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Q.. ORAM Lor 0, Gwe WDolYn Cazier Raiding speakeasies in Philadelphia Braidwood set off April 24, 1924. She ee the back roads as much as ible to avoid the concrete pee anounbintes that were hard on the horse’s hooves. She carried her broth- er's raincoat, her sister's boots, her father’s derby hat, a shawl, dress, pair of slippers and a couple changes of underwear. iso with her was a small Colt revolver. In each community Braid- wood was greeted by the may- or, to whom she extended an invitation to Belleville’s festiv- ities. For all but one night she stayed as the guest of local a cials. In West Point, N.Y., ery member of the cadet me lined the street in pouring rain to see the young woman. In small communities schoolchil- dren turned out in droves. trip had been well publicized. In Philadelphia she met General Smedley Butler who mmander of the marines and was then leading an anti-crime unit there. The general asked what she was doing in the evening and then proposed she go with him for the night's work. She agreed to accompany "So he al, up with three car loads of police officers and we went raidin; speakeasies," says Braidwood. "You should have seen them coming out the windows and doors," she says of the rai While on her way to lunch at the Yacht Club in deGrasse, N.Y., a car pulled in front of of her and blocked the road. Four or five men got out and came tow: er 80 Braidwood pulled her revolver. They continued their advance shot one of the car's rear lade I] WA kK weet be When State troopers accompanied her tires and put the spurs to Tip. It was the only ‘ae she ‘ised the spurs on the trij While still in "New York State Braidwood was stopped by a man in an automobile wanting to wish her well. As he pulled veer her another car clipped Tip’s rear ani horse lurched forward into a fence. Braidw flew over Tip’s head onto the ground but. neither horse nor rider were seriously injured. The well- wisher also told her she could have a state trooper escort while in New York State so Braidwood soon had company for the next while. Before leav- ing the state the troopers gave her a set of saddle bags. When she arrived in Wash- ington she went to the White House where she presented President Calvin Coolidge with Belleville’s official invitation. Braidwood recalls the presi- dent wore a hat and because of his position, was not required by protocol to remove it in the resence of a lady. But every- one else on the journey had, therefore Tip took the Presi- dent’s hat in his teet re: moved it from Coolidge’s head, and dropped it on the ground. "I can still see Tip doing this . — grabbing the brim of his hat and just dropping it," says Braidwood. Coolidge was un- perturbed by the incident. Braidwood recalls the Presi- dent was easy to speak with. By coincidence, the Mate House housekeeper, Mrs. Re: nolds, was from Belleville and Gwen Braidwood this connection got Braidwood into the Oval Office. After meeting Coolidge she also gave an invitation to former presi- dent Taft and Bells ambassa- dor Esme How: Braidwood Dok a_ train home to be here in time for the celebrations. In sending Tip back by train she took special precautions to make the jour- ney comfortable. "I said, ‘I want to send this horse’ to Canada but I don't want him cr And I slipped him $10, which was a lot of money in those days." Tip arrived in Kingston 48 hours later in a large crate. When he was untied he collapsed from exhaustion but did recover. Five years later Braidwood vis- ited the farm where Tip |. When hee rae to Tip, the horse imm« ree nized her old iaveling buddy and came gallopi As far as the president goes, Coolidge didn’t attend in Belleville, Bat he did send a representative. «+ Feb 21/93 (ContlA)