Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-11-25
(From Wednesdays Daily

y
ri According to recent issue of
1.-THE Daily Republican-Era, Il news
paper published at Murphysboro,
H Illinois, Earl Wadley OF Paragould
81 staged an episode near that city
3 that smacks of a sensation. The
report published in the Murphys-
boro newspaper was supplied from
y Chester, Illinois, short distance
.away, the scene of the incident.
1.-THE newspaper at Chester also pub
#lished the account. The following
lis the story taken from the paper
Hat Murphysboro:
M miss M. Wright. 10 years old,
#pretty girl of Rector, Ark, spent
Ssseveral nights in jail here last week,
1.-THE pretty and innocent maiden
spent the four days of her confine-
Mment in tears because of the humil-
sSiation visited upon her as a result
Hof the presence of negroes of de-
BIASED character in the jail with
&her and always in her view, says
1.-THE Chester Tribune. Miss Wright
sis a southerner by birth which fact
l&intensified the humiliation she felt.
# "It all happened because Miss
Wright was not particular enough
#about the company she kept. She
&knew in a casual way Earl Wadley,
n of Paragould, Ark, a young man
with the reputation of never hav-
#ing had any visible means Of sup
port, yet always tidily, not to say
Il flashily, dressed. And Miss Wright
n had heard in the way of airy gos-
= sip that Mr.. Wadley sometimes play
&ed African golf and knew where
#drink of something stronger than
2water might be obtained on short
#notico. Miss Wright, who was en-
Il fployed in st. Louis as a demonstra-
n tor for a flour milling company and
khold job by virtue of her ability
Vito make the most delicious biscuits,
#met Wadley accidentally at Dupo.
u She was going on a visit to her
&home in Arkansas, and Wadley was
Salso going that way, but he had
gear. Wouldn't she ride with him
in his car as far as Chester?
"Of course she would She had
not gone far in the car when she
realized that Wadley had been OBJ
tanning alcohol somewhere. The
thought was not pleasant for the
timid girl. When Red Bud was
reached Wadley visited store to
get some gum for Miss Wright, then
he visited another store, and when
\ he came out there was a man fol-
lowing him. The man wanted him
to stop and rode a piece on the run
B ming board of the machine, but
jumped off when the machine gained
4 speed. Miss Wright wanted to
know what the man wanted and was
4 told he was only joking.
"Then the speed of the machine
increased to such an extent that
/ Miss Wright became alarmed and
she asked Wadley the cause of the
! haste. She was informed that it
I was necessary to run fast in order
I to reach Chester in time to catch
the train for Arkansas. Then the
automobile in which they We're rid
ing was held up on the Evansville
v bridge by an armed posse. Miss
wright couldn't understand it. and
there was no explanation until she
mad spent the night in the Red Bud
Jail, and there was preliminary
held in which she was accused with
d Wadley OF perpetrating a confidence
\ game. On his visit to the stores
in Red Bud Wadley had employed
X his knowledge of prestidigitation
n to short change the clerks in the
N stores. She along with Wadley was
II placed under a bond of $4,000 and
Y was taken to the Jail in Chester.
#Poor thing! She wept until the
" source of her tears were dry. She
n Spleaded that she was innocent but
the officials said that that is the
#way they all do.
IN Then came an attorney from Miss
N Wright's home town. He was ven
v cradle gentleman with every mark of
" sincerity and honesty about him.
n He told Sheriff Mcclure and States
Attorney Hachman of the fine fam
lily of which the girl was cherish
y ed member. He spoke of the humil-
#iation that would be felt by the