up In the county iaii
On default % bouta The preliminary
hearing was coutuucd until March Q.
Miss Samoilow wept hystericaliy
Guring tho proceedings I'm the federal
buEGinE
They are trying o. make me tell a
iie ant = Won't 60 it said she. amid
sohs. When Try % call Up my law
yer they Ok tho telephone so they can
listen They are keeping me here and
went let me get % see my friends. .
Bot they can-t make me tell a lie. no /
matter how long they keep me-
Pedcrscu took his arrest calmly I
lie said the ease against him was 7
spite work on tho part % hts former :
wife and her lawyer
There a. an element q bIacicmafI in /
this Petersen said. \ have been \
with the Mann act unless I
came across. have refused and this .
3 the result
"a understand T am charged with .
travelling with Miss Samollov from
Milwaukee 90 Chicago. The charge is
absurd have never been In Afuwau-
kec with her and have never crossed
any state line with her
Petersen said Miss SamoiiCv lives
IN Chicago with a Mrs PClikor. her
aunt. Who runs delicatessen store az
s9Gs NORTH Clark street The girls
parents live AZ North Yakima. Wash
where Petersen said he visited her.