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Remarkable Criminal Career of Margaret Loftus.IS NOW AN OLD WOMAN.SHE HAS BROKEN THE LAW OVER SIXTY TIMES.HER LITTLE KNOWN STORY.Police Fear Her as They Would a Tigress—Her End Is Probably Near at Hand.F YOU should go up behind any policeman in the city of Cincinnati and suddenly say: “Maggie Loftus is on a rampage around the corner,” no matter how valiant and brave he might be, he would turn pale, and his knees would knock tremblingly together.Margaret is a terror. She is also “the wickedest woman in Cincinnati.” No higher tribute to her fame could be devised than the fact that her picture is not in the rogues’'gallery at police headquarters. It is not there because it is not necessary. For twenty years—yes, for a longer time than that—she has bees' knowfi both by face and reputation to evei^y police officer in the city. What they think of her can best be described in the words Of a policeman, uttered a few years ago, apd which has become a proverb on the force. He said:“I would rather arrest any two men in Cincinnati than Mag.”But perhaps Mag has been arrested for t'he last time. She is now boarding out at the Colerain Avenue City Hotel,’with her room engaged for three years in advance, and those who know hqr say that \frhen Mag is next called to the bar it wrill not be in a city Police Court. ' ,\appreciate their saying, “I would rather 1arrest any two men in the city than Mag.” Her History.Her 'earlier his.tory, previous-to 1870, is not well known. By 173, or twenty-two years ago, she was already a noted character to the police, and in that year happened an odd incident in her career. The present Hammond Street Police Station was opened for business that year, and on the evening of the first day it was opened Mag was brought in a prisoner. She therefore had the honor and distinction of being the first to register at that famous hostelry. Since that time she has often stopped there, but not of recent years, since it has been the custom to take all female prisoners upon tfieir arrest direct to the House of Deten- 1 lion.From that date, 1873, none could follow the pace set by Mag. No one knows the exact number of times she has been arrested, nor, ] perhaps, the number of years she has spent behind iron bars, but the approximate time can be figured. During the years 1873-4-5 she was arrested eight times a year, or twenty-four times altogether, and she is be- 1 lieved to have spent at least half that time in the Workhouse. From 1875 to 1895, or for
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The Cincinnati Tribune
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sun, Dec 15, 1895
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