Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1914 — Desolate Woman Picked Up At Ceinetery Sunday Morning. [ARTICLE]

Desolate Woman Picked Up At Ceinetery Sunday Morning.

A woman said to be the divorced wife of James Woodcock, of Monoh, was Been weeping and carrying bn at the cemetery Bunday morning and Marshal Shesler was notified. He brought the woman up town, W. D. Bringle volunteering the use of his automobile and Mrs. Bringle accompanying him. The woman told a rambling story, saying that a young man, only about 17 years of age, had brought her to this city on th a early morning train after a night’s revelry at Monon. She was very hysterical and finally Sheriff Hoover called up the authorities at Monon and learned that the woman bears a very bad reputation. The. woman has a goiter which is troubling her considerably, , She related to the officers a story which may not be true, saying that she wanted to be a good woman but that her brother forced hereout for immoral purposes and that she was afraid to return to Monon for fear he would choke and beat her. She was sent back to Monon on the milk train Sunday evening, aftef spending the day at the jail.- If her story about her brother is correct the people of Monon should indulge in a tar and feather program.