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Wayward Poillon Sisters Arrested and Imprisoned at Blackwell's Island
The Poillon sisters Katherine and Charlotte, famed for hotel bill evasion and high society salons, are sent to Blackwell's Island after eviction and a carbolic acid bath. They face first day routines, harsh meals, and rigid discipline in the women's department as they begin hard labor in sewing and general chores.
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York
Katherine
Charlotte Poillon
Blackwell’s Island
New York
Katherine Poillon
Miss Poillon
Waldorf-Astoria
Charlotte
Poillon
W. Gould Brokaw
Waldorf- Astoria
Breslin
Bristol
Satan
East Fifty-second Street
East River
Salstaff
O'Fallon
Javert
T'wen
Murphy
Miss Moriarity
Matt Stout
Moriarity
Miss’ Moriarity
Poillons
Blackwell’s
Blackwell
O’fallon
Upper Bohemia
The
New York American