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BUCK WHIZZES ASPOLICE WONDER WHOLET DOLLY WALK OUTI ( hief Had no Objection, Provid.Fin£ Action Received Sanc-tcmtion of Judge Hunt joi! 01WENDUNG ON JOB WEDNESDAY .«■nNIGHT WHEN DOLLY TOOK AIR ioman Supposed ShetiCould Go Out Thursday, too ,”s MYSTI'R Y surrounding rho releaseof the famous Dolly Quinn fromthe city jail, resulting in the ruction -% upon her appearance at Frank Klein-i orrz* Country club roadhouse on Mormon Coulee road, was partially unfolded Saturday in the statement of j Chief of Poliee John R. Webber that.|.I he had “no objection** to the woman’s I*-j release providing that such action received the official sanction of Judge C, W Hunt.i!cA«ks Chief's PermissionChief Webber stated that Doll5 }J | eame to him Wednesday evening;».shortly before C* o’clock asking for his 0 permission to leave for the night. 1; Chief Webber said the request was ^I granted with the provision that per-r.ission be first received from the11111chjtifUe fIn the mountiru** i fill ir % pmt la ^ 1 j for luis^ Hunt and before the judge jje was reached over the phone. Chief jbbero■ 1his home. Desk Sergeant Wendling r, received the call from Judge Hunt. rwho stated that he would not take any j 3responsibility f*r any disturbance U| t should she be release*! and left the | otitire matter up to the chief of police, p Dolly was then turned out. i1*De.'fv Rack Next Day 1 jAccording to the police Dolly was;1j back at the city hall the next morn- ? ii-g. The onlv reason for her being,ailHT' ■■ ---■I out Thursday night, the night of the melee at the Kleinertz “club.” as nearas oan be learned, was that she hadI (ri« released the night before and she;■assumed that a precedent had been es-\ tablished and if was alright for her i to take leave on tDo second night./The police and fire commissjpn hasreceived no official notification ef her ^release on the two nights ami accord- j iiig to law the commission can make fi no investigation until a complaint is^ a entered bv some citizen.Release! Twice by Dugan0atCaptain Dupan stated Saturday morning that on two occasions he!1!ev|r0ehad permitted Dolly to go to n^r1 home. He however, said he knew] nothing of her release on Thursday j€ evening, declaring that Dolly had re-;® ; turned to her cell at the prescribed ,1 time on both occasions of her release (1 by him. He said he had permitted 1 h«*r to co home for a bath Saturday *afternoon and also released her from pJ (the cell Sunday afternoon from one;€1 o’clock until 7 o’clock in the evening. s I She returned at the prescribed time.]]he said. Whv she was turned out onSunday was not explained.Hunt Not ResponsibleI. The position that Judge Hunt has taken all through the controversy ; has been that he would not issue anyfnr the* release of Dollv Quinn1from the city jail at any time but lt;That if the police department saw fit j 1to release her he would not make any j1objection; in other words the judge ‘has refused to accept any responsi- 1bility for the release of Dolly Quinn J at anv time, tht he sentenced her to JO da vs in the city jail and the au- 1iy! thoritv does not rest w*ih him to 1 parole her or free her for any part ofa day or night.I However, Saturday morning sawDolly Quinn locked up tight in the 1 lil* or city jail. With “shore leave4 ,*•*5apparently gone glimmering.
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La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press

La Crosse, Wisconsin, US

Sat, Aug 05, 1922

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