OPINION

OLD NEWS: The woman they wouldn’t let into prison in 1923 Arkansas

September 17, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.

by Celia Storey

Unsigned illustration published April 5, 1953, with an Arkansas Gazette column titled Joe Wirges Recalls Infamous Arkansas Crimes. (Democrat-Gazette archives)
Unsigned illustration published April 5, 1953, with an Arkansas Gazette column titled Joe Wirges Recalls Infamous Arkansas Crimes. (Democrat-Gazette archives)


One hundred years plus five days ago, a curious incident occurred at the prison known as The Walls in Little Rock: A convicted murderer walked free, because she was a woman.

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