Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-03
SHAM WOMAN LIEUTENANT
 HELD IN NEW LONDON
Home is in Newark, N. J.-Wore Off.
 cer's Khaki Uniform.

Under complaint containing two counts, Lieutenant" Beatrice Duke was presented before U. S. Commis- sioner Frank L. Mcclure. in New Lon don on Friday morning and the case was continued until Aug. r. Ponds were fixed at $5,000, which the wo- man could not finish and went to jail.
 The first count charges her with impersonating an officer of the United States army. and the second charges her with violation of the act of May IS, 1917, which relates to lewd con duct within a. certain radius of an ar my or navy camp. in that sEe pro- cured a room at a New London hotel tor immoral purposes.
 The complaint was drawn against Beatrice P. Duke of Newark, N. J. The woman admitted her guilt on the first count.
 The intelligence officers have oo- tained the name of the first class yeo- man stationed at the Coast Guard aca- demy who was registered with the woman on two nights at the Crocker house, and have reported the matter to the officer in command of the aca- demy It is understood that his case will be handled by the naval authorl- ties.
 Lieutenant" Duke wore while she was in New London a natty khakl rig, with epaulets on her shoulders and wearing pants minus the skirt, her
 striking uniform and personal attrac-
 t1veness singled her our immediately
 as something out of the ordinary.
 Her first public appearance was on
 horseback when she rode through the
 principal streets on a horse. which
 she had hired for the purpose. She let
 day night and Wednesday night with 1 a man in the naval service. they hav-
 ing registered as "MT and Mrs Duke" Thursday night she stopped al the police station.
 In telling about herself Wednesday
 morning she claimed that she was en-
 listed in the Motorcycle Squadron
 Hospital Corps. L. s. A., which wa:
 organized at Camp Meade, Md, two
 years ago, and said she had beer
 overseas twice and had been twice
 wounded. She said she had witnessed
 awful scenes on the battlefield, he
 duties being to carry wounded ol
 stretchers, carry messages, etc. Sh
 has a scar on her left wrist, whicl she claimed was due to a wound. l She was taken into custody by SC cret service men immediately afte
 she had been a guest and had made short speech at the dinner of tn l Rotary club at the Crocker house a ; noon on Thursday.
 Federal Agent Thomas c. McKon } has had a confession from her on som : points.
 . During her confession Miss Duk : said that she lives at SS6 Fffteent } avenue, Newark, N. J. She has par 3 ents residing there. She told MT Mo :. Kone that she secured the unifor1 l when she joined the "Women's Ss r curity league" in New Jersey. Thi - league is similar to the one which ha s been organized by women in othe ] cities for the purpose of forming a l automobile or ambulance corps, ct r Later on she bought the epaulets. Sh r did not divulge just what her missio e was in travelling about the countr She did. however, get sufficient alter s ten in New York city so that one = tke big metropolitan dailies wrote ht q up in a Sunday issue two weeks az Il publishing her picture and relating h' :. story of how she had been wounded.
 Mir. McKone suggested to her tn a she telegraph her parents informiT n them of her arrest and secure couns' . but she declined to do this, saying sl $ did not care for counsel. She carrl' = an old army pistol, unloaded, and of
 pattern that would not be consider ;, fit to use by a present day army ma = She took her arrest rather to hea = and acids that were in her possesslo l. which were undoubtedly used in co1 IT nection with picture taking, were talk g from her to prevent any attempt on h l, part to harm herself. Her should
 straps were removed at the poli l. station, her pistol taken from her, al d all papers, her camera. and pictur l. were retained by the government al @ thorities.
 e She begged to be not locked in e e and Captain Pinney procured ma r. tress and placed it in a private roo n and she remained there all night und l. guard