Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-29 | Page 2 | Helen is a Tough Puzzle

HELEN IS S A TOUGH TOUGH- PUZZLE I II I GIRL OF SIXTEEN BATTLES WITH FOUR BRAWNY POLICEMEN HEARS CALL OF THE MOVIES What shall be done with Helen Fredericks This question is puzzling police of of of- The girl at present is 15 in the padded cell in the city Jail 9 Ever since she attempted her own life Ufe by freezing ton tn Ensign Peak several sev sev- sev eral weeks ago the year sixteen girl has been the bane of official life Last night she decided that if It her ambition in lIf to life to go to Los Angeles and be a movie actress was actress was not gratified gratified fied fled she was going to make life ife miserable miserable miserable mis mis- erable for the officials She Has Su Succeeded Thus far tar she has succeeded admirably admirably ad ad- officials say She started the ball rolling a-rolling by tearing out all the electric lights she could reach in the women's section at the city Jail Then she wrenched off the cast iron supports supports sup sup- ports of the sinks and broke brolie them into pieces Foll Following this she engaged in combat with four stalwart patrolmen patrolmen-it it took tool all of four to put her in the padded cell On One Once e in there she meowed like a cat and imitated various other mals throughout the night thereby managing to keep others awake She was still active this morning Matron Stokes said that night before last las she believed the l might be lonely and had given her a companion one of the other women prisoners What happened to the companion was enough to keep all other women from wanting to go In 11 im as as to Helen Matron Stokes said the womans woman's body was a mass of bruises from where Helen had kicked her No One Wants Her Wed send her to Los Lo Angeles said one official this morning but they say they'll send her back to us Wed We'd send her back to her home Sioux City Ia la but they dont don't want her there We can hardly send her to the industrial school because she's so old and she might be a bad influence there I wish I knew what we could do with her And in the meantime Helen has served her ultimatum ultimatum that that she is going to be Just as mean as she possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly can be until they send her to Los Angeles