When was it published?

January 10, 1885 in The Cleveland Gazette

Domestic News January 10, 1885

The Cleveland Gazette

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Oliver Felhaber, Kittie Edwards, Annie Hart, Lieutenant Wagner

Q: What keywords are associated?

Street Walkers, Prostitution Arrest, Theatre Comique, Owl Club, Central Station

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

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What is this article about?

Officer Oliver Felhaber arrested two streetwalkers, Kittie Edwards (19) and Annie Hart (21), near the Theatre Comique on Frankfort Street last night, after they worked the area from Water to Johnson Street. A 13- or 14-year-old girl escaped. The women were associated with men from the Owl Club.

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Oliver Felhaber collected two street walkers last night and hauled them over to the Central Station. Their names were Kittie Edwards, aged nineteen, and Annie Hart, aged twenty-one. When Felhaber charged on them, a little girl thirteen or fourteen years of age was with the girls but she escaped. The scene of their labors was from the Theatre Comique on Frankfort street, down Water to Johnson and thence up Johnson to some open door. They kept this beat pretty warm during the night.

Felhaber met Kittie with a companion near the Comique. Two dark gentlemen from the Owl Club were with them.

Oliver Felhaber met the three girls with three Owlites at the corner of Water and Jackson streets, and seizing two of them tried to embrace the third but could not. The colored men escaped. Kittie lives at Newburg and has a prominent place on Lieutenant Wagner's black list.-Herald.

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime

What keywords are associated?

Street Walkers Prostitution Arrest Theatre Comique Owl Club Central Station

What entities or persons were involved?

Oliver Felhaber Kittie Edwards Annie Hart Lieutenant Wagner

Where did it happen?

Frankfort Street, Water Street, Johnson Street

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Frankfort Street, Water Street, Johnson Street

Event Date

Last Night

Key Persons

Oliver Felhaber Kittie Edwards Annie Hart Lieutenant Wagner

Outcome

kittie edwards and annie hart arrested and taken to central station; little girl escaped; colored men escaped

Event Details

Oliver Felhaber arrested two street walkers, Kittie Edwards and Annie Hart, near the Theatre Comique on Frankfort Street. They were working the area down Water to Johnson Street. A little girl aged thirteen or fourteen escaped during the arrest. Felhaber encountered them with men from the Owl Club at Water and Jackson streets.