transcribed and contributed by Susan Langheld (date unidentified)

Newspaper:  Journal & Banner
Date:  07/02/1909

SIX MEN Required to Arrest Callie Cody and Put Her in Patrol Wagon.

Mable Cody, a little colored girl, stole some jewlery valued at $35.00 from A. A. Pierce’s drug store the first of the week. She was arrested by Policeman A. B. Flowers late Tuesday afternoon. Her mother, Callie Cody, was standing near at the time of the arrest and assaulted the policeman Flowers, using her umbrella effectively over his head, and, it is alleged, threw a good-sized stone at him. City Marshall S. H. Bean came to the rescue and with the aide of five men, succeeded in placing the assailant in a wagon and taking her to jail. The men whom Callie gave a tussel were City Marshall Bean, George Martin, John Bean, Jim Kaylor, Jr., Ed Bell and “Babe” Geren.

Callie laid down on them and got as stubborn as a Texas mule. When she was lifted into the wagon she kicked and proved exceedingly obstreperous. It was the most interesting tussel the officers have had for a long time. She bit a good sized piece of flesh off the hand of Geren and tore the sleeve almost entirely out of Sam Beans new coat.