Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-26 | Page 55 | Woman's Story of Slugging in Cafe Investigated

WOMANS WOMAN'S STORY V OF SLUGGING IN CAFE INVESTIGATED SAN FRANCISCO May 25 Police 25 Police Captain Herbert Wright of the Mission Mis Mis- zion Ion station began legan an investigation of or the story told to the Mission Emergency Emergency Emergency Emer Emer- gency hospital attendants b by Mrs Loretta Loretta Loretta Lo- Lo retta Rowan Army str street et in which she char charged ed that she was brutally bru bru- tally b beaten aten by the proprietor and staff of Clerks Clerk's cafe 2435 Mission Thursday night when she sho protested against the theft of a a a- purse and 50 Mrs Rowan Kowan was attended at the hospital for tor bruises about the head and body which she said she received at the thc hands of ot Jack Rapp proprietor o of the cafe one o of tho the entertainers named Nida and several waiters walters Mrs Rowan said she went into the cafe with her sister Mrs Adaline Matthews Mat Mat- of Oakland While there the sister missed her nurse and when Mrs Rowan reported the loss Joss to Rapp she says he struck her in the face Th The entertainer and two waiters walters accord lug inS to her story assisted In the as sault They asked her if tr she was waE going to the matter to the po PC lice and when whon she replied In the af of tho the beating heating was continued Rapp denied the womans woman's charge