Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1919 — Her Stocking Ticked Her Into Police Cell [ARTICLE]

Her Stocking Ticked Her Into Police Cell

Milwaukee. Allee Hawkins has a penchant for the unusual in jewelry. Patrolman Huettl had occasion recently to question Miss Hawkins. As he escorted her to the patrol box he heard a faint tick-ticking. The noise apparently came from beneath a very tight skirt. “What’s that?” asked Huettl. “Got a wooden one?” and he tapped his own leg. “Nothing like that,” explained Miss Hawkins. Then explaining that she “was going to spend the night with friends and wanted to be sure to get up on time," she reached down and, after requesting the inquisitive officer to "turn his back,” deftly removed a full man’s size ajarm clock from her left stocking.