The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-06
ALL IN DAYS WORK
interesting Report of Mrs. C. b.
Arthur, POlicewOman.
Runs Down Purse Snatcher-
Makes Washer Apologize.
DISCIPLINES UNRULY GIRLS
Thirteen-Year-OIdG Girl Married
Goes to Bad District.
Investigates Case of "Other"
WOman-Jitney Complaint.

Persuading Washers to apologize to
women with whom they have tried 10
hirt-setting family rows
girls from stealing milk bottles-dls-
ciplining girls on the wrong path-res-
cuing, or lettering the conditlon
CT the poverty stricken of a
of policewoman. The report
port of Mrs. C. B. Arthur, police
woman No. of the Topeka police de-
partment covers fourteen typewriter
pages and deals with forty cases ham
died by her in the month of March
Policewomen seldom make arrests
Just why they do not is easlly eEa
planned after reading Mrs. Ar r, rs 5
port, in part, follows:
AS Mrs. ---, who works IN our
home, was passing ---'s drug store
she saw dark complexioned, rather
tall man looking out of the WINDOW
He stepped out of the store and 1ol-
lowed her to the alley, where he over
took her and snatched her handbag
He ran down the opposite alley, MINK
ing he would discover the bag was
empty and throw it away. 1t was ~
O'Clock one Sunday night. me next
morning l made a thorough search
for the missing bag but could not find
1t. The same night two or three other
handbags were taken AS nothing was
even seen of the fellow by the police
or ourselves it must have been
transient visitor.
Masher Apologies.
"a very fine looking young woman
who is booking musical talent over
the country and whose appearance
and speech at once marks her as an
educated and refined business woman
of ability came into the office and
complained that she was approached
a her hotel by man whose attentions
were not welcome and she had left the
hotel.
II saw the man about it and he said
he had not meant the advances in the
them.
would be glad to apologize and make
satisfactory with ner.
Quarreled With Father-in-Law.
"A man by the name of D living
on H street brought a letter written
by a man in Kansas City, to his
daughter who is a cousin of D D
told me he did not dare deliver the
letter himself and that the cousins
husband had threatened to kill him.
l took the letter to the woman to
whom it was written and heard her
story. She was 8 years of age and
married to a man by the name of H.
1t seems that she ran away to get
married and on the request of her
father she and her husband went back
to live with her parents. H and his
father-in-Iaw Quarreled and the young
folks left. They were in poor circum-
stances. H had hard time to hold
even the poorest kind of a job, and
the young woman was not able to
work. Her mother in Kansas City was
very anxious about her, and was also
sick, as well as number of the chill
dren being sick. The father was very
anxious to have his married daughter
come home for few days as he
thought her mother would get better
if she would come home. H was
not home when / went the first time,
so L made a second visit to try and
get him to let his wife go home for
few days visit
He seemed reasonable enough when
discussing other subjects, but when
this subject was mentioned he flew
into rage and threatened to kill his
wife'S father. OF course he didn't
mean it. 1 could not induce H-to let
his wife go home without going him
self, and as the father would not adj
vance car fare for the prodigaI SON
in-law, L do not suppose they went
Runaway Boys.
Mention has been made from time