The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-30

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down and abjectly assured his
little pet that he was not molest-
ing her and her place and had nd
intention of doing so. \
When the notorious Dorothy
Hill located in Deacon Hubbard s
palatial house at 600 West Third
St., she undoubtedly was protected
by chief McKercher. Capt. Fiskett
knew what was going on. Infor-
nation was given detective Ro.
berg. It probably would have cost
them their jobs had they pulled
the immoral dump: But where the
police were inefficient, one good
buzzing of the Rip-saw caused
Dorothy Hill to remove her con-
taminating presence from thai
neighborhood. ~ ..... ..
Only. the past week, a promin-
ent resident of that locality re,
newed his subscription and then
wrote as follows, viz.
II am under obligation to the Rip
saw for Kidding my neighborhood and
the city of the Dorothy Hill pest. Do
the same whenever you find occasion
for it and you will earn the title of
public benefactor."
That is more genuine praise
and credit than r. D. McKercher
will take away from Duluth for
the nearly four years that he has
been chief.
Most Rip-saw readers also will
remember how McKercher said
that Dorothy Hill was in Canada
when the prosecuting attorney of
Douglas county, Wis, wished to
locate her. She was in Duluth at
that time. The Big Boob dared
not pass her up to the authorities
for fear that she might give up
all she had on him.
Then, after trip to West Ba-
den Springs, Sinful Dorothy Hill
sneaked back to Duluth and Nc
Kercher permitted her to impose
on highly reputable people on
West Fourth st. by renting their
flat. One good blast by the Rip
saw sent the bold creature flying
out Of there three days afterwards.
Now she has taken the last of her
furniture to Minneapolis and dear
old Uncle Bob soon will be near
her in st. Paul.
A young girl from Itasca, Wis.
now said to be happily married
and living decently in Duluth, was
swiftly tripping along the. prim-
rose path. 1t was desired to get
her back to Superior and it fell
to the lot of chief McKercher to
take her over in his mammoth
Mormon car.
Before a considerable company
of people, in a Superior cafe, that
girl stated that chief McKercher
had immoral relations with her in
that car, between Duluth and Su-
perior. She also told other parties
that he took her out to his Pike
Lake bungalow and staid with her
there over night on another occa-
sion. =. : <..
If put in a trance and then
asked to talk, that bungalow and
that mammoth Mormon car un-
doubtedly could tell tales that
would be too long, numerous and
nasty to print in great family
paper. :.~:~.~>,.
After quitting his job on the
N. P. R. docks and before becom-
ing chief Of police, McKercher
was executive officer of the local
Humane society. Some terrible
tales are told Of his dealings with
girls and women while in that
position. They embrace abortion,
debauchery and even bastardy.
Mrs. Thompson and Mrs.
Bousha might be able to throw
some bright lights on the first
subject. A certain girl was taken
to the reformatory by McKercher.
When she heard that he was ap-
pointed chief of police she is al
legged to have exclaimed:
Good God! That's the first
man who ever slept with me.''
Her experience is alleged to have
been a night spent with the HUI
name officer in a St. Paul hotel,
after which he took her to Sank
Center or some other reformatory,
so that the state officials could
make her into good girl.
Another girl, now living at the
head of the lakes, is alleged to
have been defiled for a night bv