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Show WOMEN ARE FACING TOE PEN Minnie Woodson and Lotty Davis, colored women, wore Just ready to leave tho municipal court room with nu officer this morning, to servo ten days each for vagrancy, when Attorney Attor-ney De Vine called the court's attention at-tention to tho fact that the women might he charged with highway robbery. rob-bery. The court withdrew tho sentence sen-tence for vagrancy and advised that the question of robbery be given attention at-tention by the county officers Molly Patterson, colored, was ar-rosted ar-rosted itb the women and chared with the same offense, and, she, too, was remanded to the caro of the county coun-ty attorney. In 1be meantime, the women at being held under a bond of $100 each. The city attorney stated to the court that, on the evening of April lSth. an Italian was accosted by Lotty Lot-ty Davis, who proceeded to "roll him," but the man getting tho up-perhand up-perhand of the woman, the Woodson and Patterson women cumc to her aid. The women robbed the Italian of $10 In money and ran away. Two of them were noon arrested In a private renl dence on Twenty-fourth street, and the other near Twenty-fifth, street and Lincoln avenue. Wlille on the way to the station, Offlcor Chambers says, tho Davis woman wo-man tried repeatedly to pet hold of his revolver, both women cursing ani swearing at tho officers. When tho station was reached, tho Woodson woman wo-man deliberately handed the Italian a swift uppercut, knocking him to the floor. The Davirc woman says she is a married mar-ried woman and that she has transportation trans-portation to her husband, who Is working In Omaha. The women all claim to be Innocent of the offense and they say they are good, law-abiding people. |