Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1916 — ONLY WOMAN SHERIFF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ONLY WOMAN SHERIFF

Mrs. Lucretia Roberts of Santa Cruz county, Arizona, is probably the only real live woman sheriff in the United States. She enjoys all the distinction that goes wih the office of deputy sheriff; a wide sombrero, a hiss revolver and a lariat 10 say nothing of the deputy’s badge ;of office. Sheriff Roberts, is a widow, tall, straight and -strong, and a pastmaster In the handling of “shooting Irons.’’ When asked what she does wfaep one violates the law in Santa Cruz, she archly replied: “I go get