Just as the crimes of young offenders were typically disguised by the term "incorrigible" in the Jail Book of Pacific County, women 18 ears and older who were booked on a charge of "vagrancy" were usually not vagrant at all but were working women in the world's oldest profession -- vagrancy was a euphemism for "prostitution". A group of five young women were booked into jail on November 9, 1912, all charged with "vagrancy". These women were likely working in the very establishment that became big news the following year. In 1913, a court case resulted in a prison term for the city attorney of Raymond regarding a house of prostitution and the testimony of one Maggie Rose, despite the Supreme Court's ruling that "A woman's reputation for truthfulness could not survive a life of immorality." Women charged with "vagrancy" were often offered discharge provided they left town -- a solution only offered to female prisoners.
This cache was placed as part of a series of locations, events and characters that shaped the early days of frontier justice in Pacific County. If you are interested in collecting trackable geocoins, you may pick up a copy of the official "Bounty Hunter's Roster" from the Long Beach Visitor Center, N 46° 19.892 W 124° 03.285 and find out how to claim a coin for your own collection by finding at least 20 of these geocaches, identified with "Behind Bars" in the title.
The names referenced in the cache titles and the outlaw photos are fictional and bear no relation to actual people, but the descriptive text for each cache relates factual information.
Reference Material on cache page from Jailhouse Stories from Early Pacific County by Sydney Stevens.