FAMOUS FEMALE DETECTIVE.

Lake County Press, Issue 2114, 19 April 1906, Page 7

FAMOUS FEMALE DETECTIVE.

p —•— |T | WOMAN WHO ('AI'TUUES HJv "' ] SKiriKHS. \\hefp\er Ainerican soldiers and -l sailors are to lie found the name ol 11 Kdilh King is well known, for she is the greatest ol women detectives, ''" whose special forte is tracking and capturing deserters from I ncle Sam's " ;irn:y and iuiv\ . More t hail two re- ' ;:, i nl.s ol men ha\e served lime aluiard prison ships and in (Jovern ''' in.nt cauls as a result of Miss King's " a< li\ ii ie: , and ! o ila\ more i han nine thousand enlisted men are hiding in ; the w i irld's four corners from i his '' \ oung woman, who knows neither liist a lice, la i ig ne. nor lea r. ;| I ler oi-cupai ion calls her into nil o tra\e||ed fi. Ids, and there :he goes ' will inely and uit houl f.-.i r adopt ing P all kinds oi disgui.M s 11 is her dut.s " to locale and arrest deserters, and '■' the I .S A Uoxei i 'in records show ■*' tim i she has del i\ ernl more iha n s 0..M1U men who side-stepped I heir oh- '" I i:;,i inns I o I aide Sa m s prison--11 keepers. Strange enough, the men '• I ear her no ill-will 11 Ii is no uiicominou sight i.says the 'New N ork Woi Id" I to Rep Miss v Is i ~; \< alking i hroiigh the si reels of ii Philadelphia, New N. ork. and Chicago o uutuai h'd io a Inn l.\ ( oallii-aver who '•' has taken I'lvncii lea\ his ship, or to a soldier ho\ picked up in e ! ( 'hin,ll d w ii, ia- found hidden heh ind if ma mma 's sk iris. for lie 11 know n n | hit 1 fond mo! hers do more to inif s; ire deserters from the arm; and e i i.i ■. y than ail ol her fact oi s In her private life Hdilli King dil'll fcrs in no essenlial from other young a women found in polite surroundings. ii Her work is never done, and thereI lore her houi" life consists mostly of I't.llniiin car herths. shall' downs in i) 'the slims. and loneh vigils wher- ■- e\ er her i|iia tr\ ma v I'md ret tea i . j Although deserters are her favourite ipiarr.v . Vliss King does not conline he: clTorts lo them. She has had | a hand in the capture of many notorious burglars, thieves, and swell mobsmen, and has more than once ■ been forced to use her revoh er in self defence. »~. . . .