The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-27
DEMAND SWORN STATEMENT
Officials Demand Affidavits from Mrs.
Molter Before Any Warrants Are Is
sued for Arrest of Daughter More
Stories Being Given to Drury

Mae Molter Bull, the young woman
who some time ago caused a lot of cold
chills to creep down the backs of some
men in Kenosha who are followers of
the gay night life, stood in the
municipal court this morning charged
with vagrancy. Like lot of other
human derelicts who have come up on
the same charge, the young woman who
is not without personal charms, admit
ted that she was guilty. She was
given the limit under the law. Not
fine and costs, but sentenced to term
Of ninety days in Jail with no alterna-
tive but to serve it. Mrs. Molter Bull
was not nearly as talkative this morn
ing as she had been at other times
when she had been connected with
court cases, but she intimated that she
would have some things to say later
on and that she wanted chance to
say them in place where they would
be recorded as court evidence.
The Molter girl. was arrested late
Saturday night by Police Officer Am
berling after her mother had gone to
the police Office and made complaint
demanding her arrest. Mrs. Molter
Bull is not yet twenty years of age
and her mother in former hearings had
been one Of her staunchest friends.
On Saturday night the mother told the
police that she believed that she had
gone just as far as a mother should 60
in seeking to reform the daughter and
that she had failed utterly. She as
serted that the young woman had been
away from home for several nights
and that she had not known where she
was She said lot of other things
which were irrelevant to the case un-
der investigation.
After the young woman was locked
up in a cell at the county jail she at
once declared that she wanted to make
a statement The sheriff and chief of
police declared that any statement she
had to make must be made in court and
the district attorney was equally I'M
willing to hear anything This morn
ing Mrs. Molter came to the court
to appear against the daughter. She
was told that Mrs. Bull wanted to see
her at the county jail, but she declined
to go to the jail and insisted that any
statement she had to make would be
made to the court officials. Before
the statement was taken the district
attorney and the court insisted that
Mrs. Molter be sworn so that there
could be no question as to the facts
made later on.
Mrs. Molter willingly make the af-
idavit and for an hour the officials
were busy reducing her statement to
writing. After this had been taken
the young woman was brought over
from the jail and in the language of
the police department "vagged. =
She made no objection to the charge
against her, but insisted on making
statement. The facts in the sta tement
have not as yet been made public, and
it was declared that they might have
some bearing on future court action.
Mrs Bull wept little when she found
that she was to be forced to spend
considerable time in Jail. AS she
pleaded guilty to the charge and laid
herself liable to the sentence it is prob
able that she will be forced to serve
the entire term. There were no crowds
about the court room this time and
Mrs. Bull was forced to bear alone the
whole penalty Of the court.
There may be future developments
in the. case, but if such is the idea. of
the officials they gave no idea of their
intentions.