New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-14
MISS KOPP WINS
ASHERIFF'SSTAR
Jersey Woman, Who Made
Vice Tremble, Becomes
Regular Deputy.

Miss Constance Kopp. the cop whose
exploits make copy for papers far re-
moved from the kopjes and coppices Of
Hackensack has been promoted to a
punless position. Henceforth. the gay
dogs Of the Jersey metropolis must
seek some other jest to while away the
merry winter period. when the voice Of
the mosquito is still. temporarily. For
Miss Kopp is no longer a copette, but
has been raised to the proud title Of
under sherifTess.
Formerly. with nothing but her name
to inspire terror, Miss Kopp ran down
criminals As relaxation from her
household duties at Wycko.., which is
even more deeply implicated in New
Jersey than Hackensack. Now, with
her new rank, plus a gold badge and a
pair of gilded handouts all Of them
bestowed upon her by Sheriff Heath -
goodness only knows how the strug-
Cling crook will make living in the
land across the Hudson.
The story OF the evildoers who have
met with the Nick Carteress OF the Hack
ensack Police Department is merely
the tale OF Just one mistake after an
other on the part Of vice. There was
Harry !. Kaufman. who took advantage
of the fact that he lived in Paterson
to write rude letters 10 Miss kopp
She got him, and he got $1,000 hne'
There was DR.. Albert Won Mathesuis,
who escaped from jail, without
thought of the lady detective. He kept
right on not thinking Of her until she
clasped him tight TO her in subway
station in Brooklyn and held him until
Sheriff Heath. acting az referee, broke
them apart Having exhausted all the
possibilities Of crime in that particu-
lar part of Jersey. Miss Kopp jour
reved TO Fort Lee recently and caused
the arrest of nine young Italians on
"white slave" charge. It was this last
performance which got her the gold
tadge.
Before she became large fraction
Of the Hackensack force the new under
sheriff was chief Of detectives in a
New York department store. Nhen not
pursuing wrongdoers she lives nth her
mothcr and sisters At Wyckoff. where
the Susouehanna local trains stop.
BuNom and Junoesque Of figure, MIS-
Kopp's sex is all that keeps jess VII
lard from shudderlng. Hackensachers
look I'D TO her with the pride whlcn
animates New Workers in gazing upon
the Woolworth Building. She IS they
proudly assert, the best female under
sheriff in the United States and chaI-
lenge anybody to disprove It,
Since the exploits of MISS hopp De-
can 20 receive publicity she had peer
Overwhelmed with letters from most or
the United States, Cuba and Cahaoa
limiting. insinuatinG or brazenIy pro-
posing matrimony.
Charles b. Kelvin. OF Franklin, Ind,
saw her picture in the papers and d.
vested him self Of the following;
zone whole page in our paper IS
taken I'D to-day with the wrlte-up ana
life-size picture of yourself, and II -
ono YOU need not be ashamed Of as II
shows you up stately and buxom:'
After another look at the "liie-size
picture" Mr.. Kelvin continues:
81 am sure you will grant me a par
don for addressing you in this fashion.
Please do not place me under arrest
for any misdemeanor. This would be
tragedy | prefer romance
Miss Kopp still insists stoutlv that
she would rather chase men then marry
one.