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TTEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA„ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1!)13.
Once Defiant Band of Female
Vigilantes Now Subdued and
Peaceful Matrons,
VICTIM HYSTERICAL IN COURT
Unsavory Hints Against Her De
nounced hv Prosecutor, Who
Finds No Excuse for Riot.
WAl'KEQAN, U.I. Dec. 13.—
Women vigilantes 1n Luke County
have put an end to their rall-ridlng
and charivari parties. There is no
more talk of lawless festivities. It
is a very much-subdued hand of worn.
< n who only last week stood on trial
for dragging Mrs Minnie Richardson
from her crippled husband’s porch In
Volo and riding her on a rail, and who
laughed their defiance at the court.
All of them found guilty, they re
turned home chastened In npirlt.
’•Captain” Emma Btadfleld, who ad
mitted having led the party of rioters
to the Richardson house, declared In
court:
“People do anything they want In
Volo! There is no law nor order
there.”
"Captain’' Emma Stodfleld now 1s
the mildest of the quiet women.
There were six of them altogether,
and five were found guilty of rioting.
Four of the five were gray-haired
grandmothers and the fifth was a ma
tron of mature years. Altogether, the
t ase was most extraordinary.
Clatter Tin Pans.
It began when the six women, an-
gered at Mrs. Richardson because of
her alleged behavior toward their
husbands, dragged her from the porch
of her home, where she sat with Mr.
Richardson, and rode her on a rail,
banging and clattering tin pans in ac
companiment. They were arrested on
Mrs. Richardson’s complaint.
In court the women defendants of
fered as their Justification the state
ment that Mrs. Richardson really en
joyed the party, and that she suf
fered no ill effects from her rail ride.
But Mrs. Richardson in court ap
peared *o be a greatly overwrougut
and mournful person, and became
Joyfully hysterical when the verdict of
the jury vre.s announced finding her
enemies guilty.
The lawyer for the defense of the
women rioters, dropping many un
savory hints and referring vaguely td
the unwritten law, endeavored to sug
gest charges reflecting on the char
acter of Mrs. Richardson. But the
jury was not impressed. . State’s At
torney Dftdy made a more forceful
‘i rgument.
Gray Hairs No Excuse.
"The question is not one of char
acter,” he said. “It Is whether Lake
t’ountv shall permit rioting In its bor
ders and not punish It. You should
have no compassion on those rlotets
for their gray hairs."
The four grandmothers were bitter
ly indignant at their conviction. Th*>y
began to mutter among themselves
and to glare with rage at Mr a|id Mrs.
Richardson embracing. "Captain"
Emma Stadfiold even broke into
speech, denouncing the verdict as an
outrage, and starting a tirade against
the Richardsons, stamping up and
down the small courtroom until stern
ly called > order.
But now. back at Volo, Mrs. Stnd-
field Is a meeker, milder person. The
others convicted were Mrs Mary Sa
hel, Mrs. Ann Stadfield, Mrs. Alma
Walton and Mrs. Levina Raymond.
Note in Overalls
Wins Him Bride
CROOKSTON, MINN., T>ec. 18 —
When St. Vincent went dry, Chris
Theodora left his station behind th»
bar in his brother’s saloon, doffed his
Beau Brummel attire, donned his old
clothe* ami bought a pair of overa’la
to wear on his brother’s farm.
In a pocket of the new garment he
found a note inviting the buyer of the
article to correspond with Miss Clar
ice M. Adams, of Mankato.
They met in Crookston, each wear
ing a bow as a means of mutual Iden
tification. They were married.
Husband Weeps as
He Sues Young Wife
FAN JOSJE CAL.. Le 13.—Cali
fornia property worth 1100,000 is the
foundation t r a story of a young
wife, an old husband and domestic
unhappiness told in court here.
If came out in the trial of a suit
brought by James W. Hagan, wealthy
New York w holesale Jeweler, against
beautiful Emma .1 Hagan.
Amid tears and protestation* of love
and affection for his wife, Hagan.
12, s.iid he had implicit, confidence
in his young wife, and that he placed
the property In her name, and says
she now claims complete title to 1*.
and has deserted him.
Seaboard May Erect
Big Office Building
JACKSONVILLE. Dec. 13. It Is
reported here that the Seaboard Air
Line Railway has about completed
plans for a big general office build
ing in Jacksonville. High officials
of the road while in this city are
said to have discussed plans for this
improvement to be begun next spring.
No one has been appointed as yet to
succeed Traffic Manager Prince, who
goes to Norfolk January 1 as assist
ant to Vice i’resident Capps.
IS JUDGE II
FEDERAL COURT
Modest Portland Stenographer
Does Duty as Special Exam
iner and Tcurs Country.
< HK'AGO, Dec. 13.—Mary E. Bell
is special examiner in a proceeding
Initiated by the independent tele
phone interest* of the Pacific Coas'
against the American Telephone anc.
Telegraph Company on a charge of
violating the Sherman anti-trust law.
She is tHe only woman special exam
iner in this country.
In this case Miss Bell takes tne
place of a Judge of the United States
District Court of Oregon, Robert S.
Bean.
To be sure, she is not Invested with
tiie dignity derived from an appoint
ment by the President of the United
States and a confirmation by the,
Senate, but she presides at these
he .rings, opens and adjourns court
and In general performs all the func
tions except ino*e which would bt
c alled strictly judicial.
An effort was put forth by an in
terviewer to make Miss Bell "fee!
big," but it was to the last deg fee un
successful. "It is ridiculous to con
sider this matter one of any import
ance," she replied.
This, however, is far and away the
most important case that was ever
prosecuted under such conditions, and
Miss Beil is equal to the occasion
.She has already team testimony In
Han Franc isco, Tacoma, Seattle, Spo
kane Butte and Denver, and when
the case is completed in this city,
which will be in a few days, she will
proceed to New York on a similar
mission and possibly to other cities.
And wherever Miss Bell goes she will
be supreme in the courtroom, but by
no means a tyrant.
Break Lease if
Janitor Is “Sassy”
NEW YORK. Dec. 13. —If your jani
tor is "i-assy" y<>u ur<- Justified In
breaking your lease, according to a
Supreme Court decision in the case of
Klleti 'Pur<ell, landlady, against Ma twirl c
I,oon. a tenant, who did not approve of
the Janitor’s conduct.
Signs Ordered Out
Of Former Saloons
COLUMBUS, OHIO. Dec. 13.—One
more restriction has been added to the
liquor trade. Orders were? issued to
the Lucas County Board to have own
ers of real estate In which saloons
operated and where no license had
been granted tp have all liquor signs
removed from the building.
No Eggs for Prisoner
At Prices of To-day
NORTH YAKIMA, WASH., Dec.
13.—F. A. Marshall, brought back
from Eugene, Grer.. to face a charge
of grand larceny, is so ill with heart
trouble that his physician ha* pre
scribed a diet of toast and eggs.
Sheriff Metzger says there will be
no eggs served while they are at their
present figure.
the invited guests at the Tea Dan-
sante given at the Hotel Washington,
at which the tango was danced.
"VVhHe I am not an authority on
dancing at all, the tango seems t<o me
a pretty dance when it dohe i cor
rectly," he said. “There is nothing
vulgar about it.”*
Dean of University
Defends the Tango!
SEATTLE, Dec. 13.—Milnor Rob-
cuts, dean of the School of Mines at
the University of Washington, thinks
that the tango and other fancy dances
arc pretty and undeserving of the at-
tarks made on them. He was one of
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