"The Kansas City Post" (Missouri) Wednesday, January 1, 1919 WOMAN AND MAN FIRST '19 PRISONERS A woman found standing on her head in the snow at Nineteenth street and Baltimore avenue and "Paddy" McCARTHY, North Side, ganly (sic) dancer, monologist and impersonator, whose chief aim upon the opening of a new year is to have his name at the top of the jail blotter, were the first 1919 prisoners of the Kansas City police. Pedestrians on Nineteenth street saw the woman in her odd pose at midnight. The police at the Nineteenth street station were notified and William FRICK, motorcycle cop. sent to investigate. When he arrived, the woman, too full of New Year's cheer to give her name, was found in the snow and she was arrested. McCARTHY, who has held the first-arrest-of-the-year record for several years, failed in efforts to break into the limelight at the hotels. He then hied (sic) himself to Seventh and Main streets, where he was found clinging to the cross arms of a telephone pole. He was discovered by William FIELDS, booking clerk at police headquarters, and held for the North Side court tomorrow. (I have no connection with any of these people but let me know if you found this posting helpful.)