The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-05-02
CITY POLICE HAVE
BUSY WEEK; MANY
ARRESTS ARE MADE
Much Booze in Evidence and Officers
Launch Systematic Drive
To Locate.
TWO YOUNG GIRLS ARE
ARRESTED FOR LARCENY
Negroes Who Robbed Wiggins Jew
elry Store Apprchended And
Lodged In Jail.

During the past week the police
force and sheriff's deputies have "had
week of it," and likewise Chief Phil
lips has had to supply an unusual a
mount of food to keep the boarders
at the police station in good hu-
NOR.
The big cage was empty Friday
night when two young white girls
from Martin were apprehended at a
local hotel and transferred to the
police station for safe keeping. They
were Pauline Finney and Hattie
Jones, who registered at the hotel
shortly after midnight Friday, and
when Policeman Hancock checked the
register about A a. m. he recognized
the names as being the girls he had
been looking for to satisfy warrant
from the sheriff at Union City charg-
ing them with misappropriating some
women's clothing. The girls accep-
ted the penalty gracefully, claiming
though that they were working girls
at factory in Union City, and that
it was customary among the girls at
their boarding house to swap cloth
ing, and that this was all they were
guilty of The sheriff from Union
City came over Sunday and carried
them back. In the meantime, how
ever, the girls having been here for
several days, had been misbehaving
some, but kept their whereabouts
from the police until nabbed at the
hotel. 4
The first arrest since last issue was
on last Thursday morning shortly
after midnight when George Daniels,
white, was laboring with suitcase
full Of booze, IL quarts to be exact,
and was taken to the city hall before
completing his journey from Padu-
cab to Erin, Tenn, relieved of the
booze, paid the city fine of $4,000
cash and costs, and made bond for
$500 for his appearance before the
circuit judge.
On Saturday morning Charlie Cur
It's, Wharton Porter, and Jim Reed
were arrested. All of them are col
ored gentlemen, and there was evil
dence of booze about their person.
They got $25 in fines each plus cost,
ard after being bound over by Mag
istrates Snow and Erwin were sent
to jail Curtis and Reed later making
appearance bond.
The bold bad niggers who robbed
Wiggins' Jewelry Store one night
last week were finally run down by
the police after investigating several
clues and doing some efficient sleuth
work, and it was determined that
Dave Morris, Hezzie Dumas and Har-
ry Williams were the alleged guilty.
10 watches, lot of watch fobs to
match, and some miscellaneous rings
were recovered, and the niggers pla-
ced in Jail.
| Arthur Dumas drew fine Satur-
day night for fighting. Arthur is
another colored negro.
| Another little bunch Of booze was
located Tuesday night in room ad-
joining the one occupied by Love
Ray, colored woman, on East Wood
street. There were four pints, but
much evidence in the way of ice
water, emptied half-men, etc., to in
dicate that booze-fest had been in
order The Love woman was not
j arrested, as it was not in her part of
the shack.
Aside from some investigation be.
ing made Wednesday, by the police
into the breaking of electric street
flights by unthoughted youths, the
, Iweek closed quiet.