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Crusade Against Dissolute Women

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
July
Year
1902
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

MYRTLE GREEN AND VIOLA DALE JAILED FRIDAY NIGHT

They Are Colored Damsels Who Are Said to Frequent the Lower Class of Saloons—Held for Examination

A police crusade against colored street walkers, and dissolute white women for that matter, was begun Friday evening when Myrtle Gree, sometimes known as Myrtle Crawford, and Viola Dale were arrested and locked up In the county jail. Saturday they were brought before Justice Gibson charged with being common prostitutes and were held for examination until July 29. Not being able to procure bonds they were committed to jail.

These women are only types of their kind who have somehow or other come to the conclusion lately that they were at liberty to ply their trade irrespective of the police regulations. They have several times been notified by the police that they must get out of town, but have paid no heed to the order. Now, severer measures are to be taken and they are to be arrested whenever found carrying out their nefarious traffic. This applies to black and white women alike.

The Myrtle Green woman arrested Friday bears a most unsavory reputation. She has been arrested before and has served time in jail. She is said by the police to be a frequenter of the lower class of saloons, where she lays in wait for white men who patronize the places.

Viola Dale has also been in the toils of the law before, on a charge similar to the one on which she was arrested last night. Both women are said to be among the most disreputable of the colored race in this city.