Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-08-28 | Page 2 | Arrested for a Kiss in the Quaker City

ARRESTED FOB A B III THE QUAKER CITf Husband and Bride Taken to Jail by Policeman Who Saw the Deed. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27. Mr. and Mrs. John .T. Dietz, who have been married mar-ried six weeks, were arrested last night by Policeman Connor for kissing ou the streel, but Magistrate O'Brien discharged dis-charged them in Police court today The dol'endants denied that they had been affectionate in the public street in nny "waj". Connor testified that he saw Diet, kiss his pretty bride, but the Judge was not interested in the caso one way or tho other, and, without going into the merits or demerits of kissing on public pub-lic highways, he aaid to Mr. and Mrs. Diet7. "discharged." Dielz'was very indignant, and w.int-od w.int-od to stiy something, but Magistrate O'Brien callod tho next case without hearing whnt lie had to siry. Dietx and his wife insist that they were not kissing, and threaten to make it hot for Connor, whot they say, insulted in-sulted them by arrest without provocation. provoca-tion. Dietz said afterward; "Edward Fern, my wife and myself were buying linens at Eighth and Chestnut Chest-nut streets. We were- going" to visit friends at fifteenth ana "Vino streets, and wo walked up Eighth street and turned west on Arch street. Fern wont into a cigar store at Tenth street, and while he was buying cigars 1 whispered to my wife that it would be a good joke for us to go to tho houso without him. While 3 was talking to '1113- wife Connor told us to move on and not kiss in the street. 1 told Connor that we 'wore not kissing, and then ho took hold of our arms and wnlked us to the station-' houso. with a crowd following. We were in a cell for a few minutes."