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Show GIRLS BIND, GAG AND BEAT MATRON CHICAGO. Feb. 15. Seven girl prisoners, pris-oners, confined in the annex at the Harrison Harri-son street police station, beat, bound and gagged Mrs. Mary Teelan. matron, tore out her hair, took away her keys and escaped this morning. Bleeding and almost al-most unconscious. Mrs. Heelan quickly freed herself and. reaching a telephone, notified the desk sergeant, who hurried out a detail of policemen Just in time to catch the girls as they emerged from the alley between the annex and the main station. The insurrection was led bv Anna O'Mara. aged 18. who herself attacked Mrs Heelan. When surrounded by the policemen the girls fought like demons in the areaway, screaming, biting and scratching. |