Spanish Fork Press | 1909-02-18 | Page 1 | Woman Cowhides Officer

WOMAN COWHIDES OFFICER Nevadan Publicly Whipped By art Irate Amazon Sparks NevE M Wees assistant assist-ant chief of police at Sparks wag publicly whipped In front of the Sparks postoffice shortly after nooii on Tuesday by Mrs Irene Tutt In the presence of a largo crowd that gathered gath-ered and eagerly watched every detail de-tail Mrs Tutt was armed with a cowboys cow-boys quirt about three feet In length and struck Vices several stinging blows over the head and shoulders before be-fore he was able to wrest the weapon from her Then she struck him with her fist knocking his pipe from his mouth and was about to throw his watch Into the street when a constable con-stable placed both under arrest Mrs Tutt gave as the reason for her action that Wees had tried to blacken hr character