Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1893 — Prominent Women Arrested. [ARTICLE]

Prominent Women Arrested.

The women White Caps who whipped two girls at Osceola, who were supposed to be of easy virtue, were arraigned and pleaded not guilty. The case was continued on recognizance of S2OO each. Those under arrest are: W. Bierhart, Mrs. Heald, two Mrs. Osbornes, Mrs. Everett, Ben Osborne and three boys named Kerr, Osborne and Browne. Mrs. Heald is the wife of the president of the Polk County bank, and a leader in an Osceola church and several societies, and the other ladies are wives of prominent business men. All are members of the local W. C. T. U.