Police Target Women in Walla Walla Morality Crackdown

Grace Ewing and Mabel Goodwin, whose morals the police say would not bear a very strong investigation, were picked up late yesterday evening and spent the night in the city jail. A charge of vagrancy will be placed against them in the police court this evening. The young women have a penchant for loitering about disreputable places and indulging in pleasures that are not quite up to ethics. The Ewing woman was arrested several weeks ago for conducting an alleged disreputable house in North Ninth street, but a promise to do better secured her release. Miss Goodwin, since her arrival in Walla Walla with her parents from Iowa several months ago, has figured in several escapades that are rather peculiar for a well-behaved young woman. Her parents have long ago given up hope of restraining her from parading the streets. She was recently returned by the Colfax police, who alleged that they had discovered her in a Colfax hotel in company with a stranger. The young women were anxious to secure their release this morning and were rather chagrined when informed that they were to be brought before the judge.