Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1926, Page 45

e VOICE BETRAYS GIRL PASSING AS MAN Had_ Been Traveling With Bootleg Gang, But Was Caught in Home Town. Bpacial Dispatch to The Star ATTLEBORO, Mass, October 30.— Disguised in a snappy college man's suit, with her hair cut short, Rhea Bourdan, 17-vear-old girl, ended a week of adventure with a bhand of bootleggers by getting into a fist fight with a policeman. Now Rhea is confined to the Lancaster Industrial Bchool Up to racently Rhea was contented to be a parlor ‘mald. But she heard the call of the wild and joined a hoot legging band from Chelsea She returned to her home fown one night and registered under an assum @i name at a local hotel. Farly the next dav she visited a store near her former home on Pine street and was recognized by a former acquaintance. The acquaintance telephoned to the police Reserve Offcer Horace A. was assigned to find Rhea he walked through the 1 n he spied a good-l Young man lounging in a doceway #moking a cigarette. So he paused he- fore the voung man and observed that it was a nice day. And the young man answered that it was in a pretty Boprano voice Officer Clifford asked man to take a walk young man responded by Clifford on the faw Then She Weeps. Tt was Rhea, and she was indignant. All the way to s headquarters #he fought Officer Clifford tooth and Clifford the voung to which the punching natl. At headquarters she was given in the care of Insp Edward E Gobin. and she gave him euch a tussle that ft was decided to lock her in a cell Then Rhea recoursed to womanly tears She wept and heeame hysteri eal. When she was informed that she was to he s=ent back to Lancaster Erhonl for breaking her parole, she 4¢ things. Be sure to ask your dealer for the s cial “Wear - Ever” Rec;pe Folder given free with each Puddi: This is a new “Wear-Ever” utensil designed especially for puddings and delicacies so richand tasty when cooked by steam. Also useful every day for many purposes, such aspreparingand moulding desserts, cranberry jelly, gelatines, baking beans, and as a covered container for oysters, dairy products and other foods in the refrigerator. The modern way to prepare glum puddings, all fruit puddings, rown breads and many other good kicked the bars on the cell door. She told the police that she ran away and went with a band of boot- leggers. She sald she spent a week with them, but became tired of rid- ing around in an expensive automo- | bile and left the band. “They were good-hearted eggs,” sald Rhea, “but I got sick of them. They were always talking about ‘so many grand’ and making money. I'm sorry that I stole the suit. I left one of them with nothing to wear.” Puts Up Another Fight. Rhea wore, when she was arrested, | A neat biue serge suit with balloon | tronsérs and a two-button coat. She! wore square-toed brogues. She looked like one of the young men in a cloth- ing ad. She. refused to give the names of the hootleggers with whom she had speni the adventurous week. When |it came time for her to be taken back |to the Lancaster Schoo! she put up |another ~ desperate struggie. She | swapped punches with Patrolmen | Joseph Deland and Charles Brogan, | blow for blow, and fought all over the | station house. Finally Patrolman | Brogan picked her up bodily and car {ried her to the automobile. Rhea was stiil fighting when she was whirled outside the city limits. | I == |DAVIS SCORES RECORDING. Secretary Attacks Methods of Com- piling Juvenile Statistics. Lack of uniformity in methods of | compiling statistics used in juvenile | courts and marked variations in inclu- sions and methods of presentation | were attacked today In the annual re- | port of Secretary of Labor Davis. 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