Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1912 — WOMAN FLIRTS MAN TO CELL [ARTICLE]

WOMAN FLIRTS MAN TO CELL

Mrs. Mary Way Holds Alleged "Peeper” by Her Bmlles Until the Police Arrive. > Chicago.—Holding a loaded revolver behind her back, Mrs. Mary Way,* twenty-three years old, opened a front window in her home on the first floor at 122 West Superior street and “flirted” with an alleged “peeper” until her husband, Harry Way, ran to the Chicago avenue police station and summoned policemen. The prisoner gave his name as Benjamin Cordova. He is twenty-three years old and has been living at 441 Rush street. Municipal Judge Caverly fined Cordova, wlip says he Is a Mexican, SIOO and costs. When Mrs. Way entered her bedroom to retire about 9 o’clock she heard a commotion on the sidewalk and saw the face of a man at the window. She called to her husband. Then she took his revolver and, bolding it behind her back, opened the window. “It’s a swell night,” Bhe said, smilingly. “Oh, fine,” replied Cordova. When the police arrived Mrs. Way still held the man in conversation and he was arrested. ‘T kept the revolver In my hand ready to shoot if he tried to harm me,” Mrs. Way said. “I Just kept talking to the man until my husband could get the police. He never dream-

ed what I had in mind and we were still talking when the policeman came and seized him. I knew other women had been bothered and I just decided to have the fellow locked up."