Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1912 — MUSTN’T RESENT “REDHEAD” [ARTICLE]

MUSTN’T RESENT “REDHEAD”

Woman Fined Because She Beat Teaser with a Broom. Hammond, Ind., March 15. A woman has no right to beat a man over the head with a broomstick when he calls her a redheaded woodpecker. This ruling was made in the Grant county •circuit. Harvey Buzzber rode past Mrs. Estella Lang’s home oh a bicycle. She has fiery red hair. Buzzber said: “Hello, you red-headed woodpecker.” The infuriated woman charged on Duzzber with a broom. Her arrest followed. She pleaded that she was provoked. . The jury fined her a dollar.